May Sports, Flowers, and Chores

Well, hello May!!!  Hard to believe that the first week of May has flown by!  We are sending good thoughts to our family and friends!!!!

Ayson had an away baseball game, the temps were in the high 40s (brrr!), and Ayson would not wear the long sleeve shirt that Amy brought to the game for him.  Sigh.

Ayson is in the very back - outfielder. 

At bat

and a foul ball - can you see the ball in the photo??

He ended up getting hit with the ball and made it to first base.

Second base,

THIRD base :)

And he made it home!!!!!  Ayson was so excited :)

We took the chicks outside for a bit of fresh air.

Mrs Oliver cuddling a chick Friday evening

Gorgeous flowers!

and sunset!

On Sunday Ayson and Addie helped Ms Annie and Mr Bob with yard work AND Ms Annie/Mr Bob fed the kiddos lunch and paid them - thank you!!!

Addie cutting up paperbags to go under the mulch

placings the bags and mulch

Chickens, Garden Walks, and Baseball

We had a busy week with school, work, taking care of our chicks, and attending Ayson's first baseball game.  We hope our family and friends are doing well and enjoying spring!!

We spent plenty of time with our chicks!

Addie and Gusty

Ayson eating breakfast with the chicks

Watching the chicks before school

Cuddles

A wonderful evening for a garden walk and Amy's camera made a dark spot for the sun

Check out how tall our asparagus has gotten!

Addie dancing and twirling in the yard.

Gorgeous bleeding hearts

On Thursday, we had gorgeous afternoon weather so Addie and Amy took the chicks outside for a bit of fresh air before we headed to the school for Ayson's first baseball game.

Ayson is the player to the right

Ayson up to bat

Ayson hit the ball but it was a foul.

Addie had fun with a friend - and Amy was glad that she did find someone to play with because the game lasted three hours - eek!

Our crab apple tree was in full bloom on Friday!

Addie had a friend over on Saturday and the girls had fun playing on the trampoline in the misty/drizzly weather.

Ayson making chocolate chip cookies

Sitting with the babies

A sunrise from Adam's trip to Australia.

Chickens!!!!

Amy was in New Orleans, LA for work during the week so no pictures of the kiddos.  Due to busy travel schedules, Adam left for a trip at 9 am on Friday and Amy did not get home until the wee hours of Saturday morning.  Luckily, Ms Annie and Mr Bob had the kiddos over Friday night and Ayson helped Mr Bob clear brush - THANK YOU, Annie and Bob!!!  The kids were super excited to pick up the chicks that we are going to help raise (the chickens will live out their lives at our friend's house 2 minutes down the road)

The Mississippi River from Canal Street.

Mr Bob, Addie, and Ayson on the back porch after dinner Friday night :)

Picking up our chicks from our friend Kate!!

Ayson and his new friend, Henry.  We won't know the sex of the birds until their feathers have grown in...or they start crowing :)

Kate explaining to Addie the breeds of chickens this chick might be from :)

The kids were SO excited!

The home set up!

Is it Spring or is it Summer??

We came home from vacation and had a very busy week AND we got to see our spring flowers starting to bloom!!  We hope our family and friends are doing well and enjoying spring (that feels like summer)!

A walk around the yard on Monday included a piggy back ride,

a little bit of football,

and baseball practice.

On Tuesday we went to a friends house so that the boys could play disc golf.  Addie hugged a chicken instead :)

Ayson getting ready to throw

Gorgeous evening during our walk around the gardens!

On Thursday, we went to Ms Annie's Dad's house.  Thanks for the visit!!!

Interesting centers in the flowers!

On Saturday, we picked up Sage from our friends that were taking care of her while we were away.  Addie was happy to hold Sage :)

Ayson located another geocache spot near us so of course we had to go explore!

This cache location was started in 2015!

And the last visit was on Ayson's birthday - March 8, 2023.

What a gorgeous weekend!  After getting yard chores done in the morning, Addie had fun on the trampoline with the sprinkler :)