Little May Things

In between the big things like birthdays and anniversaries, there were lots of little things. Here are the little things.

Erica gets the best bedhead in the mornings. People pay good money and spend a lot of time getting volume like that.

Justin's pie of the month was a fresh strawberry pie. 

Justin was very excited and said the flavor was perfect but the texture was a little runny as it never quite set up like we wanted it to. We'll keep looking for the perfect fresh strawberry pie recipe.

Justin found this Captain America suit at a yard sale for Henry but Erica was all over it.
Captain AmErica.

One of Sarah's best friends Hazel Howard moved. She was very sad since the next day she found out another friend was moving out of the ward this summer. I think this is going to be a regular occurrence for her from now own. We are just aging out of our starter home neighborhood.

Impromptu lunch picnic in the garage.

I also made jam that day. Erica was my official taster.

Sarah's last day of school.

She has changed so much this year. I think it's the grown up teeth and the fact she won't let me much with her hair anymore.

Last Day

First Day

We have a nest with two baby birds in a tree in our backyard that the kids have been watching. Henry and Erica decided to build their own nest. We have to back away when we see the mama bird with her worm in her mouth. She won't get close if we are.

Memorial day I took my girls to the Spanish Fork cemetary with my parents. This is where my Mom's side of the family is mostly buried. Well they're completely buried. This is where most of my mom's side of the family is buried. Watch those adjectives.

Erica loved the pinwheels.

It was nice to hear the family stories again told to a new generation.

This is my mom's parents' headstone and who Erica Mary is named after.

More pinwheels for Erica and bench headstones are the best.

That evening we went to Jolley's Ranch for a smoked rib picnic.

complete with a game of kickball. It's only 10 seconds and it's pretty funny.

Justin surprised me with a new lens for my camera as an anniversary present. It's a telephoto lens which makes it super handy for a wide variety of things like...

taking pictures of baby birds deep in the crab apple tree (can you see the difference from the picture above?)

portrait shots with great background blur

spying on my kids two doors down

(I'm seriously considering a career as a paparazzo.)

nature in all it's tiny wonder

neighbor surveillance

and capturing running water. This is going to be fun!

I'm so excited for June because we don't really have any big things on the calendar. We're just going to take it as it comes which sounds so nice after crazy May.