May Happenings

May was a good month - so. much. fun!

We started with Sam's birthday.  He turned nine this year.  How is that possible?

He's growing taller every year.

He chose his birthday dinner - sushi!

Then his birthday cake was chocolate chip with chocolate frosting.

Yum!

His birthday family activity was mini golf with Uncle Noley.

Then we hit a Bees baseball game.  It was a lot of fun!

Here we are on Mother's day taking flowers to Grandma June's grave. 

 Spring programs at school were next in the month.  Here is Sam with his 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Abbott.

And here he is with one of his very best friends, Charlotte.

Sam with his Computer Fair project - top row.

Sam with his art project - top row.

And Sam with his Young Author project.

Then it was my turn for the spring program.

I won a silver medal for my Young Author project - a thrilling tale about a knight and a dragon.

And this is me with my fabulous 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Johnson.

 I finished up football season.  It was a tough season but we had lots of fun!

 I loved having dad as one of my coaches again this season. 

Memorial weekend came next.  We headed out for Star Valley Wyoming for the weekend. 

One of our favorite things to do is to stop by our ancestor's cemeteries and bring flowers.

Stop #1 - Sandy Utah for Grandma June.

Stop #2 - Murray Utah for Grandpa L.

His grave is near these cool rocks - we love to jump off of them.

Stop #3 - Syracuse Utah for Grandpa G's family.

Stop #4 - Woodruff Utah for Grandpa L's family.

 

Stop #5 - Afton Wyoming for the Cassity's. Sorry, no picture.

When we hit Wyoming, we get to drive the car.  Here's Sam driving us to . . . . .

. . . . .stop #6 - Etna Wyoming for Grandpa and Grandma G and Grandma G's family.

We met up with lots of family in Etna.  It's always a big party with everyone there.

We played some football with our cousins.

Sam enjoyed the super giant bubbles.  He's in the bright orange shirt.

And more football. 

 I got to drive us from the cemetery back to the main road - such a serious driver!

We stayed at a fabulous cabin at the south end of Afton.  It's one of our new favorite places.

We tried driving up to Cottonwood Lake but there was still too much snow on the road right near the top of the canyon.  So we stopped and threw rocks into the river.

We hiked to Intermittent Springs.

 We stopped at the log bridge to cross it.  I got a bit wet as I was coming back across but Sam made it across dry.

It was a beautiful day!

We found a nice shady spot in a quiet spot of the river for a picnic lunch. 

Ah - Wyoming, how we love you!

We ended the month with a Broadway play in downtown Salt Lake - Cinderella.  It was excellent!

I'm about ready to graduate from Cub Scouts - in a few more weeks.  Here I am receiving my religious knot and some other awards.

And last but not least - we're still going strong with horse lessons.  We did some street riding last week.  Here I am on my trusty steed Duke.

And here's Sam riding Big Jake.

Thanks for making it all the way to the end of May.  We'll be back for a June wrap up in a few weeks.