Lambson Land: Much Ado About May!

I loved this month – there was so much fun and so much grandkid time!

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again – nothing melts my heart more than seeing the grandkids having fun with their Papa. Cameron is a sweetie-pie and we get along great, but his clear favorite is Papa! If I come out to his house without Dave, the first thing he always says is “where’s Papa?”

As we were watching Kendal, Kenna and Kaytie one Saturday, Kenna was getting a little one-on-one time with Papa (another one who thinks Papa is the best!) while I was tending to Kaytie. Now, normally Kaytie isn’t too much of a Papa’s girl. Given the choice between me and Papa, she had always picked me first. Well…that is changing I guess. After I was done changing her, she immediately crawled over to Papa and pulled up on his leg. She wanted up on his lap with Kenna! That’s ok – give me another heart-melting moment to cherish!

This is Kendal trying not to smile while I take a picture.

Dave got his “cook” on and tried a couple of different dishes. This one was just pretty, so I took a picture of it – cod with a sesame teriyaki glaze with vegetables.

The other dish is getting documented because he is using something he claims to detest…zucchini!! It was a pork stir-fry dish and he actually used the ingredients called for! And not only that, he ate it, liked it and says he’ll make it again!!

It was a great treat to watch Raelyn a little bit this month, too!! She is such a little beauty and she is soooo loved by her brothers!!

Mother’s Day weekend was so nice! Dave took me out to Black Angus for dinner on Saturday night, gave me a card with chocolate on Sunday morning as well as making me breakfast that included blackberry cream cheese crepes and from the kids I got flowers, chocolate covered strawberries, a lovely smelling candle, and a beautiful heart made from the footprints of Hunter, Cameron and Raelynn! I am definitely feeling a little spoiled!!

Bremen had his last band concert before heading off to Junior High next year! (Boy, that sounds weird saying Bremen and Junior High in the same sentence!) He had a solo in the concert and he did fabulous!! The song he picked was a much higher level of difficulty than the other solos. Not bragging, just a fact!

A couple days later we had Kendal’s preschool graduation. Talk about cute!! And let's not talk about her going to kindergarten next year....that just can't be!

Look who was excited to see her sister!!

Look who was excited to get into Mommy’s bag!

The next day Kevin came into town to go to Bremen’s Fathers and Sons outing. Papa was going to go, too. It would have been fun for them…but it got cancelled due to rain of all things…in May….in Arizona!! They made the best of the day and a half they had. Lucky for me it included teaching Bremen how to make a cherry pie – one of my all-time favorites!! We were all so darn excited to cut into that pie that we forgot to take a picture of the pretty creation until we had some in our mouth!

Speaking of pretty creations….lovely Caitlin was honored at a school ceremony for outstanding academic achievement in science! Only one person in each grade received the award – she was the sophomore recipient! As they were reading her award, they also mentioned her positive influence on her peers and her calming presence in the classroom. Yeah, I think I’m just as excited about that nod to her character as I am the science award!

Her brother, Ryan, got some sweet awards at the end of the school year, too! He made the Principal’s List with straight A’s and he was recognized for displaying trustworthiness and having an overall stellar character. Love, love, love that…and him!!

On another subject, Dave has a new possession. It has become a good friend…I think he likes it a lot! Terry made him a cane! It was quite timely, too. Dave had just twisted his knee the day before!

The grand finale of end of school year festivities - we went to Hunter’s Kindergarten Graduation!! He was awesome! That kid is such a personality! I wish I would have videoed him walking over to shake his teacher’s hand – he walked with such purpose and had the biggest smile on his face!! Sure do love that boy!

Kendal came over for a craft day – she is awesome with crafts! Give that girl paper, stickers, scissors, glue, etc. and she’ll be in heaven for hours!!

Dave had a fishing trip out of San Diego planned for quite some time. Just so happened the day he was leaving on his trip was the day Kevin and his family were to arrive. They passed each other somewhere on the I-10!! As it turned out, all Dave, Terry and Ernesto did was take a long boat ride. They were skunked. And I blame Mexico for that! The day before they were to be heading toward Mexican waters to fish for yellow tail tuna, the Mexican government decided that all fishermen must now have a passport. Used to be you fished with visas supplied by the fishing company you worked with – not now. Effective immediately a passport in hand is required. Well, Dave and Terry do not possess one and it was too late to do anything about it. So they went ahead and the boat captain took them out beyond international waters (12 miles out from land) and hoped to catch some blue fin tuna. Nope. Didn’t happen. I was all set for some fresh, grilled yellow tail and ended up with frozen cod from the store!

Meanwhile, back at home I was having fun with these people!!!

Thankfully, it wasn’t so blazing hot yet that we couldn’t enjoy a little time at the park!

And the big reason for Kevin, Alena, Sofia and Lilly to come to Arizona? Bremen turned 12 and he was ordained a deacon at church! We had a nice party to celebrate after that milestone birthday!