The saying that keeps going through my head is "It must be May!" I love this month and here are some reasons why!!!
It's time to work in the garden and get all those seeds and vegetables in the ground and watch them grow! I have all our veggies planted but last week, I made some rows behind the garden beds and planted sunflower seeds from last years flowers and some new zinnias seeds! I can't wait to watch these grow tall!
And just like that the kids have the sprinkler under the trampoline and loving the warmer weather that did decide to come!
May brings lots of school events and on Friday, Ashlyn and I went with the fifth graders to Gettysburg! Austin's class went to Strasburg Railroad. It was a long day but full of history and cool views of where battle took place long ago.
While Ashlyn and I were on our way back home, Mike took Austin and some cousins to the Barnstormers Game! They had a blast with free tickets from Upward and a free basketball!
My 41st birthday was last week as well and even though I don't like getting a cavity filled, it was on my calendar, on my birthday to do so. I sat through Linville's Spring program with a numb month but loved all the songs and was just so blessed again!
We went as a family to Iron Hill Brewery to eat on Wednesday night to celebrate my birthday and we then tried rolled icecream for the first and it was delicious!
I have a birthday buddy ... my niece Skylar was born last year on my birthday! She's so cute!
I had a teeny bit of time between the dentist and the school program, so I got my nails painted!
And then that night, we also attended the Upper School Spring Program! It's May and it's crazy with school events but again we were totally impressed with the singing and message Linville gives off!!!! Their programs are always the best!!!!
Mike treated me to my favorite .... Lavender Blackberry tea with black tea from Latte Luv!
Mulch is kinda a big deal around here the end of April and May. We did get the garden mulched with mushroom mulch on Saturday and it's looking pretty good!
The sugar peas are climbing up the wire I secured beside it. The lettuce is soon ready to pick! Radishes were pulled and washed! The strawberries are in full bloom and starting to hang! My cucumber seeds are peaking through the dirt! Everything seems to be doing great ... except the raspberry bushes we planted a few weeks ago. The neighbor said we could use some manure from his property for our garden if want extra fertilizer and I think I put it too close to the raspberries because the bushes died. We replaced two and maybe will need to replace the other two yet????
Fresh radishes and we found us some egg rolls Saturday morning! It must be May!
I tried making homemade Sourdough Pizza the other night and it turned out delicious!
Saturday night, Mike and I attended a very rainy, wet wedding! Justin and Lexie got married at Dave and Suz's house and it was beautiful except that it started to rain during the ceremony and then poured during the outside reception. Everything, yes everything, got wet! It was hard to keep our seats dry when we needed to get up for our food, or for sweet or for a Beiler's donut for dessert. We laughed and made the best of it but I was never at an outside wedding like this with the rain raining so hard! We did have an umbrella and we were sure to use it! Congratulations you guys!
We ate salad and fries and then dumped off the rain water off of our plates when the burgers were ready! Crazy!
Another proof that it must be May is we have fresh lettuce and kale from the garden! And the Lillie of the Valley flowers are in bloom!
Last nigh, we attended a pizza party at Uncle Alvins that was just fantastic! Homemade pizza in a brick oven pizza cooked and made by family! The whole evening was so fun!!! It's important to gather with friends that love Jesus, have the same kind of family goals and laugh! We are incredibly blessed to have so many good people around us! Just the night before, the bride and groom had a blast on their wet wedding day! They made the best out of it! And then we were blessed with yummy pizza and good friends and even some gifts!
May is only half over and there's much to still do at school and finish out the year strong! This is gonna be another full week of activities but that must mean ... IT MUST BE MAY!
