May Days

 Claire and Izzie at their first dance competition.  They are quite excited.  Especially after they won first place and were able to go to the dance company pizza party.

 Watching Claire perform at her class drama day was very fun.  She goes all out!

 I was able to coach Girls on the Run with my buddy Anne this year.  Lucky me, I had Mia and Mals on my team.  We switched things up this year at the 5k. Dad ran with Mia and I ran with Mallory.  They were both great troopers.  So proud!

Jaren's preschool Mother's Day program. For some reason, Jaren was super shy and quiet for the singing portion.  Not generally words to describe him. Cute and sweet nonetheless.  

 And nothing beats his presentation of this radish plant that the awesome questionnaire he filled out about me.

 Mallory's grade put on a Ma Spa where they pampered their mom's and did fun activities together.  My nails were stained blue for a looong time from this nail polish.

 Jake and Hannah hosted a great Mother's Day dinner.

 One of the special moms in our lives.  And a weird brother and a cute niece.

 Olivia's selfie.

 Mallory and Molly being conjoined twins.

 Rapunzel the brunette version.

 The conjoined twins theme continued.

 Nathan, Marci, and I did the Big Cottonwood Half.  The race started out very rough when Marci texted me to see where we were at the top.  Unfortunately we were in bed asleep.  We zoomed out of bed and up the canyon to make it barely in time to begin.  Phew, I never want to do that again.  My alarm was set for 3:30 PM instead of AM.  Ugh.  Horrible feeling to think I had wasted my training and money.

 As we were driving out of the neighborhood one day, I pointed out to Libbie that a girl who was a few years younger than her was mowing her family's yard.  She quickly replied, "My goal is to leave the house having never mowed ours!"  The next week, we decided that wasn't a goal worthy of attaining.

 Mia also gets to join in the fun.

 Mia made the cast of the elementary's play this year.  She played a Harem Girl in Aladdin.  It was so fun to watch her perform a couple times.  One night Grandma Jill and Nathan attended with us and the next Great Grandma Oyler came to see her shine.

 Claire's dance recital.

 Over Memorial weekend, we took a trip to see Mara, Ben, and their girls in Arizona.  It was so fun to spend some time with them and do some fun things.  We went to the wild animal zoo we've visited once before.  One of the best parts of the zoo was this little bird house where they allow you to feed the birds.  They set out apples for you to hold and the birds fly onto your hand to eat.

 Ella was a champion bird feeder.

 Feeding the giraffes.

 Tyce LOVED Rocky Dog's crate.  Hey, I need one of these at my house.

 The kids loved their turtle...some a little too much.

 We went peach picking.  So fun and delicious.  Mara treated us to a cobbler with our fresh peaches.

 Where do these kids get their weirdness from?

 Who's that shakin' the peach tree?

 Libbie and Ella utilizing Mara's pool.  I hear it was cold, but didn't find out for myself :)  Jaren surprised us all when he announced, "I'm going to do a flip into the pool!"  And then, he did.  Where in the world did this child come from.  We didn't even know he could do a flip!

 Ben busted out the Legos for a building competition.  A lot of inventive minds out there.  Mara made the Aggie "A" with Nathan and I becoming True Aggies.  I proclaim her winner!

 On the first day of summer vacation, the 5 youngest kids and I went to Tremonton to check out some fun stuff my Grandma had in her basement she wanted to get rid of.  Of course that called for a stop at Pizza Plus for some yummy breadsticks. We had a fun visit with Great Grandma where we were able to take some chairs home I grew up seeing in her house.  Claire brought an old desk home and she gave me some Iris starts from her garden.  I'm excited to watch them grow.

 Girls on the Run 5K.  Be Your Own Hero. Mia and Dad were super speedy.

 Mallory and Mom had a hard time gelling during the race.  Lets just hope she'll do another run again someday. Ha.