The McGraths: 2nd Week of May

Monday, May 15, 2023

2nd Week of May

Here are some highlights of the 2nd week of May.

Hudson playing at the Aquarium. He can go up and down all by himself. Great quote.

I worked from home on Monday since we had a girls' Primary Activity that afternoon. During lunch we went out and played w/ the hose, trying to get the chalk off.

Hudson and Steve working on getting the chalk off the retaining wall.

Hudson wanted to eat lunch outside under the canopy, which was fun! I love Spring!

Beautiful flowers in bloom: Petunias, Tulips and our Lilac bush.

Carter and Nyles trying to do a cart-wheel. I was trying to teach them how.

The Lilac bush is in full bloom and smells wonderful! So pretty!

The peach tree coming in, our Honey Locust trees, and pear tree also blooming.

Hudson playing in the sand.

Steve took Dave and Hudson down to Utah Lake to fish for White Bass.

They caught a couple fish and put them in a bucket.

Hudson then tried to keep catching them. They had a great time!

Dave then came over for dinner that night. Joann and Jeff flew down to Arizona to visit Joann's dad Carl. Dave brought a Salmon to cook on the smoker. Rob stopped by as well and helped eat it. Hudson wanted to try the Salmon, though he didn't like it. Then Rob convinced him to try the lemon juice, and he REALLY didn't like the lemon juice. Haha silly kid!

Silly Piper. Cute Hudson in bed.

Hudson playing in bed after his nap.

Hudson also figured out how to go up our rock wall outside all by himself.

Cool time 11:11 on May 11th.

I had to go into the office the rest of the week. When I pulled up the trax train times it said there was construction on the Blue Line, so they had a bus to connect around it. They had a note that there might be a 30 minute delay. I didn't want to chance being late, so I decided to try the Frontrunner instead. It's a little further to get to the station, 10-12 minutes vs 3, but the train ride itself is only 30 minutes vs 45. The Frontrunner is also quieter and cleaner. It was a really good experience. I'll see what I do going forward. It's nice to have options.

The Frontrunner coming. Ralph, our elf Buddy's assistant, sat next to our new Zelda game. He wanted to keep on eye on the boys and make sure they behaved themselves.

Hudson reading the book, "Brown Bear."

Pretty lilacs bush. Cute Hudson w/ a sand bucket on his head, playing in the sandbox.

On Friday, May 12th, Steve took Nyles, his friend Lincoln and his dad Tyler to go fishing. Rob also went with them. Dave sat at our house while Hudson was napping, until I could get home from work (thanks!). Carter played at his friend Colin's place until 5pm as well, then his mom brought him home. After dinner we went over to the school playground to play. We had a lot of fun!

Hudson's cute run.

Lincoln, Nyles, Tyler and Rob fishing. They didn't catch many, but still had fun.

Hudson helping mix pancakes. Our neighbor went up to Logan for the Camp Chef sale. He ended up getting Rob a smoker and us a camp stove/griddle. We invited Rob over on Saturday. Steve helped him put the smoker together, then Steve smoked us and Rob a Papa Murphy's pizza. They were super yummy. Then we went to Sam's Club and helped Rob get a pork butt to smoke for Mother's Day. We also showed him the pellets to buy and a storage container at Sam's. He then came back to our place and Steve helped him get the pork butt all prepped for the next day.

That evening we went over to the park and played pickleball and played on the playground.

Carter about to go down the slide. Piper rubbed against Steve's hat and left her hair on him. She's definitely shedding right now! Cute Carter on the rock wall.