iMay

May was a good month for our family in Texas! Highlights included Mother's Day + my birthday and Calvin finishing Kindergarten! The weather was great all month and we are really loving our friends here. Really liking our life here these days. Oh, and I started teaching for VIPKid in the mornings. I have to wake up super early but I am liking it.

Lisa had some work meetings in Texas so the kids and I met her there. I had never been there and I thought that Houston was a cool city! The kids loved the zoo and staying with her at her hotel.

Dallin had Mother's Day off! It was lovely except that I almost killed him by making him go for a hike + he forgot his allergy meds so he couldn't breath for the rest of the evening.

poking a rattlesnake

I TUNRED 30! My birthday was on a Saturday. Dal was working the day shift. We went to a parade with friends in the morning, then Davi was nice to watch my kids while I got lunch and a pedicure with Carly and Laura. We got to go up to the Cheesecake Factory (my fave) after Dal got off. I got lots of sweet packages and messages from friends. It was a lovely day.

Also, our close friends Jake and Laura bought a jetski this month which was super fun for all of us. So many lake days since then. This was on memorial day.

besties

cake i made for myself for my bday

The kids and I have started going on adventures (and getting treats) on Saturdays that Dal works all day instead of sitting around waiting for him to get home.

Calvin finished Kindergarten!! Calvin did very well at Skipcha Elementary and we loved his teacher (Ms. Hayes). He made cute friends and enjoyed riding the bus. I am excited to have him home for the summer.

Calvin's best friends in his class are twins Sam and Dan. They are stationed here from the Netherlands 

Calvin and Ms. Hayes

End of school party with friends 

last day of Kindergarten 

Mae's cute friend Cora

Calvin and cute Victoria. We love her!

Hamilton Pools

We spent a random Tuesday that Dal had off at Hamilton Pools. We had been trying to get a reservation for a while and it exceeded our expectations! Mae did a great job hiking, I was proud of her. It was so pretty!

parents+easter+1stbirthday

My parents came into town for Easter and to celebrate Lewis' birthday. 

Highlights included:

-Getting Mae's ears pierced! (She has asking to do it for a while and she did not even cry!)

-Dinner at Salt Lick BBQ with the Whalens

-A little birthday party for Lewis with my parents + the Williams and Larsons

-Buccee's (my dad loved it as much as I thought that he would)

-Lake Belton

-Dying Easter eggs

-my parents took Cal and Mae to see Dumbo

-Easter! The kids loved the egg hunt

Mae cried a lot when we left. Can't wait until we see them again. Living away sucks sometimes.