{glen falls park}

We discovered the most amazing park this past week.  It's called Glen Park, which sounds pretty boring, but we've changed the name to Glen Falls Park, which in our opinion, is much more appropriate.  It's basically a park with a river and a waterfall, but right in the middle of town! It's off of a main street, but you can't tell from the road.  Go off on a side road for a block, and it feels like you're in the middle of nowhere.  It's crazy, and crazy beautiful.

I took Jack, Henry, and Caroline one day by chance, and now we've been back many times with the whole family.  These three had a blast climbing rocks, splashing in the water, throwing sticks, and exploring.  It's one of our new favorites!

{memorial day}

I love Memorial Day. It's a patriotic holiday, it's usually nice weather, and it's made up of parades, good friends & good food. This one was no different!

We went to the Clarence Memorial Day parade, and the kids got quite the candy haul.  We did learn that we needed to be at the beginning of the parade, and we would have gotten a lot more, although I think I'm okay with the fact that we didn't.

We were invited over a family's house that afternoon and evening for a BBQ, and it was quite the party!  There were several families there, and tons of kids, so my kids of course were in heaven.  We spent the day chatting and playing, and then got home in time to bathe the kids and get them to bed.

The night before we had a pre-Memorial day dinner with some of our other friends, and it was just as delightful.  We had YUMMY food, and we played games and talked for hours.  The kids even got to go for rides on the ATV, and they were totally thrilled.

All in all, it was a fantastic weekend!!

{may in review}

The review posts are some of my favorites, because I get a review or our month in pictures--just little glimpses unto our regular, everyday life.  It's the best part!

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One morning we headed down to the bike path their plasma cars, and totally enjoyed a perfect morning.

The bike path goes by the transportation department, and we lucked out when a couple of big trucks arrived at the same time as we did.  The driver even told the boys where to stand to get the best view, and they didn't move a muscle.  

LOVE these three, and having them home with me. It's just not going to be the same without the boys here in the fall.  

We built the picnic table, and I just have to wait for the wood to dry out to paint it, since we used treated lumber.  It's already been used a million times, and the kids love to eat any meals they can out there!

I love this cute face!  Kate's my softball girl!

Caroline is obsessed with "buddah".  She continually gets into the fridge and takes chomps out of any butter she can find, and I'm always finding little bite marks in it.  Now I can't blame her about the butter, but plain?  

This is our Friday night all through May and June.  The boys have a game every Friday at 5:45pm, so we pack our food and eat while we watch them play.  There's a little park there too, and we are enjoying this little part of the summer!

This boy.  He loves hot dogs so much it's ridiculous.

Two pretty girls before school!  

{hawaii}

I was SO lucky to be able to go to Hawaii in the middle of May for a business trip with Silhouette.  It actually seems like a dream now, and it even felt surreal while I was there.  It's the most beautiful place I've ever seen--so relaxing and peaceful--it was a fabulous trip, and I'm so grateful I got to go!

At first I was a little nervous to go by myself, not because I'm scared to travel alone, but going to such  a wonderful place and not having anyone to explore with seemed strange. Fortunately I met the most awesome girls that were also there for Silhouette, and we ended up having such a great time together. Out of the five days I was gone, I only had to work for two hours.  :)  The rest of the time I just played!  I hiked Diamond Head, paddle boarded on Waikiki Beach, visited the Laie Temple, toured the North Shore in a jeep, ate at super yummy food trucks, tried a fresh coconut from a road stand, went to a luau, ate SO SO much food (and shave ice), and went to some of the most amazingly beautiful beaches.  It was a dream come true!

Stairs up to the top of Diamond Head, and view from the top!

Dole Plantation

On our way--exploring the North shore and beaches

Sigh.  Can't wait to go back!!!