Fun Random Things We Did in May

Tri-Cities has gotten me going out to watch live plays and musicals. I'm addicted! In May, the same group (Vibe) that did "The Little Mermaid" in January, did "The Prince of Egypt" musical. Our friend's daughter from our ward played the role of Moses' wife, Zipporah. They did such a great job, and I loved hearing the additional songs as well! I can't wait to hear what they'll do next.

Moses and Zipporah (our friend's daughter, Rachel Chandler)

There was also a play put on by Hanford High School in Richland for "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". They did a great job and the stage they have is SO nice!  In the middle of the stage, they have a big rotating circle so they can rotate between scenes quickly and it just makes it more interesting. I have learned that it is worth seeing the plays that this school puts on. They did an amazing job! I went with Charlotte to go see it with friends and then went again with Curtis, Garrett, and Alice. Jack was busy with his friends. My friend, Jen, said it was comparable to the Broadway production, which she has seen. She was very impressed as well.

Some other friends of ours who do homeschooling put on a Shakespeare play called "Twelfth Night". These were mostly younger kids around ages 8-12, but some were older. They did a really good job, but it was difficult to understand and follow, considering it was Shakespeare. I was also not prepared for it to be outdoors with the sun right in our faces. It was hard to concentrate on the play when I was so hot and had no sunscreen. I had worn pants thinking it was going to be indoors and air conditioned, but nope. They did it in someone's backyard, which was large and had this nice set up for the stage. It was only the beginning of May, but it was warmer than I thought it would be that day (which happened to be the same day as prom).

Beautiful setup.

I finally had to get up and go get my umbrella in the van and then moved to the back so I wouldn't block anyone's view. I'm so thankful I had that umbrella!

Other fun things that happened in May was that my girls had the opportunity to help a lady in our ward with her cats while she was out of town. She ended up giving us a new cat scratching post that is just like the one we used to have in Nampa that both of our cats actually used. Sage is good about using any of the cat scratching items that we have but Coco is very picky. This post is the only thing he will use. I was very thankful to get this because he tends to scratch the carpet on the stairs sometimes. Anyway, we had a little fun with the cats to get them interested and know about this new post by putting some chicken pieces and yummy treats on top of it. The cats would then climb up the post to get the treats. It was pretty cute!

Licking his lips after his treat.

"Got any more chicken?"

Watching her was the cutest thing! She may be getting old, but she can still climb!

My Mother's Day gifts from my kids (mostly Alice). Curtis forgot it was Mother's Day. I can't blame him since we were busy with prom dinner the day before. We had lots of leftovers and just ate that for Mother's Day dinner.

Charlotte finally got a new bike that fits her better. She'll need it for the youth high adventure in August. I still need to get a new bike too, but haven't decided what type to get, cruiser or mountain?

An impromptu pool party one Friday evening. I love watching the kids have so much fun in the pool together.

The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend the girls and I volunteered to go place flags on Veteran's graves. They loved it and want to make it a tradition. I love that idea. 

While we did the flags, the boys got busy building our shed.

The walls are up! Not bad for one day of work.

On Memorial Day, they worked on building the trusses. We're going with the barn roof style for more storage space.

The librarians gave Garrett and me this basket of flowers to thank us for volunteering in the library at the school this year. That was super sweet of them, and I had my husband hang it up by our front door. We needed some color in our front yard!