May 2018

 A little coffee shop date with Noelle to make school a bit fun on a Thursday

 Selfies I find on my phone

 Dallas participated in Junk Box Wars. A team event, the group of three get a box of "junk" and a problem to solve. This was his teams bridge they had to drive a truck with a load across.

 Emily had a gift card from a teacher she received at Christmas for helping in class. She finally traded it in on this sugar bomb.  I suggested she at least get decaf!

 The girls made homemade facial treatment. 

 I like to visit Reiman gardens multiple times during the tulip bloom

 This picture is about perfect

 Emily's Spring band concert featured Mickey

 And of course we had to get ice cream afterward. The 8th grade band instructor actually announced at the end of the concert that each student worked hard all year long and deserved ice cream.

 End of the year awards at Awana. Noelle completed and reviewed her book, memorizing 46 verses.

 Dallas did the same, although often each of his passages were 2-3 verses long. He doesn't enjoy the stress of memorizing, but he gets it done and is actually quite quick and skilled. 

 Dugout shenanigans, I guess he came prepared and had a stocking hat in his backpack.  

 These kids are dear friends to Dallas, all homeschooled, they are such good buddies, and I am grateful for them. 

 Emily at soccer, she seemed to be the designated person for throw-ins. (she didn't pick up her leg when throwing in, so she didn't foul)

 Emily made me an apple pie for Mother's Day

 Murphy is warming up to van rides

 We took a 6 month break from piano while our instructor had maternity leave.  Now when we go and and all three kids are in lessons so it is a 1.5 hour ordeal we get to play with her baby! Oscar loves Emily!

Dallas doing a throw-in at soccer, dragging that back foot like the pro he is. He really loved playing soccer and wants to play again in the Spring. He has no desire to ever play baseball again, and would love to do Fall soccer, but has decided he didn't like playing two sports at once. He will play Fall flag football.