May

I'm not quite sure how May is almost over.  This happens every month, so I should be surprised.


We celebrated Emmy's birthday in early May.  She is two now. And definitely in top two cutest nieces ever. ;)

Emmy's bird cake and bunny cake to the far right.

We spent mother's day with the Wyss's at the condo's.  It was the typical gathering with plenty of good food, sitting around, and interesting conversations to overhear.



Jack seemed to enjoy himself. :)

Jack and Nancy (Lena's grandparents) joined us.

I'm sure with them and Andy, Pearl, and Grandpa and Grandma, the conversation was hilarious.

And, with May comes flowers.  I love late spring and summer.   I spent way too much time and money at the Washington green house one afternoon.



What a glorious sight.

my cart was full of wonderful things

I spent that evening planning flowers and the garden. 

Our porch back to it's summer-time glory. :)

We have 5 rhubarb bushes (?) and they have been going nuts.  I still had some rhubarb in the freezer from last year, so I bought some strawberries and made a few pies one evening.



all the necessary ingredients :)

yum

plain rhubarb complete with a lattice top.

and the strawberry rhubarb.

Not only is our rhubarb doing well, our strawberry patch is exploding.  Not many have ripened yet, but there are lots of little green ones.



The first ripe strawberry.

It was amazing.

My birthday came and went. :)  There will be more in another post.  And, work has also been keeping me busy.   Last I went to the doctor, baby B, as the baby shall be called,  seems to be doing well.  Poor Nathan will have to deal with my ever increasing bouts of nesting and planning. :)

In Christ

~Michelle

Gathering of the Alumni

Two weekends ago, we hosted a U of I reunion. We tried to invite the young groups from when we were at U of I.   Out of 40 possible (maybe more) we got 23 guests. :)

Taco bar. 

We had plenty of food.

It was a beautiful day, so we were able to move the festivities outside for a while. 

Tristan brought some outdoor games. 

A few brought their musical instruments. We sang a few country western songs. :)

It was great fun.  A solid turn out from the UIUC YG. I miss the intelligent conversation and comfortable silences.  The best part of college was the young group, it was so good to be back together with them for a bit. 

In every day activities: we planted our garden. 

He is such a trooper.

Actually, he knows more about gardening than me.

our rhubarb is going nuts :)

Asparagus! 

our strawberry patch has grown.

beautiful green and sunshine

The other evening I invited us over to my parents for supper.  For two reasons. I feel sick and don't feel like cooking.  Of my two lilac bushes we only have one bloom and the farm has tons.
The girlies were there. I took them out flower picking with me after supper. 

I think these are my favorite flowers.

:)

I'm loving spring.  Those few warm days we had were amazing.  April was crazy. We are looking forward to a quieter May. 

In Christ

~Michelle