Another two weeks

I started this post at the beginning of the week and here it is Thursday and I still haven't posted. I figured I might as well include everything else we have been doing this week too.

We have stayed super busy and I am excited that school is coming to a close, Kaite only has 2 days left!! With everything going on I think school has just gotten in the way these past few weeks, we have had a hard time sticking to a bedtime routine with all the late nights. Okay so this is what we have been up to.

We finally got our fire pit in and enjoyed a night of smores (one of the only nights it hasn't rained).

Ky always on his phone!

We finished up our first round of swimming lessons last week. Both girls passed off their levels and they move up to levels 3 and 4!

This is Kaite swimming her crawl stroke after going off the board. Kaite swam the width of the pool and back by herself one day. I was so proud! She really is a fish.

Ash learned how to dive this round. She was the best diver in the pool! This is her first time diving off the board. Ky was especially proud of this.

For those of you who don't know the girls use the school swimsuits because this pool has already ruined two of our suits even with lots of rinsing.

I helped Mar with prom. This is her and her then boyfriend Tyler.

When she told me she had an orange dress I was like "what?? really orange" but I think it was so pretty!

We went to the Paul Cardall concert at the school with Mahon and Cindy. I had another video but it was way to big to load.

It was a good concert, but I wish we could have seen more of him just playing the piano. He did bring along an awesome cellist though. We enjoyed some nice frozen custard when we were done.

I also spent some time shopping with Missy, then enjoyed a nice dinner with her and Briant. She is almost there!

We have been filling up the weekends with yard work, even in the rain. I finally got to mow this past weekend and the yard is all cleaned up, minus the dirt piles in the yard. We have been trying to keep up on the weeding but that has been so hard since the weather won't cooperate.

The girls both had their field trips to the dunes. Kaite literally spent her time rolling down them, she was covered in sand! Ash's day wasn't as nice but she had fun.

We had two funerals to attend. Ky spoke and played at one, he did a very nice job. We let Kami play with London for this one, she loved it. The other one we took the girls and we had a Kaite moment. As soon as we got there she says "mom where is he" and I said "who" she said "the dead guy, where is his body"...such Kaite. She cracks me up!
We have been working like crazy but, we got our permit back for the barn! (for now until the county decides to yank it again!)
Mar had her seminary graduation last Sunday.

And yesterday was her graduation, in the new I center. Wow it is big!

The moment of truth!
Doesn't mom look great less than two weeks after her surgery. She is healing very well.
All us kids, James couldn't make it...too bad he is always so entertaining!
We got to spend some time with Aunt Bonnie.

Me and my "lil sis" I just say she is freakishly tall!

I took Ash with me and she had fun, but it was really long. She will be next...

The graduate- such a scary thought!

Mar stole my camera after the ceremony and now I have like 100 pics of her and her friends!

Tuesday night I spent the night making brownies, cheesecake, and strawberry pie! I was up till almost midnight but it was totally worth it. Aunt Bonnie loved my cheesecake! The strawberry pie was all for me! JK Ash took a big chunk last night while I was gone!
We have most of our plants transplanted. We still have a few to go and hope to have them done tonight. The tomatoes and peppers are doing great!
We had one very scary incident this past week. The neighbor heard something very large attack Dasher and throw him against the door. He ran out to see what it was and heard the animal run off his deck. He said it was something really big. We have been very worried we have a wolf or cat around. Domino has been confined to the garage and we have a trap and camera set up to see if we can get a pic. The good news is that Dasher showed back up. His leg was torn up pretty good but we got him cleaned up and now he is in the garage too, the animals aren't very happy about this! Dasher looks great and is almost healed. We still haven't seen any sign of this animal. I am hoping that means it was a wolf and it is long gone, a cat would stick around and wait. The girls haven't been allowed to play outside much and now I feel like I need to pack a gun around my yard! Oh the country life!!
We have a very big weekend planned with Missy's shower and wedding prep stuff. Next week we have some really fun things planned. I am sure it will be another big post when I finally get to it!

The last two weeks

I had no idea that it has been two weeks since I have posted. So much for posting once a week! These two weeks have just flown by. Here is what we have been up to. Me and the girls spent an entire day watching the royal wedding and all the coverage that came with it, so fun! I loved Kate's dress, I think she looked gorgeous! I also loved seeing London in the Spring, everything was so green and pretty! Oh how I wish it would have looked like that when we were there. Kami is so cute every time she saw Big Ben should would run up to the TV and point and say "there is Big Ben". I can't help but wonder what she would say if she saw how big it really is.

We have also been busy around the yard. We have been moving trees, planting trees, moving dirt, and digging numerous holes. If you have drove by our house in the past two weeks you have probably been wondering if we are crazy...maybe.

Ky and Kami on the backhoe

The girls hanging out while we planted trees.Ash's hole for her new window
We now have half the trees planted at the barn, including three that we donated. We have all the holes dug for the egress windows, now we just have to find the time to put them in! We also started the new flower bed in the front, sort of. We won't actually be able to finish until Ash's window is in, but the dirt is there. We got the fire pit dug and in, the raspberry patch is ready for more raspberries, and Saturday we filled and leveled all the holes in the yard. Also, the girls helped me transplant a ton of daffodils last week and they are already blooming!

We also have been coloring.

Making the best strawberry pie EVER! You can find the recipe here or here.

Friday we went to the Mindy Gledhill concert at the college. We took Ash, this was her first concert. She loved it!
Ash and Mar

We went to Twizzleberry after the show. Doesn't Ash look so grown up!

Other things we have been up too. I have a new fun toy and we have enjoyed painting our nails around here. I have spent some time shopping with Marianne and helping her get ready for prom! Kaite enjoyed grandparent's day at school. She has been so excited to take my mom. She was even up before the alarm went off. She didn't even get up that early for Christmas! She had one traumatic event that day though...she lost a tooth at lunch. Apparently, she was distraught with all the blood! That tooth turned out to be a magic tooth. The thing jumped right out of the bowl later that evening and broke in two, I am wondering if it was some sort of heat exchange since it was sitting next to the stove while I was cooking but still... The tooth fairy left Kaite a note saying it was very magical and special. We celebrated Mother's Day yesterday. The girls were so excited and couldn't wait to give me their presents. They are so cute!

I hope everyone had a happy Mother's day!
We have enjoyed the warmer weather we have had, but today I am wrapped in a blanket with the fire going. And we are starting swimming lessons soon!
I do have a funny story about Kami. She loves church and can't wait to put on her dress Sunday mornings. As soon as she is done with breakfast she runs in and puts on her dress. I was really worried at first since we don't have church until the afternoon, but so far she has stayed clean. She is very much a girl!
I think that wraps it up. We have lots of stuff planned for this week including transplanting the tomatoes and peppers, they are getting tall. Hopefully, I will get a post in next week!