the silveys: maybe I'll post for May too...

May was a fun month. We had a lot of family-togetherness-fun time, and a lot of end-of-school-fun time.

I took this picture to show my husband that I bought myself a Mother's Day gift on his behalf. It was a cute exercise hoodie thing.

We try to have a Silvey Family FHE on the first Sunday of every month. This month's attempt devolved into a wrestling match between Scott and Hannah.

On May 2 we went to Sage Creek Elementary's fundraiser at the Arts Park. It was really fun! I bought some tickets, and my in-laws chipped in some tickets too, so we had a lot of fun. The kids got their faces painted, ate hot dogs and pizza for dinner, got balloon animals, entered some giveaways (and didn't win any) and got a bunch of treats.

Mr. Springville sang a song and invited the kids to go up and dance with him. It was cute.

My niece Maggie turned 3, and we went to her birthday party. Isn't she the cutest li'l princess?

I collected money from my sisters-in-law and bought a Mother's Day gift for Nate's mom. I think I liked it more than she did.

Sometimes I take my kids to the park.

The bishop's wife made enough of these adorable bundt cakes for every sister in the ward. Every. Sister. And she had 3 different flavors, plus some a gluten-free version. And she did it by herself. The cake was delicious, and I totally thought it was from a bakery.

And speaking of cakes, we went to my in-law's ward for their cake auction to raise money for the youth. (I went because dinner was provided so that meant I didn't have to cook.)

Papa Sam had his eyes on this maple bacon doughnut cake from the get-go.

I bought each of the kids a cupcake of their choice, because I'm nice (cheap) like that.

Sam won the bidding for the cake he wanted. He paid a ridiculous amount for it. And then he shared it with half the ward which I thought was a classy move.

Kate had her name drawn and got to buy this cake at the "buy it now" price. Papa bought it for her, which was another classy move. Also, the cake was delicious.

On the 14th I planted the rest of my garden. By myself. Like a mom.

I also let the kids play in the sprinklers.

Jude had the good sense to stay out of the fray.

I seem to remember that I promised the kids a moose bar from Reams if they did something, and they did, so we took them out for a treat after dinner. And we ate the treat at the playground at Brookside Elementary, because it was right by where we bought the treat.

When I helped my mom pack up her stuff, I found this really old iPod dock that just happened to work for our really old iPod. I was excited to find that it actually worked. We use it to let the kids listen to Scripture Scouts while they fall asleep.

On the 18th I went with Kate's class on their field trip around Springville. This was my first experience going on a field trip as a parent. Colin is standing behind me whining that I've never gone on a field trip with his class before as I type this.

The fire station was a major let down. Apparently there was a fire or something, because all of the firemen were gone and we didn't get to go inside. I was just as bummed as the kids.

We walked from the fire station down Main Street and then back to the Pioneer Museum and the Library. We appreciated the art.

I appreciated the architecture.

I found the Pioneer Museum fascinating. I have an ancestor who came across the plains with the Aaron Johnson company that settled Springville, but I couldn't find anything about him in the museum. There was a lot about that company though.

Kate and her friend Swayzie. Swayzie is the daughter of my friend Lacey Wing Daily that I grew up with.

We had a service auction for a Relief Society activity. The fake money that we used cracked me up, and made me glad I wasn't in the Relief Society presidency!

Jude likes to cook. He also likes to ask, "What you like?"

The 20th was Kate's last day of kindergarten. The program was short and cute, as always.

Mrs. Tanner said she was going to retire this year, but she decided to hang around for one more year, which made me happy, because now Gray gets her for his teacher too.

Kate also had a ballet performance that night at UVU. Her ballet class did Swan Lake, and it was really impressive.

The baby swans were my favorite.

Apparently a girl went at the wrong time and threw everyone off, and that made Kate upset. She hid it well though.

And when she doesn't want to smile, she won't.

I wish this picture wasn't blurry, because I love it so much. But they were having too much fun to slow down so I could take a good picture.

On the 21st we went to the AstroFest at BYU. I was thoroughly entertained. I love learning this nerd stuff and sharing it with my little nerds. We built rockets, made star charts, went to the Acoustics demonstration and the physics demonstration, looked at a bunch of cool rocks, held part of an asteroid, and went up and down a lot of stairs in the rain.

Sitting on a bed of nails.

Kate had another ballet performance that night. It was a long weekend for Mom and Kate. At least she got to eat fast food for dinner, which she really thought was awesome.

During rehearsal.

Backstage.

Kate also was recognized for passing her Primary grade ballet exam. She did amazing! I told her she had to smile just for this one picture, and then she didn't have to smile anymore. And she performed much better the second night than she did the first.

The kids looked so nice all dressed for church, that I had to take a picture of them. It wasn't Mother's Day, but we'll count it.

Kate wanted to do a ballet pose. I told her she was wearing an Aunt Heather outfit, and Aunt Heather agrees.

Nana brought the boys hats back from Disneyland. They wear them constantly.

Sage Creek dance festival! This was Mrs. Burr's last year as the principal, so I wonder if this tradition will continue. I hope it does. The kids love it.

Our neighborhood has an ice cream party right after school on the last day. It's been a tradition for like 20 years. This was the first year that the baton was passed from the Williams family to the Vorkink family.

After ice cream Nate and I took all of our kids to the movies for the first (and last) time. We saw Zootopia, and then it came out on DVD the next week. Annoying.

Memorial Day weekend I went hiking with my kids and sister. We hiked Timp Falls, which is the Timp Summit trail, but you stop after about a mile and see 2 waterfalls. It's a shorter hike than Stewart Falls, but it is relentlessly uphill the entire time. It is also a less popular trail, so that was awesome. We only saw like 4 other hikers, and the parking lot at the base of the trail was completely full. (The parking lot accommodates this trailhead and Stewart Falls, too.)