May 2017 Coming home and working on projects, surprise!

Hannah looking cute at a Kids-to-Kids where we went to visit Melissa's friend Alisa


Project time clearing out garden beds to get ready for planting.


The kids hungrily waiting for their dinner.


We went to a fish house for Chris' birthday dinner.



Saying "goodbye" at the airport, 5/2 at 8 AM, far too early.


Stop in SLC to say goodbye to Nana and Granddad


Back in Lindon visiting Great Grandma Clift at Fred and Mary's house on our way home. 



Sometimes I can't even make it inside after work before being sucked in to whatever awesome thing the kids are doing.


Mangoes!!!!

Mangoes make us happy.


Finley might have taken, "Clean up the playroom" too far.


5/11 Melissa texted me this picture, just to let me know what kind of crying she was preparing for.


Team ropers?  But both dismounted to wrestle it to the ground?


Sometimes Hannah will allow just a little physical affection, so that Finley knows she still recognizes him as family.


Playing in the late spring runoff at Cottonwood Wash 5/12.


5/15, Melissa's vision becoming a reality.  Privacy screens for the backyard.  Our kitchen windows look directly at our neighbor's windows and their dog barks anytime Melissa and the kids go outside, so Melissa wanted a little more privacy.


Haircut for the Fin-Man.


No cut needed for sister, she is already too cute.


It begins.  The plan is that if we like them, we'll add one more and connect the blank spots with vertical slats.


Bozo?


Turning under the weeds in the field, Finley is pretty much a "TRAC-TOOR" addict.


Even Hannah enjoyed a little farmer time.


The Lyman's went out of town for the weekend, and put Melissa in charge of watching their eggs.  10 out of 11 hatched under her watch.  She would run across the street 5-6 times every day to watch the progress.


I was dumb and let Finbar ride on top of the Little Tikes Car while Hannah was inside.  So he showed me my stupidity by jumping off while we were stopped talking to mom. 


Apple sized strawberry, from the store, why don't ours grow like that?

Goodbye May, we are loving summer time so far.




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