Rest of May

Evette has been in love with all the dresses that Mimi sent us - one from her childhood and a bunch from mine. It's so fun to see her in some of my old favorites.

My birthday was sweet this year. Lots of cards and loves from dear friends. A couple different cookies and cakes and cards brought over - makes my grateful for all the good people that surround me in life.

Sometimes we just got to walk a couple blocks to grab ourselves some donuts. 

Silly girl at Evette's soccer practice.

Piano duets together :)

Eyes glued to the movie while this little one gets her first haircut. Her hair is so different from Evette and mine... I'm having a hard time knowing how to deal with her wispy sorta wavy feather hair. 

Date night at the movies with the husband! Fancy big movie theater with reclining seats - so comfy!

More "Vintage" dress shots. Yes, that is me on the computer in the background in the same dress and bow...

Little lady headed to preschool.

Sometimes she sits still long enough for me to get a braid in her hair!!

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These are some families of fish and some starfish. 

For mother's day we got to visit with Auntie Rachel on her mission in Idaho!! I miss that girls so much!!!!!!!

Laundry folding and movie party.

Big day at soccer.

In May, our concert for choir was a semi-staged version of Man of La Mancha. It was intense. A lot of practices, but it was different and fun. I was asked to join the very small band on the trombone, so that was fun! Throw back to my high school days of playing in the pit for the orchestra. Man of La Mancha is an intense story, and I was grateful for the chance to really delve into that story. Here we are rehearsing in the gym of my church building. 

Handsome Husband.

My dad went to Belguim on a work trip a while back and brought back some dough for their waffles! It was soo delicious!! Brought back all those happy memories of our Europe exploring days!!!

So many art projects. All day long. Every day.

Cuteness in their vintage dresses :)

Sometimes in the mornings when Sean wakes up early, Miriam wakes up too, daddy helps her go potty, and then he throws her in bed with me to cuddle before actually waking up for the day.

Zoo trip with just me and my girls!

Miriam and her joyschool shenanigans. 

The choir that I sing and work for, Masterworks Chorale, participated in the Silicon Valley Day of Giving - a big fundraising event throughout the whole Bay Area. This project was my baby and I basically ran the whole thing. We raised over $16,000. Not to brag or anything...but maybe a little bit. Our goal was $5,000 and we more than tripled that! We had matching grants and even won one of the contests with some prize money. Wahoo!! It was awesome. 

Sean had a work meeting and the breakfast caught on fire. Yup. One of the little candles keeping the food warm fell or something and it caught on fire. Everyone just watched it burn but Sean ran out to the hall and grabbed the fire extinguisher and saved the day. My very own firefighter!! :) 

Ikea shopping!

Sweet sisters

More art.

Trying on the dresses one last time for Maggie's wedding :)

Loving that lambie!

Sometimes Evette can be quite a home-body. On this particular day she wrote "No" on a piece of paper and stuck it on the door so that I would remember that we were not to leave the house but just to stay home all day.

Ice cream date with daddy!

Snuggles with Momma.

Shoe shopping with mom - a favorite activity :)

Getting some potatoes from our garden! First time doing potatoes - not to bad, eh!? Delicious!

Practicing potential hairdos for Maggie's wedding

Ihop date because mom is too lazy to make and clean up lunch :)

This is a picture that Evette did of her and her daddy. I drew the person outline but she did the rest and even decorated her outfit with flower petals.