May started off with a quick overnight trip to Oklahoma City for just the two of us. We explored the city just a bit, ate a delicious steak dinner and then walked over to see one of favorite artists perform, Ben Folds!
It was so good to have some time just the two of us! We clearly didn't pay attention to the concert details ahead of time, but were pleasantly surprised to walk in and find out he was playing with the OKC Symphony Orchestra! It was a wonderful night of music.
Back at home, it finally started to feel and look like spring!
Kingston Family Vineyards sent us a big box of Rose wine, it's so yummy!
Levi had a piano recital and did a wonderful job, like always!
And Noah played percussion and sang in the choir at the Junior High Spring Concert. He's playing the timpani in the photo below.
Noah's track team won the League Track meet for 7th Grade boys (the 6th graders compete as 7th graders in Jr. High track).
He had a great season, jumping a little further every meet!
The cold weather delayed my planting of spinach and lettuce, but it finally got planted and sprouted by the middle of May.
The weather was fickle this spring, some annuals sat in my garage for about a month before finally getting planted outside.
I joined Levi's class on their field trip. The first stop was at Goessel's
Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum for a tour of how our town came to be. The next stop was at Kevin Hiebert's farm to learn about the Native Americans who used to live, hunt and travel through Kansas.
Then we went to Coronado Heights for lunch and to Lindsborg to visit the
Red Barn Studio museum. It was a fun day and it's always a hoot to hang out with Levi's class for a day.
Fresh cuts! They always look so good with fresh haircuts.
Our friend Kreed celebrated his First Communion on Mother's Day and we were honored to be invited to join their family for church that day. This was the most serious photo I could get of these two goofballs. :-)
We enjoyed rhubarb from the garden. Sadly, our strawberry patch died this spring. But at least our rhubarb made it! And a new strawberry patch has been started.
Speaking of goofballs, these two made videos of themselves and then giggled and giggled while we all watched them. It was more entertaining to watch them giggle at themselves then it was to watch the dizzying videos they created.
We laughed and drooled and laughed some more playing that silly game where you put the plastic spacers in your mouth and try to talk! It was hilarious!!!
Our two constant pets, Wilbur and Fancy, really like each a lot. :-)
Last day of school!!!!
And here's a flashback to the first day of school!
They certainly did a lot of growing during the school year. We are thankful for the experiences, learning and growing our boys did in school this past year!
Might as well celebrate summer break with s'mores, right?!
Golf continues to be of interest to both boys, it sure is handy to have a nice golf course just a few miles from our house.
Awwww, my love for fresh grown lettuce and spinach is BIG! It never lasts as long as I wish it would. We barely had spring this year, so only after a few cuttings it all turned bitter in the dumb Kansas heat. But it was so, so good while it lasted!
We dipped our toes into club basketball by letting Noah play basketball on an MAYB team from Hesston. He had a good experience, but it was certainly a weekend FULL of basketball for our family.
The team won the tournament in their age division!
All that basketball watching wore Levi out, too.
Our own strawberries didn't produce, but I was able to pick these from the school garden when we took care of it for a week. What a treat!!
Our good friends from Nebraska came for a visit! A big game of baseball was taking place until it suddenly started pouring rain (hence Levi wearing his bathrobe)!
Sometimes, you just need to sit on the front porch and relax, right?
I told you we got rhubarb. It was a rainy evening, so it seemed like the right time to make another yummy pie. :-)
We ended May with some nice rains. Thank goodness we got those rains in May, you never know how long it'll be until it rains again!
