A Crazy Idea!

Scott LOVES berries and he has bought so many different kinds of berries to try to grow in our little yard. While he was berry hunting he started looking at the fruit trees and trying to figure out where he could plant some. After some conversations at work he changed his mind with having to deal with cross pollination and so much fruit mess in the yard. He then got a CRAZY idea and decided he could plant an orchard in the lot behind our house. The back of our house is a church with a parking lot. Along with that property is a big plot of weeds. Scott decided he could plant his trees there. More than one person has tried to talk him out of this idea. I have washed my hands of it and hope that we don't get in trouble somehow. He has been researching, plotting and planning. He already dug up some holes and is waiting until tomorrow to plant them! I can't even think about it. Ha. We will see what happens...

Ryan had a preschool picnic on Friday. The weather was actually good. It has been raining SO much lately. There was a rock with a park dedication on it and Ryan said, "when we die do they put us in a rock that says dead?" Ha! 

Later that night we went to our friends housewarming party. Their new house is great! We ended the night with some karaoke. 

Gabby drama face!

Getting trees

We had to drive with me hiolding the door open so as to not smash the tree branches. It was a long cold terrifiying ride! 

He had Corbin do the same thing!

Scott did some serious tree trimming today. To quote Piper: "Dad's going to die!"

Dance Recital

Same old same old last week. The girls had their final dance recital yesterday. Jeff and Janet came up for the weekend. They got here Friday night and the kids opened some gifts and did some projects with them that night. On Saturday we went to Delsa's for lunch and headed over to the dance recital. The girls did a great job! Piper wants to take an easier class and Gabby wants to try out for the competitive team so they won't be in the same class next year. I'm sad about that on a convenience stand point as well as enjoying watching them dance together. Level 2 has been intense for Piper and she hasn't enjoyed it. I'm hoping that she will enjoy dance better next year and if not she can quit. She does a great job though. I'm super proud of her for keeping up with the older girls. 

Later that evening we went to the white water park downtown. It was a really nice evening and it was fun to get out and walk around. We had breakfast at Elmer's this morning on Jeff and Janet's way out. It was hoppin'! 

Nothing major happening this coming week. The last week of school should be a little crazy town. I can't believe school is almost out! 

Dance Number 1https://youtu.be/rq-v7FFtP7I

Dance Number 2: https://youtu.be/K5vOI2T99RA

Papa and Willow

Target run

Delsa's

Ry guy

Aww!

Little Dancers

Pole cllimbing

Mother's Day

The main thing from last week was my battle with the bunny. She tried to claim my couch as hers by marking her territory more than once! This cannot stand! I live on that couch. I'm typing my blog post from that very couch right now. I cleaned off the cushions and then I've been kicking her off every time she gets on the couch. I think she's getting it. She hasn't peed on it again all week. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she can adapt to this boundary. I just cannot handle that! I'm hopeful that she and I can live at peace together. Ha. The pollen is out of control right now and I really probably should be sitting outside but I love sitting in my backyard so much.

I went into Scott's work so we could apply for a home equity loan so we can get our shed. We won't know for a month if we got approved or not. Meanwhile Scott has been looking at different shed options and creating some spread sheets. 

For Mother's Day Scott rented a stump grinder and got rid of some stumps that have been bothering me for years. We can finally plant some new things there. Yay! We went looking today but I couldn't decide on anything yet. For now I'm just glad to know that I can plant when I'm ready. He also made me his yummy hash browns for breakfast and will be making me his stir fry for dinner. Yum! The teachers are always sure to have their students make Mother's Day gifts so I always get hooked up there. 

I've been TIRED. It's much harder to got to bed early with the time change. I may switch up my schedule and work less this summer. We will see. In the past I have worked later in the summer for that very reason. Well that's about all.

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful mothers out there.

NOPE!

Storytime

Frosty's are on sale for .50 so Ryan and I got some.

Oh baby!

A coaster from Gabby

A clay dish from Piper

A coupon book from Corbin. I've already cashed in two coupons. 

Scott's B-Day

Mostly the same old things happened last week. Ryan and I joined Piper's class for a bit on their class field trip. On Friday I drove to Arco and back to attend a funeral. Miken Jardine died of a rare cancer. He was in my sister's class and he was the brother of one my close high school friends. He also married a classmate of mine that I grew up with. He had 5 young daughters. It is sooo sad. You really can't take anyone for granted. Life is too short.

It was Scott's b-day on Saturday. We went out to Red Robin as a family for lunch. Later that night we joined a bunch of our friends for a Cinco De Mayo party/Scott b-day celebration. We had a fun night with all of our friends. 

The month  of May is always a crazy month. It seems like a mad dash to the end of the school year.

Piper's field trip

Ry guy joining in on the fun.

Piper trying to collect pollen.

Gone too soon.

His family. 

We took Willow with us to the park.

Rich pudding dessert for the birthday boy.

Update

Things have been good around here. I'm still staying fully booked at VIP which is awesome. I've started working just M-F again which has been really good. Having a full weekend off is great. Plus with the time change I can still work 20 hours a week. So I'm feeling really good about that. Scott's work is going good. He is leading his branch in overall performance for the quarter which is really great! Way to go Scott!

We are trying to figure out what we should do with our house and what options we have. We met with my brother who is a realtor. We went over our options and at least at this point we are leaning toward getting a shed in the back yard. No joke! There are lots of pictures and videos of people converting sheds to spare rooms. We would have it be the office/extra living space. An escape away from home! Ha. Anyway we don't really know and we aren't great at making these kinds of decisions. They stress me out! Moving seems terrible and exciting at the same time. There are some things that are hard to replace like our fully shaded backyard, the kids walk to school (which is beyond amazing, and necessary if I am going to sub and coach next year) and Scott has a no traffic 8 minute drive to work. Those things are hard to give up even if we are crowded. Anyway who knows, we will probably just put if off and do nothing for awhile. 

On Friday night I went to watch some of my basketball players compete at the track meet. After that Scott and I met some friends for a dinner date. The rest of the weekend we have just been chilling and doing house and yard work. 

Willow has found her spot on our patio couch. She better not pee!

The kids and neighbor friend (who practically lives here) having a backyard picnic. 

Lowes adventrue (Piper did not want to come). 

Happy Easter

Just like that our basketball season is done. I'm excited to be done and have more freedom. Overall it was pretty good. The dynamics with A team weren't the same as B team in a bad way. B team kids know that they aren't good enough for A team and there's a camaraderie that gets built among the team. That does not happen with A team at all. A team members are more competitive and less inclusive of the players on the team who aren't as good. Unlike my 8th grade B team that lost 2 games and won 8 games my A team only won 2 games. It was more painful for sure! Ha. Three games we got killed and three games we lost with three points or less difference and we won 2 games. So overall not too terrible really. I didn't have any parent complaints (that I know of) and the athletic director gave me a good review so I'd say that's a success! 

On Friday night we went to our nephew's b-day party and later we watched a movie with some friends. On Saturday morning I took the kids to our local Albertson's for their Easter egg hunt. It is the best! Less than 5 minute drive, easy parking, and you don't have to worry about the weather! 

We didn't do much for Easter. I hid their Easter baskets and made a special Easter dinner but other than that nothing much. At one point Scott checked on the sprinklers and the kids put on their swimming suits to run through the sprinklers. It was cold! They lasted outside for at least an hour. I couldn't believe it. BRRR! 

7th Grade A-Team!

Albertson's Easter Egg Hunt. Ryan's face! Ha

Easter Baskets

Cute Easter Bunny

Crazy Kids!

BRRR!

It's hard to see but a mommy duck and her little ducklings came in our back yard. AHHH!