May

This is mostly for memory sake...so don't get overwhelmed! :)

We left the first week of May for a trip to Denver.  Jared had a conference there, so we decided to make it into a vacation, especially since we won't be able to do that after this year since Kenzie will be in school.  I was a little nervous about how much fun Denver would be, but we loved it!  The best part of the trip was meeting up with some of Jared's old friends who have now become our family's new friends.  Unfortunately, I did not take one picture the whole time we were together.  Thank you Zach and Kelly and Jill and Adam and kiddos for your hospitality.  We LOVED the time we got to spend with your families.  The girls still talk about the fun they had chasing the chickens and I still need the chocolate chip cookie recipe!

We also hit the zoo, the Children's Museum (which was very cool), the Fire Fighter's Museum, and the Littleton Historic Farms and Museum.  We got to see the temple and play at parks and swim at the hotel.  and Besides one epic melt down in the Fire Fighters Museum--like a perfect stranger had to carry Jamen down the stairs for me and buckle him in the stroller so I could carry a very distraught Linzie kind of epic melt down--the kids did great and had a fun time.  Kenzie didn't particularly love the drive and one hour into the ride home, asked when we would be done and she could get out, but they really handled it all well.  Thank you Pinterest for a few ideas for travel that really came through for us. :)

 Children's Museum

 Fire Fighter's Museum

 Denver Temple

 Littleton Historic Farms

We got home in time to celebrate a joint birthday for Jared and Mother's Day for me.  This is the first time, but probably not the last time that they fall on the same day. We had all of the Christensen's that could come for a Mother's Day/B-day party.

The next weekend was Kenzie's dance performance.  Grandpa and Grandma Adams and Aunt Bonnee and Jackson were able to come.  Kenzie has enjoyed dance and did a great job at her performance.  We then had a BBQ and Bryce and his kids came so we could celebrate his birthday. Of course, I have no pictures of the get together.

To end the month, we had the Adams Family Spring Fling.  Since we couldn't all get together for Easter, we celebrated Easter and Memorial Day and everything spring while we were together.  We LOVE the annual Easter egg hunt...especially the adult Easter egg hunt.  We took our A game this year and took down Bryce, the reigning egg hunting champ! :)  Oh, the kids had fun hunting eggs too.  We visited cemeteries on Monday and had way too much good food to eat over the course of the weekend.  We love being with our cousins and getting to follow grandpa and grandma around!!

The day after Memorial Day was also really special.  It was Jared's mom's birthday and her and J Dale were working on the same session at the temple.  Those who could, got together and went to that temple session.  It was really neat.  To make it even neater, my dad had some family names that needed to be done, so Jared, Jason, and Brandon got to do my family's names on the session that J Dale was directing.

In between everything, we have planted our garden, played with friends, and planted shrubs and bushes along the side and in back of our house.

A very great month!!