May

It’s finally May, which means a lot of fun things around here.

Most importantly, it means that Kolby only teaches SAT classes on Monday nights. He talked to his boss several weeks ago about the overscheduling, and they reached an agreement that he’d only work one day a week starting this month. It is such a relief to get to spend tons of time together again. I missed him!

It also means warm weather is becoming the norm again! The temperature has been so nice lately and we’ve enjoyed eating dinner on our back patio every night. We try to think of meals that require the grill because it makes for a fun evening outside together.

Maya has been experiencing some major spring fever these past few weeks. All she wants to do is be in the backyard chasing rabbits, eyeing the birds, or checking out all that’s going on in our neighborhood this time of year. We recently celebrated her birthday, which was fun as always. We gave her a birthday of April 22, since that is the day we brought her home 3 years ago. The pound thought she was 1 or 2, so she’s probably 4 or 5 now. As usual, we met up with some friends at the dog park to celebrate. I think everyone had a great time!

Although this isn’t specific to May, baseball season is in full swing now. If you’re not aware, Kolby LOVES baseball and is a huge Rangers fan. It’s a passion that’s always been there but has really been ramping up in the past few years. He watches or listens to almost every game. And they play 6 games a week! We went to a game a couple weeks ago with my parents and our seats were 9 rows behind home plate. At that proximity, even I can enjoy watching baseball! We had a great time and the Rangers won.
Speaking of Kolby, we were thrown quite a curveball last week when we found out a job opening that he was very hopeful about suddenly closed out of nowhere. It was his dream job and we’re really disappointed that it didn’t work out, but I guess it never hurts to be reminded that we are not in control. It is back to square one on the job front, but we are trusting that God will provide—even if it is not in the way we imagined.

Our summer vacation is now less than a month away and we’re getting really excited about it! I planned on asking for an SLR camera for my birthday/Christmas from my parents this year, and I somehow talked them into letting me get it early so I could use it on our trip. I wanted a Canon 40D, which is a really nice but also really expensive camera, so we turned to eBay and I found one that is a few years old but was in really good shape. It’s now in the mail to me and I can’t wait for it to get here! I guess I’ll have to practice by taking pictures of Maya… I’m sure she’ll be thrilled :)