May 2012

IMG_0684, a photo by tracyg00 on Flickr.

I seem to have a common theme here. Busy. I don't really feel frazzled all the time, but I look back at all of our activities over the past few months and it seems that we do a lot. I guess it's pretty telling since I am 4 months behind in updating this blog.

May started out with a bang. We started the month with a First Communion practice. Here's a photo of Megan with the banner that she made. My Wisconsin Marathon happened to be on the same day as First Communion. I left on Friday morning for Wisconsin and Darin handled the homefront. Jenny was kind enough to come over and take Megan to Salon Blonde for a fancy updo. Megan loved Irene (she's really funny) and decided that's where she'd like to get her hair done all the time.

I made it back from Kenosha in time to get myself ready. Darin took Megan to the church to get her set up while the rest of us trailed behind. Here's the beauty:



I was able to snag a photo with her afterward:



May 5th also happened to be the running of the Kentucky Derby. We had a little gathering at our house to celebrate her First Communion and randomly drew numbers for a little wager on the derby. Jake was the winner for the day and I believe he cleared around $80.00. Oh, and you'll notice that he's in his baseball uniform. That was also the day of Jake's first ballgame of the season. So Darin left straight from church and took Jake to his game. I told you it was busy!



On the following Wednesday, Kathleen Brennan hosted a Mother/Daughter tea for the First Communicants. It was a beautiful day and her yard was perfect for this.



It also gave the girls a chance to wear their fancy dresses again! Here's another pic of me and Megan (a little squinty)!



All of the activity for the first part of the month, caused this family to get some great sleep. I happen to like this photo of Darin and his mini-me. :-)



I was able to make it to Jake's next ballgame. He now plays "Coach Pitch" baseball. If they can't hit the ball after 6 or 7 pitches, then they hit off of the tee. We've got ourselves a good, little hitter here.



Fielding can be kind of boring sometimes, but every now and then a little action comes his way.



On May 20, it was warm enough to swim at Jenny's house. It's always a good time there.



And, tiring as well. This is on the way home!



We spent the last weekend of the month at the cottage. Megan caught her first fish of the season and Irena helped to take it off the hook.



We ended the month with Jake's Junior Kindergarten graduation. He was a great performer (he sang a song with all 50 states!). He knew all of the moves, too. Here he is with his buddy, Joe, in the background.



And it looks like I was able to sneak myself into quite a few photos this month. Here's my last one: