Another month has come to an end. We spent the month celebrating every day! Some of you celebrated with us! Hooray for celebrating!
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| May 1 is May Day! May Day is a time to celebrate flowers and Springtime ! |
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| Or the Dad's interpretation "Mayday, Mayday! S... |
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| ...O... |
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| ...S!" |
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| May 2 is National Truffle Day. |
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| May 3 is National Two Different Colored Shoes Day! I actually wore these to school. Mr. Hartog was subbing, and he asked what was up with the shoes. I told him it was National Two Different Colored Shoes Day, and he said, "Oh, so that's what your'e going to call it, huh?" |
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| May 4 is National Orange Juice Day. We are drinking orange juice at the dining room of our hotel before going to the temple. |
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| It was also National Homebrew Day... |
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| ...and of course, Star Wars Day! |
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| This is how David celebrated! |
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| This is how Steve and Angela Celebrated! |
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| May 5 is International Day of the Midwife. I'm thankful to this midwife for helping Micah arrive... |
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| ...and to this midwife for helping Erica to get here safe and sound! |
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| It's also National Infertility Survival Day. Angela sent us this picture of her two miracles, and the paraphernalia it took to get them here. |
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| May 5 is also Cinco de Mayo! |
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| May 6 is Crepe Suzette Day... |
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| ...so we made non-alcoholic Crepes Suzette. |
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| May 7 is National Teacher Appreciation Day. |
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| My kids are appreciating me! |
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| May 8 is National Bike to School Day, but it was pouring rain that day, so... |
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| ...we celebrated National Coconut Cream Pie Day instead. |
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| It was delicious! |
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| May 9 is National Lost Sock Memorial Day. |
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| May 10 is National Shrimp Day. |
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| May 11 is National Stamp Out Hunger Day. |
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| Susan helped out with a food drive called "The Open Air Market" in Las Vegas. |
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| It's also National Eat What You Want Day. |
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| It was also National Foam Rolling Day. We had no idea what that meant, so we rolled foam pool noodles... |
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| ...but then Amy said that she thought it was probably sore muscle foam rolling they were talking about. Duh. That didn't even cross my mind. |
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| May 12 is Mother's Day. The dad wrapped my Mother's Day gift. |
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| Cookies, and 2-quart jars! |
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| He also made me Dutch Babies for breakfast! |
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| Then we went over to Leah's house for lunch! |
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| The night before, we started getting ready for.... |
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| ...May 13, National Crouton day! |
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| Steven... |
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| ...and Micah are celebrating, too! |
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| May 13 is also National Frog Jumping Day! |
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| May 14 is National Dance Like a Chicken Day. |
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| May 15 is National Nylon Stocking Day... |
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| ...but more importantly, it's National Chocolate Chip Day! |
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| May 16 is National Love a Tree Day. The dad loves this one! |
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| I love this one. |
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| Eli loves this one! |
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| May 17 is National Walnut Day. Amy toasted walnuts for our oatmeal! |
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| It's also National Cherry Cobbler Day. We made the cherry cobbler, and I fell asleep... |
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| ...so we ate it the next day. |
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| May 18 is National Visit Your Relatives Day. We visited Jo and Al. |
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| May 19 is National Take Your Parents to the Playground Day. Eli took his parents... |
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| ...and Amy took hers! |
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| It was also National Devil's Food Cake Day! |
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| May 20 was National Pick a Strawberry Day. None of ours were quite ready to pick, so... |
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| ...so we celebrated National Quiche Lorraine Day... |
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| ...by making Quicke Lorraine Crepes! |
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| May 21 is National Strawberries and Cream Day! We made kefir and strawberry shakes! |
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| May 23 is National Lucky Penny Day! |
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| May 22 is National Vanilla Pudding Day! |
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| May 24 is No Fry Day. We took green beans and tomaotes to our hotel room in Albuquerque on our Temple Service weekend, and we didn't fry them. We cooked them in the hotel room microwave, but we forgot to take a picture, so we took a staged picture when we go back home. |
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| May 25 is National Towel Day. The dad is celebrating by recreating "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy,"... |
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| ...and I am celebrating by bringing the dry towels in from the clothesline. |
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| May 26 is National Blueberry Cheesecake Day. |
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| May 27 is Memorial Day, and National Grape Popsicle Day! I realize these don't look like grape popsicles, but we made them with frozen grapes (from our own grapevines) and foot wine. They actually were pretty good! |
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| May 28 is National Hamburger Day! |
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| Susan celebrated National Hamburger Day in Las Vegas! |
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| May 29 is National Coq Au Vin Day! |
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| This time we found an Instant Pot Recipe and gave it a shot. It was MUCH easier than the regular recipe, and... |
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| ...it was delicious! |
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| May 30 is National Water a Flower Day! |
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| Susan came home and helped us celebrate National Smile Day on May 31! |
Now we can hardly wait to see how we will be celebrating in June!
