May, June and THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

A hodgepodge of happenings in May!

First of our many good-byes.

We'll miss our neighbors and friends!

 A trip to Lake Farm Park

 Mother's day...

Luke gave me a "breakfast bag in bed"

(see where James' gets his pointy ears???)

 Someone had a run-in with a tree at school and got to leave early!

 The rainy, wonderful day we closed on our house!!!

And then the highlight of the month was when Aunt Susie came to visit!!!!!!

Welcome to CLE!!!

 We did SO many things...the art museum, Little Italy, saw the lake, downtown, 

West Side Market, Lake View Cemetery, lots of shopping, Granite City, PF Changs, 

worked out and swam at LifeTime, Chagrin Falls, Shaker Square, The Christmas Story House, 

Kirtland Temple and Historic sites.

It was seriously amazing! We crammed so much in and had a great time!

Thanks for spending the week with me (while Matt was away in Philadelphia).

Daddy came back home!

And went back to work!...booo.

Luke had the Spring Fling at his school.

A bounce house, lots of food and ice cream, games, a movie, etc.
Lots of fun and work....whew!

Our last Memorial Day Parade!

(As always parked in front of the Kiene's first house!).

Matt was post-call and me and the boys were still recovering from being sick all

weekend. It was a beautiful morning to get out and enjoy the sun.

 And a car wash...water fight.

 We had a day in the backyard with friends too.

 And best of all...Matt came home with FIVE GUYS!

Oh and a new van.

Best Husband award goes too....

this guy.

 For Mother's Day Matt got me a 2 month pass at LifeTime Fitness

(because who can afford more than two months...I mean, really?).
So we've been trying to take advantage of the indoor/outdoor pools too!

It's barely warm enough (Ohio gets a bit jipped on their summers).

As we get closer and closer to moving day, our house gets more and more

empty and echo-ey.

We've sold a lot of furniture and rugs, and packed away a lot.

It's even more bare since these photos.

I can't believe it's almost time to go. :(

Matt has decided we need a lot of dates before we hit the road to head to Utah.

We've hired a girl in our ward, so we can go to a bunch of places once more before we leave.

Date 1 was awesome. Dinner downtown at Chinato (best gnocchi of your life!), shopping downtown, Ice cream sundae at Sweet Moses and watching the sunset on Lake Erie. 

...more dates to come.

Silly Luke loving the sunroof in our new van.

Dev and his best friend Jane having Froyo

and James happier than a lark with his new toy.

The last week of school!!!

Luke's school is FINALLY out (June 5th).

The last week was exhausting...

Monday-BBQ lunch with parents.

Oh and his cute little friend Lily (his crush).

  We also were without Matt's car for 3 days...so we walked everywhere..

And snapped these cute pics of these bunnies in our backyard, 

and these cute Amish boys (oops) watching us walk to school.

 Tuesday- Field trip to the Botanical Gardens.

Wednesday-Kindergarten Showcase

His best buddies, Alek and Alex...confusing?

 Thursday-THE LAST DAY.

Awards ceremony.

Luke got the Principals Award for Mathematics

and a PAWS Award. 

 Then he had a class party (that I helped with) that went from 11:30-3:15....we were all pooped.

Saying goodbye to some of his little friends.

Kindergarten Teachers, 

Mrs. Duhanic (right)

Assistant Teacher Ms. Napier (left).

 The happiest guy out for the summer!!!

Luke had a bit of a rough year adjusting to all-day Kindergarten.
A lot of days it was a struggle to get him to go. We wanted to make a big deal 

of him finishing, since it wasn't easy for him.

When he got home....

 He got a little gift with some books, a workbook for the summer, 

and a movie for our party that night.

I can't believe he's growing up so fast!

My handsome boy!