May 2017

May was one exciting month! There was so much to do and to get done in preparation for our move across the country! There was a lot of packing, playing, prepping for our AZ trip for Rick's graduation (I'm going to make that it's own post), also we had Kimbri's Kindergarten graduation (also it's own post)! So here are all our random photos from May:

Olivia's 18th Birthday!

Hadley & Brenna

These two sisters melt my heart.

We decided to squeeze in one last temple date to the
Provo City Center temple. We ate at Los Hermanos after,
my favorite, because it was on my bucketlist.=

We've emptied most of the cupboards and so one of Brenna's
favorite things to do is hide in them.

This picture makes me happy. I loved getting to grow up living near them and
I'm so grateful for them in my life! Sometimes I worry that by moving across
the country I won't get to see them again in this earth life, so I'm extra grateful
for this picture I have with my Grandma & Grandpa Haycock

Taking a ride up the elevator to the guest house.

Her recent obsession: dandelions and cats, haha!

I don't think she liked the feel of the grass...

Went out for ice cream with some great friends
of mine! Amanda was my best friend my senior
year of high school and we still try to keep in touch.
Melissa Moulton was my YW president during high
school. She influenced me for good so much. I don't
think she will ever know how much I look up to her
and appreciate her true friendship to me.

Kimbri made me some cute "Mother's Day" coupons :)

Having a snack while mommy gets some cleaning/packing done.

Kimbri with Great-Grandma Haycock

A cute note and flower Kimbri gave me.

One of Kimbri's good friends from primary,
Emma Wilkinson. My dad snapped this pic of
them on our last day in that ward.

Family Walk

One, of many, things I will miss about Mapleton is the amazing trails right out my parents backyard. The view is incredible and it's the perfect little path for walks, bike rides, scooters, running, etc... On May 1 we all took a family walk and just took our sweet time letting the kids hop of their bikes and run up the hill to the side of the path. They lay in the grass, played hide and seek, and found a random red flower that Kimbri thought was so awesome. She also wanted to pose and have me take numerous photos of her :) And let's not forget how Rick thought he could ride Garrett's bike, ha! The weather was perfect and it was so relaxing. 

Kimbri & the Little Blue Dress

We tried out a new hairdo on Kimbri. I got out my old crimper from back in the day and we did Kimbri's hair. It turned out so cute! I love the wavy hair on her. So then I thought we should take a picture before church. Then Kimbri thought we should take like 10 pictures... ha! She told me what poses she wanted to do and when I needed to take the pictures. She specifically was the one who wanted to "look the other way but have me still take the picture from the front".  Every hand and hip action was ALL her! I think she loves being in front of the camera!

Easter 2017

We did up a little Easter basket for each kid, using random candy we already had sticking in bunny glasses that we got from somewhere a long time ago. The other toy for each kid was from my random stash in our closet of little things that I find for a super good bargain on the clearance racks and save them for holidays, birthdays or Christmas. We also hid some eggs and the they had a lot of fun hunting for them! 

After church we had a quick little egg hunt in the back yard of my parents house, but then spent Easter dinner with the Stone's in Salem. They also had a fun little egg hunt with color-coded eggs. Each kid could only pick up their own color that they were assigned. Each color had one egg that was hidden that had a little bit of money in it and Kimbri and Garrett thought that was totally awesome!

Super off-center picture because we did a time photo and
had to use the deck ledge to prop the phone up, haha.