May 13 - May 19

    Rainy Saturdays in June call for blogging with coffee! So here we go trying to catch up!
 Monday May 13th Becca had her 1st Grade field trip to Camp Maranatha and her teacher asked if I could go along to help with kids. Wanda came out early that morning and took Alec to school so I could get on the bus with Becca and her class at 8:30. Rachel had a normal day of school and Lisa picked Alec up and they spent the afternoon together. Alec loves his one on one time with Lisa and even asked to spend the whole day with her. I had a great day with Becca, the weather was a little cool but then warmed up in the afternoon. We enjoyed putt putt golf, archery, bounce houses, wall climbing and skating. I did not climb or skate but did enjoy the other activities. We got back to school just as school was getting out so we grabbed Rachel and then headed to North Platte to get Alec. We came home and watered flowers and grilled hamburgers for supper.

   Tuesday we took the kids to school then I dropped the yukon off to get tires rotated and walked over to have coffee with Gwen. My car was not finished by the time I had to go get Alec so I had Gwen take me to the hospital to grab Mike's truck. Alec and I then went to lunch with Traci before taking Mike's truck back and walking to the Yukon. Alec was not sure he could walk that far (3 blocks) without water, because he was so hot. But he made it and finally admitted it was not that bad. We then came home for a bit before going to pick up the girls and taking Rachel to the dentist. She is getting better at all her mouth exercised and they will check pictures and alignment in July after she has had the devices for 1 year. We then went to Sam's baseball game for a little bit before joining Mike at Pal's for a going away party for Mike's PA Dustin and his wife Ryan. The kids enjoyed playing with all the other kids before going home for bed.

It was Ashlynn's last day and the last day we would see Grace so we took a last day of school picture.

Claire wanted in a picture also

Rachel had her field trip to Maranatha today.

Mike's office staff and partners

   Wednesday was Alec's Preschool Graduation but not until 12:30 so we took the girls to school and then I came home and worked out before getting ready to go to town. Lisa, Mike, and Auntie J were all in attendance. They had a short program and then all got their diplomas. Alec was excited to graduate but sad to not see his friends and teachers. He is very excited to be a Hershey Panther and got to the girls school. Mike had to go back to work but Lisa and Auntie J went to lunch with us to celebrate. After lunch we went to pick up the girls and took Rachel to her piano lesson. She is already half way done with her first book and her teacher loves how much time and dedication she is putting into piano and vocal. That night we had leftovers while Mike was at a meeting.

Thank You Mrs. Becky for a great year

    Thursday the girls had school and Alec and I worked on finishing the camper and cleaning it. I then mowed and trimmed the yard before taking the dogs to town to get groomed. We then went to school for Becca's writers workshop. The workshop is their end of the year celebration where they invite a special guest into the classroom to listen to the stories that have worked so hard on all year. Becca was so excited to read to Alec and I. We then grabbed Rachel and Elly and dropped them off at Elly's house before coming home. Mike was off work when we got home so we ran down to look at the wells on the Simon and Campbell ground before picking up the dogs and pizza from Pals. 

Neighbor Melissa gave Alec a new barn for his animals

Writers workshop

Newly groomed puppies

   Friday we took the girls to school then packed the camper. Mike and Alec took off around noon to head north to help Aaron. The girls and I waited around for Nick and then we all headed to Aaron's. We enjoyed our first night in the camper without it being freezing cold. Saturday we got up early and headed to Tim Simonson's branding. Mike, Becca and Alec headed to the corrals to help while Rachel and I stayed and helped Deanna in the kitchen. We had a nice cool day for branding and the kids enjoyed playing. We then went back to Aaron and Liza's to watch a movie before bed. Aaron got bucked off his horse at another branding and was pretty sore so overall it was a low key weekend.

   Sunday we got up and headed home. The kids loved staying in their pajamas and riding home in the camper. I started on laundry and unpacked the camper. Traci then called and needed some help at the cabin moving some furniture. Mike went to town for the Game of Thrones finale and Lisa came out to visit us.