May Update

Spring has sprung in Minnesota! May was another great month! Mother's Day weekend was upon us before we knew it! It began for Duane with his Go Ruck event. In a nutshell, people run around the Cities from about 10pm-6am doing crazy obstacles, all while wearing a 30lb. weight on their back. He was wiped after the event but said he had a great time!

For Mother's Day, it was beautiful outside so we met some friends at a park and they brought doughnuts. It was a lovely morning and day!

Olivia, Walt and Lily (with Joel doing the work in the background)

We had an awesome visit from my brother and a friend of his and my mom came, too! Alex and Ted (Teddy Bear as Olivia called him) had a bike race to compete in on a Saturday so they came from Thursday evening to Monday morning. It worked out well because as soon as they arrived on Thursday, Duane, Olivia and I left Annie in their care and went to Olivia's Kindergarten Open House! The rest of the weekend was spent with each other, trying to soak up as much time as we could.

I had 2 work trips during the month of May - one to Kansas City and another to Detroit. Duane and the girls survived and had some nights with soccer practice worked in there, too.

Annie was super tired one night and actually snuggled with Sadie! I about cried when Duane sent this to me while I was traveling - so sweet!

The rest of the month we spent outside and trying to get ready for our upcoming vacation to Gulf Shores! Olivia opened up her lemonade stand for the season and even went to a Twins game with Duane one rainy afternoon.

Sharing a popsicle 

mixing lemonade

adding Annie's name to her lemonade stand sign....she even shared her earnings with Annie!
(All Annie did was chew on the cups!)

Annie and Ruby at the MN Zoo

at the Apple Valley VFW Memorial Day ceremony