May's Many Things

Food Truck Fun as restaurants waited out more quarantine - Meat Sweats is our current fave.  Not pictured was the Petite Perle snowball truck.  Next on our list is Tennessee Tatercakes.

 

Speaking of trucks, Josh got one of his own this month.  He's in heaven again.

 

Josh and I took another drive through Cottontown some and White House.  Happened upon this unexpected scene.

 

Walks have continued this month - a quarantine regular.  This particular walk brought a rabbit along with us.  We are THAT family.

 

Star Wars Day hair do and Lego creation.

Got the pool set up again and it's getting almost daily action already, even though it's not hardly hot yet.

Noah FINALLY got to cut his hair when salons opened up again.  He was there the first day he could go. Anna and I wished he would let the curls grow longer though.

This mild spring that lingers in the 70s and low 80s and some 60s has been met with much porch sitting by yours truly.

Mother's Day Peony plant and sweet cards from the girls.  Noah was a real jerk that day and it was a whole thing.  Don't ask.

We drove to Burgess Fall to hike to the falls on Mother's Day but the park was FULL and therefore closed to anyone else trying to get in, so we were forced to pick another spot or go home. We hit Edgar Evins on the way home and hiked a couple small trails instead.

 

 

Noah finally got to go back to the orthodontist after almost four months away.  Got some new style bands to work with and an end date named for getting the braces off this early fall. Exciting!

The head wound continues to heal and fade and flatten. Still got some flattening to go though!  This pic is from a couple weeks ago now.

Mid-Mayish, Josh started going back to the office.

My sister came to town with the kids for a couple days and that was a quarantine pick-me-up and a half!  So much cousin fun and a million popsicles!

Anna and Lasa have enjoyed getting to have friends over.  Noah has too - I guess I just didn't stop to take pics? Sorry, Noah!  Today he happens to be over at a friend's house actually.

And finally, we did a smidge of camping with Josh's new camp trailer.  Noah and I did not stay the night as it was rainy and messy, but Josh and the girls slept in the trailer and lived to tell the tale. It involved a campfire bacon grease fire and some camp potty fiascos.  Kayaking and quick pack up were the trips high lights, I think. Noah and I at least enjoyed the first few hours after arriving.

 

 

Anna took these last two stunning pics!

We took advantage of Josh being home and visited a new-to-us strawberry patch that happens to be super close to the house.  Our usual patch, Cooper Creek, is not open this year.  And the Kelley's Berries we went to with Emily's crew was a real let down.  This Hammond Bros. Farms redeemed the strawberry season!

 

More pool days and a backyard bunny that uses Chewie's old doggie door and comes on the porch all the time now.  We think Valley is a part dog. Ha!

 

 

GORGEOUS sky my dear friend, Gloria, gifted me with along the way to Chicago.

Gorgeous sunrise after I dropped Josh off for his hernia surgery. 

 

Yep, surgery for Josh since we met our deductible on my surgery in April.  It was go time!

Josh says it was a lot more involved than he expected and I laughed because that is what I said after my surgery. He has a lot of pain.  And the pain meds take a toll all their own.  And he still has pain.  But it's all par for the course, we think. Glad it's done!

We are selling this pretty thing outta Anna's space and moving her into a desk instead. Growing up!

Random goofy.

And finally, how the garden is coming along now that we are in the 80s.

 

 

Ready for June, ready for more places to open back up to normal, ready to really settle into chillin' summer vibes.