Month of May

 I love the spring!

 

This is what the Assumption Campus looks like in the Spring! This is only one area! We have the most beautiful campus. Our B&G dept. does an amazing job landscaping and keeping Assumption beautiful. It's nice that graduation is when all the trees and flowers are in full bloom on campus.

We are getting ready to say goodbye to our seniors on Saturday. I will miss their smiling faces and the variety they have brought to our office each and every day for the past four years. 

 

 As the students are moving out and cleaning out their dorm rooms they leave behind the most amazing things. Like this little gem of a robot/award. I mean how can you just leave this behind...it's quite the work of art! Very creative those college kids :)

Dad has been having a bit of a rough week. He has a pinched nerve or something in his neck that is causing him a lot of discomfort and not allowing him to sleep very well. I am hoping it goes away on its own and very soon. A crick in the neck is never fun and he has enough going on without having something silly like this making him uncomfortable!

We had a very busy weekend. Mom and Dad went to a memorial service on Saturday for one of Dad's cousins that passed away. While they attended, I watched Lilly and Kylie with Joe and Lauren who came home for the weekend.  We played games, ate some lunch, and took a rest so Kerry could get the house ready for another showing. Lilly had me put on "Rapunzel" so she could watch it because "I haven't seen that movie in a very long time" ... I guess last week was a lifetime ago to a three year old :)

 

Lauren's Mom and Dad came up this weekend to to meet my Mom and Dad and go to the wedding weekend at Crompton Collective. We love Crompton Collective. Check out their web site and make sure to visit the store it is SO amazing there. The whole place is decorated so cute! 

It was like we have known Lauren's Mom and Dad forever. They are SO nice and very down to earth people. Lauren's Dad and my Dad sound like they grew up in the same neighborhood just in different states! Joe is very lucky to be marrying into such a nice family. We hope they come back up to visit again soon. It was fun having them here.

Kylie and Lilly Do not like when my Dad takes off his glasses to read

Dad is trying to read them the three little pigs while Kylie is trying to put his glasses back on. Then she is pouty because Lilly wanted to see the pictures too. We have decided this version of the three little pigs circa 1970 is not a good one. He eats the pigs! It's a good thing the kids can't read yet!

 Julie and I worked on our self portraits. Joe sneaked in the first one, so we took one of all three of us in the next one :) Julie looks scared in both :(

 

On Sunday Mom made an awesome breakfast and Lauren's Mom picked up special heart shaped donuts for the girls. Lilly ate hers like a lady. Kylie ate hers like a toddler :) She wore her pink frosting proudly!

 

 Lilly loves Disney's movie "Tangled" which she calls Rapunzel. She loves Pascal the Chameleon in the movie. Joe and Lauren brought her back this Rapunzel shirt from Disney World. It's in one of her favorite colors...purple. She wouldn't put it on for them when she got it but now I don't think she will want to take it off. I sent them the photo so they could see how much she likes it. She completed the outfit with a tutu. Julie was also sporting a tutu today. 

I went shopping on Friday with Crystal. When we shop I feel like we are back in our college days again...only now we have money to actually shop with :)

 this sign was in a store we visited. I just loved it. Especially the snapshot of the two girls sitting on the steps. It reminded me of taking our picture on the steps at the beach house.

Well that's all the news that's fit to print. As my school year is coming to a close our journey to a new heart still continues. I can't believe we have been waiting for as long as we have and still...no new heart :( Please continue to keep Dad in your thoughts and prayers. He deserves to get a new heart soon. With all that is going on in the world it's hard to focus sometimes. I am grateful that at least Dad is stable and home with us but if he could get rid of the crick in the neck and get back some energy that would be great too. 

Thanks for all of your prayers and continued support. The well wishes go a long long way. We are very lucky to have such wonderful family and friends :)

Until Next Week,

Laurie