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May 2024 - Portland

I was in charge of our anniversary this year and surprised Kyle with a long weekend in Oregon.  We spent the first day in Portland, day 2 hiking Multnomah Falls, and day 3 on the coast.  We did a food tour in Portland that had 12 courses from different ethnic restaurants and food carts.  We were blown away by how lush and green it was in Oregon.














Todd & Melissa watched the kids while we were gone and they took everyone swimming!



For Alexa's birthday she really wanted a double piercing.  We decided to go to a tattoo and piercing parlor instead of Claire's because I've heard it's a better, safer, cleaner way to pierce.  The workers were so cute and awkward having a "kid" in the shop.  All of the employees were covered in tattoos and piercings and were telling each other to watch their language because there were children present.  And one yelled at another employee to change the music from heavy metal so he awkwardly changed it to Disney haha.




For her birthday party Alexa had friends over to watch Guardians of the Galaxy.




The kids finished school just before Memorial Day.  Liam said, "I had to say goodbye to Mrs Knight because she’s going to retire because she’s been teaching kindergarten for 36 years. But she is my forever friend."  He looooooved kindergarten and she was wonderful! 





Audrey is completely obsessed with the chickens.  She goes out everyday and talks to them outside their coop.  And she loses her mind when we open the door and let her go in to be with them.







She also loves to just chill with / sit on Roxy the dog.  And chase Jane the cat around the house while yelling "Meow meow!  Meooooowwww!!!"





Tyler had to pick a famous person for his Wax Museum at school and he chose Nikola Tessla.  He researched him a lot, made a cool poster, and dressed up just like him--especially the hair.


Other fun happenings:






Tyler made the D&D symbol with his 3D pen and gave it to Kyle for his birthday. Such a cool, thoughtful gift!

Tad LOOOOVES the cute paint kits we get from My Little Paintbrush



Liam keeps losing his teeth!


May is always a crazy time with the end of the school year and brief overlap between spring soccer (Tad & Liam), softball (Tyler, Tad, Liam), now track & field (Alexa), and softball (Alexa).  Lots of running around!  We also had a baseball smash our van window.  A fly ball did some terrible damage to our van in the parking lot.  And our neighbor who is Tyler's age accidentally hit a golf ball through our front window, so it has been an expensive month for new windows in our house!

Here are some videos of some great baseball / softball hits:

https://youtube.com/shorts/8KlIglgEH-4?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/GvY6eSNBvLw?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/41JNvijFfjY?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/iwvkVZGcxgg?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/viSa2C4unII?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/w16RdNtjQKc?feature=share

https://youtube.com/shorts/jy0UWVGoSQE?feature=share


Kyle got tickets to a lantern festival in Salt Lake and there were 10,000 people there (!!).  We honestly struggled to get our lanterns to float but the overall experience was incredible.

https://youtu.be/WHlnej7VBBM




Lastly, the boys are on a serious Wierd Al kick and listen to his parodies All. The. Time.


Adorable video of Audrey playing t-ball:

https://youtube.com/shorts/xyto6xvAJdw?feature=share


Funny quotes:

Liam, pointing to Montana on a map. “Look, it’s Motunui. That’s where Moana lives. It’s right next to Idaho.” 


Liam (whispering): I have a crush on Lily. Don't tell anyone. It's a secret! I'm going to marry her when I grow up. 

Me: you can't marry Lily. She is your cousin. You have to marry someone who isn't in your family so you can start a new family.

Liam: Hmm. Ok. I think I'll marry Audrey then. 







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