May Days

Hi friends!

Wasn’t May years ago now??

This summer has had a way of feeling very unusual for us here – in many good ways though!

Two weddings will do that to you, I guess!

At the beginning of May, the guys had a night out with Grant before the wedding!

They went bowling and then to the Outback Steakhouse to have dinner.

They had a great time!

Since the guys were out, Eliza and I decided to go out too!

We headed to town for some shopping and snacks!

It was WONDERFUL to have some one-on-one time with my girl – she is growing up SO FAST!!

Those drinks in that photo above were not good, just so you know!

Right before Grant and Kamryn’s wedding, we helped my in-laws as they purchased a house – HERE!!

It is currently being built, but I CANNOT WAIT to have them here with us.

Dreams really do come true!!

When the calendar says May, it means things start happening outside!

I bought this deck box when I was shopping with a friend awhile back – only because she has one, told me how great it is, and because it was on sale!

I LOVE IT.

It holds all of our swimming stuff and never gets wet on the inside – which has truly been tested this year with all of the rain we have had!

Blake also deemed our swing unsafe and promptly bought me a new one.

I love that spot on our patio so much!

Addie Mae filled our porch and patio with beautiful pots of flowers!

I need to have her sign a contract that she will come back every spring and do this for me, ha, ha!

May and its warm weather meant it was time to clean our Lil’ Red Barn!

We love our goats and chickens and taking care of them!

We did a lot of clean-up outside too.

Blake rented a pressure washer – I think he used that thing on everything that wasn’t moving – we need to buy one of those things!

It really cleans things up!!

We sadly had to remove a birds nest off of the deck railing right above our backyard patio.

Don’t worry, there were no eggs or babies in it!

Aren’t bird’s nests amazing??

Whenever it wasn’t raining we spent as much time as we could outside!

It is very very important to me that we get outside a lot!

Our riding mover (and our push mower!) were a constant headache.

Lane and Blake would spend more time repairing them than actually mowing each time we needed to mow!

Thankfully we were able to sell that old riding mower quickly, and Blake purchased a new one.

It won’t be long before Lane is not here enough to take care of our yard/land – so that job will be mine!

I used to mow at the farm all the time as it was a wonderful way to get outside in the sunshine and fresh air – so hopefully I will enjoy doing it again here!

Even with the weddings we had a lot of normal days here!

I met a friend for coffee one morning – I would encourage you to do that!

I also had my annual eye doctor appointment which meant wearing sunglasses home even though it was raining.

Getting my eyes dilated is not fun – but necessary since I have had trouble with my eyes.

Lane is still working at the library!

He still loves it!

I am still his chauffeur!

But he is in drivers ed right now – so it won’t be long before he is driving himself to work.

He is finished with the on-line part and now we are doing the driving part.

We have transitioned to homemade bread making full-time now.

I do not eat things like bread, but I have heard this is very good!

I bought a bread box to store our bread in on the counter and this was a good purchase.

We use it everyday!

I always LOVE when I have helpers in the kitchen – and I am grateful they love to help!

Speaking of the kitchen.

It truly is my favorite spot in the world.

I really enjoy using, keeping, and managing this space!!

I also have photos of our living spaces in our sweet home.

I do not remember why I took these photos, but I want them here anyway!

You all.

I forgot I have not shown this to you yet!!

I sent my Bible away to be recovered and IT IS FANTASTIC.

My old Bible cover was taped with shipping tape, falling apart, and also bright teal blue.

It took five weeks to get my Bible back, which was hard, but SO worth it!!

Here are a few of the books we enjoyed from May.

The Mom Heart Moments is actually a daily devotional that I am still enjoying!

Here’s how you know you have the BEST Sundays EVER.

1. Your counter looks like this on Saturday.

2. Your dishwasher looks like this on Monday morning.

3. Your bathroom shelves look redecorated on Sunday evening.

4. This is left on your kitchen island.

SO much I never want to forget!!!

Did you all see the Northern Lights in May????

WE DID!!!

Goodness it is so beautiful and so amazing and such a God hug!!!

These two worked happily, tirelessly, and endlessly on their wedding and new “home” plans for months.

Watching them together is one of the sweetest gifts to me as Addie’s mama – I literally have a front row seat to years of prayers that were answered just like that!