It's MAY!!

I can't believe we FINALLY made it to the month of May! That means we can say we are having a baby this month. Wahoo!! Now I wish this baby would just make his appearance. I'm trying to wait patiently but it's getting super hard. I want to snuggle my little boy in my arms instead of in my gut, haha. My due date is coming up on Wednesday, May 9 so hopefully he decides to come soon!

This week was Teacher Appreciation week for Garrett's preschool. Kimbri wanted to help pick out the flowers we got for Garrett's teachers and she of course requested a picture :) We also picked up some flowers and treats for my friend, Kelsey, since it was her birthday on May 2. 

Speaking of flowers, my dear sister-in-law, Cosette, was so super sweet and brought home a huge bouquet of flowers for me last weekend. It was a hard week with the passing of my Grandpa Haycock and not being able to go to Utah, since I'm so close to my due date, for the funeral. It's also been a pretty demanding and busy rotation for Rick (he has been on nights, ugh), plus being at the end of my pregnancy, everything has just felt like it's been piling up. She wrote me the most thoughtful card! Cosette has been so amazing and kind while living here with us! I feel like we are in a total win-win situation. I hope she feels the same way :) The kids love her to death and she has been so thoughtful and generous, allowing Rick and I to squeeze in a date night here and there when Rick's schedule has allowed. She has kept me company during Rick's crazy residency schedule, has been a true friend to lean on, and has surprised me with a cleaned-up kitchen more times than I can remember! She is truly a gem and I'm so grateful for her!!!

I was washing some baby clothes a lady in our ward gave me
and found this cute "Little Brother" onsie. So cute!

The weather has been sooo fantastic this week! In fact, just yesterday morning, the first thing Garrett did when we woke was he headed right to the freezer, got a frozen Gogurt, asked me to open it and then took it outside. We spent a good chunk of our Saturday morning outside and the weather was just so incredible! I'm so glad the kids have been able to just run around and play in the backyard now that the weather is so nice. Then Rick did a little bit of tilling to get our garden ready. After that we did a picnic lunch on the back patio and Rick set up the blow up pool from last year and the kids played and played and played. It was a wonderful and relaxing day!

I really am so grateful for a fenced-in backyard. I'm sure we will be hanging out in the backyard A LOT this summer since we probably won't be going out tons with a newborn. I've stocked up on some summer activities to keep things interesting and fun for the older kids like water balloons, water beads, and I bought a blow up pool on clearance last fall for when our current one bites the dust (this will be our third summer with it so I'm not sure how much longer it's gonna last, haha), among other things that I have stored away as a surprise.  I've also stocked up on some learning/activity books for the kids to work on throughout the summer to keep up what they've learned throughout the school year.

Kimbri's little fort she built for her and Brenna.

On Friday, my friend Kelsey texted me asking me if we wanted to spend the morning at the park with them. It was fantastic weather and I had zero plans for the day so we hoped in the car (Garrett, Brenna and I) and we drove to Smith Lake park. We always choose that one because it's close to us. Well, when we got there, it was super crowded because of some military thing going on. I drove around the parking lot and literally couldn't even find a parking spot, so I called Kelsey and we decided to drive to Clark Park. 

We ended up having such a great time at Clark Park so I'm glad it turned out the way it did! The kids played on the playground while Kelsey and I chatted and then we walked over to the Nature Center and looked at the animals. They had a new snake since the last time we were there and Garrett thought it was so awesome! He kept saying, "I love this park! It's so cool!". We haven't been here in quite a while so it was obviously a fun change for the kids.

There's a tarantula in the very back and he thought it was so neat.

The snapping turtle was a favorite!

Trying out the "seashell phone".

After the park we came home and had lunch and then made ice cream cones. Pretty sure they had a great day! I'm so glad that my friend called and that we got out of the house for the first part of the day!! When Kimbri found out we went to Clark Park she was really jealous so I think we'll need to go back again soon. Sometimes I feel bad when she misses out on stuff we do while she's at school. But I have to just remind her that sometimes she gets to do stuff at school that Garrett doesn't get to do so it all evens out in the end. I can't believe next year Garett will be going to school too! So crazy!

Also, here is a random photo I don't know if I ever added to the blog. Kimbri's teacher posted it on their ClassDojo on "Career Day". They needed parent volunteers to come and talk about what their career is so Rick volunteered for Kimbri's class. They ended up being short on volunteers so they asked him to visit 2 other classes as well. I'm glad it worked out with Rick's schedule. I think Kimbri felt really special having her daddy come to her class :)