May 2020 - Camping, crafts, Lilian's 2nd Birthday!

Grandma Workman's birthday kicked the month off right. Grandpa even baked her a cake. 


\Kids delivering their crafty presents. 


Modeling her new fancy flower shirt from Melissa. 
   

The next weekend, May 8th, we went camping with Rob and Mallory Lyman's family.  We headed to Recapture Pocket , northeast of Bluff for an over nighter. 

Everybody enjoying Mallory's taco soup for dinner.  

The kids had a blast hiking all evening

Lots of little caves and overhangs to make them feel like explorers. 

Just a few yards from camp, it feels like the middle of nowhere.  Zoe bravely leading the way.  (I'm typing this 2/21/21.  Zoe passed 2/18, seeing photos of her while prepping the blog is very hard.)

Lilian seemed at home in the dirt and rocks.  She is quite her brother's little sister. 

A brave little adventurer. 
Hannah is a mountain goat.  Melissa blamed Finn's jeans being too tight, but Hannah was leaving him in the dust all other the camp ground. 

We still haven't quite figured out the official sleeping arrangements in the trailer.  Lilian seems to move from spot to spot every few hours.  Here, she and Melissa share the fold out couch. 

She still had plenty of energy for exploring the next morning though. 

Grandma and Grandpa Workman joined us to see this area they'd never visited before. 

Enjoying the outdoors. 

This is the best time of year, not too hot.  Perfect for spending the afternoon in the backyard.

Or inside making a mess!  Shaving cream sensory tubs. 

Grandma had her knee replaced.  It was a hard month or so of recovery, but she did great and now she has two straight legs. 

Lilian turned 2 this month!

She enjoyed having Mason and Kati Lyman's family over for her party. 

Melissa's "Horses at the stream" cake. 


Then the next morning it was time to start resurfacing the concrete countertops. Sand, paint and epoxy. 
Finley decided he need to be a part of this project.  It is fun when they want to participate. 

    A couple days later, Melissa is pouring the contrasting colors. 

From kitchen rehab to cowgirl!  Just 2 days later and she's on the trail with Lynette. 

And at Nikki's creek the next day. Goodness, busy family. 

Hannah and Finley's last day of first year preschool 

Lilian isn't so sure about summer break... no mommy only time 2 days per week? 

Making biscuits with Andy's Nana's cutters.  Nice to have all 3 helping.   



 

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