May Craze

What a busy and crazy month of May thus far, right Titus?!.  

 Meet in the Street in downtown Wake Forest...


School projects... Joshua's class sent Flat Stanley on adventures... his went to Kentucky to visit cousins...


 Graduation ceremonies and celebrations with friends...






 Flat Stanley enjoying Ethiopian food in Ohio...

Quick date night...
 Kids Eat Free night out...



 Hanging out with new friends...
 Mothers Day was in there somewhere... :-)  My little guys:

 Grateful for my mom and her mama (pictured below) who recently turned 88 years old!
Spring baseball season began...





 Summer hair cuts...


 Joshua was cold so he sat under the dryer... ha ha..
 Growing up...



 Starting to settle in and personalize our new home... blessed.

 Random morning entertainment... Joshua found a luggage strap and tied it around his waist.  Why?  Just because.  #newandbetterfannypack

 My beautiful girls and their bob hair cuts...



 Home sweet home...
 Bought an antique chair at a store downtown to go with my great grandmother's desk...

 Took dinner to and visited with new parents 'again'... Obviously, Judah prefers his mommy :-)
 Poor adorable little guy...



 Exhausting month... 
 Tony has been on the road a few times... Reno and Boston being the most recent... meanwhile, we enjoyed some of our favorite foods = chips and salsa!


 End of Grade testing dance party (had to have happy energy to help sustain through the rigorous questions)...
 Family baseball games...
















 Spontaneous post-EOG coffee date coupled with grocery shopping...
 Girls night out (to plan) with cappuccinos to top the night off...
 Friday became a family fun day as we decided to celebrate the end of grade testing completion by skipping school and heading on our own field trip to the zoo!






















What a beautiful day it turned out to be!









Happy May to all of you!

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