And now, it's OFFICIALLY Summer.

Our second annual crawfish boil was another success!

A little start to finish--rinsing the crawfish, to laying it all out to eat!

 Sometimes they are a little squirmy...

And other randomness...a little wrestling...

And our first strawberry crop for the summer!  Yum yum!

Summer begins...

The kids and Angus have been trying to watch for a kitty hiding under our deck....she isn't a friendly one...

Got our garden planted and looking GOOD!  And then the hail came....

Potty training begins.

Casual Monday at our house...and maybe every day in the summer...

Jace and "his boy"...he would love to take Angus for a walk with a leash, but Angus still kind of walks Jace...

Finishing up his May calendar packet from school...

Sprinkler FUN!

Baseball every Wednesday!  Connor likes to accessorize...

And here's the hail...ruined most of our garden, and the side of our house...

Snow in May? Nope, just hail.

I think they are watching a Die Hard movie...pretty intense if Jace is on Jed's lap...

The resident Chef for the summer.  He wants to "make" things...so he made us Chocolate Malts one night, Strawberry Shakes, and this night it was chocolate pudding.

The end of School...and..

We have cute kids.  :)

He grew!!!  A little comparison between the beginning of the year and the end...

Oh, and he did learn to tie his shoes.  These shoes didn't last until the end of the year...but I made him wear them for the picture.  Oh, and his John Deere shirt also "accidentally" got cut with scissors at some point in the year....hmm....

John Deere cutie, ready to go!

The end of the year picture with Aunt Jena aka Mrs. Tharman.  It was so awesome having her next door to Jace all year!

And in the midst of the end of school....decided to do a half marathon in Manhattan.  The Bill Snyder Half Marathon.  In Manhattan you drive out to I-70 and just make a starting line..

Jena and Ryan ran it too!

I finished in 1 hour and 57 minutes...barely under 2, but I made it!

Oh, and there was this guy at the finish line...Bill Snyder himself!  Jace would have rather gotten a picture with Willie the Wildcat!

Kids slept on the way home...one of them woke up a little grumpy...

And, saw this so had to get a picture while we were there!

Rollin' through May...

Connor got herself stuck in some wrap on a chemical pallet when we were at the shop one day.  Whoops...

Jace and Jed checked some corn that was starting to come up...

This dress.  Loved it when I ordered it....but it's too short, and probably shouldn't be worn unless she is filling the role of Heidi...so it makes a good play dress and she can "TWIRL" in it!

TWIN day at School!

Planting beans...

And Jace gets to help.  Took us a few tries to get the black off his face...

First baseball game!  He's been waiting his whole life for this!  And he got to play catcher that night!  And he hit 3 home runs!  (We played another kindergarten team...so it was a matter of no one being able to field the ball...but it counts!)

Getting some help from Colton with Daisy...

And last, some pictures of my sweet babies, and their Dad too.

Field trip and FUN!!!

Because if the pool is open you must swim.  Even if the water is COLD...

"Grandma, I have an ouchie."

My babies and me on Mother's Day!

Jace's field trip was to the Discovery Center in Topeka, which has a ton of hands-on, pretend play, learning.  He made a smiley face in the woodworking area!

A little window painting with his friend Charli (who was born 4 days after him...)

He was willing to find snails in the creek for everyone!

Had a fun day with these two!  Charli's mom couldn't make it so she played with Jace and I that day.

No outing is complete without a picture with Aunt Jena!  His year with her is coming to an end!

Jennifer and I recognized this from our childhood!

We sent this picture to Grandpa J--told him Jace was learning how to work on hearts!

And back at home...playing baseball with Daisy looking on...

Connor doing what she loves best...

And Jace trying to wrangle Daisy...it's a process!