May 1 - Hallie and Molly got to come visit, so Ryder came too! Hallie needed her clothes to be changed, but didn't have a change with her, so we borrowed one from cousin James. She thought it was funny. We had to get some pictures in front of the tulips, and they had fun on the swing.
May 2 - Maden, Annie and Clark came for a visit! They enjoyed some hot tub time, and playing with Ryder.
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I love tulips, they were really pretty this year. Poor Randy had to have his hand in a cast due to an injury at work. He didn't like it too much.
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May 8 - So, we decided to play musical cars with Jared and Nikelle. They bought my Ford Explorer and we bought a a new Ford Edge. It has been a great change and we are all liking our cars. While we were waiting for the deals to get finished up, the kids had fun swinging. Hallie likes to read stories with Grandpa, and sit in Randy's truck.
May 9 - We celebrated Randy's 32nd birthday. (it was on the 7th) The kids had a fun basketball tournament. I got a picture of all my Grandkids! They are growing so fast.
May 10 - Mother's Day - We were able to have a Zoom conversation with my parents and my brother (sorry I took the picture with your phone covering your face, Randy) and my sisters. It was a great thing to do! My kids and Blake spoiled me with all these wonderful flowers and dinner at Texas Roadhouse.
May 13th - After 11 weeks, my nails were so bad! (I usually go 2!) They look so much better after I could go see Ariel!
May 14th - Blake and Maden are having fun with a ball, Annie, Brian and Randy are having fun playing basketball. I'm sure Clark and Ryder are somewhere giggling.
May 15th - Blake and Randy had to fix a sprinkler line, so they rented this fancy, big machine. They found an arrow in the grass by the trench.
May 16 - Molly and Hallie got to come visit again, Randy and Ryder came too, then Brian, Maden, Annie and Clark came. Brian bought McDonalds for everyone. Hallie thought she was really big to sit in the big girl car seat, then she went to sleep.
May 19 - Our first trip inside Texas Roadhouse since the stay at home order was put in place! Maden and Brian joined us. It was so nice to go eat inside the restaurant, and the food was great!
May 20 - We've had some really weird weather this spring. We woke up to very foggy skies. Blake needed to repair this toilet, and Ryder was a big helper.
May 22 - Well, this day didn't turn out quite as planned. Blake had to have surgery to remove a kidney stone, after he worked all day! He had been having some pain on a couple of days for a week. He was really bad on the 21st, but went to work at MountainView early Friday, the 22nd. He was actually feeling better Friday. Brian was aware of the problem and just seemed to be able to make things happen so he could cover Blake's room while Blake went to get a CT scan, then arranged for Blake's room to be covered so he could do the anesthesia for his dad. We are so grateful for his anesthesia abilities, and also for taking care of things for Blake.
May 23rd - Yes, that's right, snow on May 23rd! Crazy! Then, when it quit snowing, it rained hard! Jared came and decided the rain gutters needed cleaning in a few places, so he got up on the roof and took care of it.
Well, another day that didn't go as planned. It was Ryder's 5th birthday! They had planned a party in their backyard, but since it snowed and rained, we moved the party to our house. The kids really liked the frosting from their cupcakes! Hallie really loves Brian, and Brian loves her and spoils her rotten!
We sure do love this 5 year old!
May 25 - Memorial Day - We all met at Brody's grave, Nikelle brought the bubble machine, it was a nice effect! Brian was the Hallie stager for the grandkid photo.
The kids played on the little hill, Hallie got to ride on Brian's shoulders, Maden asked a lot of questions and learned about his ancestors from Blake.
Then, we all went over to Mark and Helen's graves. Hallie thinks she is so cool to be like the big kids.
After the cemetery, we went to a garden shop and got some flowers to plant at Jared and Nikelle's house. Then, we went to plant them. Courtney gave Hallie a ride on the trike, then Ryder and Molly rode the bike and pushed the trike. It was a nice day.
May 29 - we went to Texas Roadhouse again! Annie took pictures with my phone. Maden and I played a game of garbage with these huge cards, it was pretty funny!
The iris have bloomed! I love them too!
First boat ride! Randy's hand was still in a cast, so Jared was the only one that got in the water. Everyone else enjoyed the ride in the boat. Hallie really liked going fast.
After the boating, Brian came down and the kids all went to jump on Ryder's tramp with a sprinkler under it! Then, they all got in the hot tub, except Hallie, she just walked around, loving being outside.
I've still had a lot of downtime because of Covid. I'm still not going to my parents, we are still not having church, and the temple is closed. So, I do a lot of these digital paint by number "oil paintings". I love it and it's very relaxing.
