hike

beautiful day for a hike with friends!

sleepyhead

weekends are exhausting!

planters

testing my green thumb with some new flowers this year

scouts

last den meeting of the school year.  ryder's den made suet bird feeders and bowie's den designed a new patch.

boomer

boomer is the best boy!

open house

spring open house 

bike rodeo

scouts bike rodeo was a fun one!

air strip

my girlfriend and i went for a walk through her neighborhood on the other side of the lake, and she took me to the old air strip.  back in the day, people used to come from the city to vacation on the local lakes, and some would even fly in.  most of the lakes had their own dance halls and were a popular place to fish, relax and enjoy summertime.  i had no idea this existed, but it was so cool to see a piece of our local history.

gone fishing

it's been a fishing kinda weekend, both kids caught one too!  

fishing derby

this was our first ever fishing derby, and we had so much fun!  both kids caught a fish and our neighbor got the biggest fish!  

watercolor

picking up my watercolors again, after a long break.  

2 to go

bowie has two baby teeth left to go!  she has been losing so many teeth over the last few months!

scouts

fun night at scouts making kaleidoscopes and playing with yoyos

test run

testing out an art docent project with the kids before bed

art auction

this is the art auction piece i put together from ryder's class.  we decorated various sized craft sticks with markers and i glued them to a canvas.  minimal effort and big reward!  i had plenty of leftover sticks to create a smaller piece as an end of year teacher gift.

art auction piece

teacher gift

tenants

we have four new tenants living outside our front door.  waiting for them to leave the nest so i can replace my old dead fuchsia hanging basket with a new one.

plant a pot

our local hardware store had a fun kids event where they could decorate a pot and plant a flower for mothers day! 

planters

finished cleaning up and planting in the front yard planters.  excited to try some new flowers this year

top hat

i haven't been thrifting much lately, but when i take the kids to jui jitsu it gives me the perfect opportunity to run into the local thrift store close by.  this vintage blenko top hat vase will make a nice addition to my fenton top hat collection!

golden hour

enjoying being outside after dinner.  everything is in bloom and the garden is showing off