May Day!

The crazy began at 

6:15AM Scriptures & prayers

6:30 Sam's lunch packed & breakfast fixed

6:45 Sam catches the bus... bus driver makes her throw breakfast away!

7 Everyone else ready for school: lunches packed, agenda's signed, rooms tidied, breakfast eaten, chores finished, bags packed, etc.

7:30 Call the Bauserman's to see if we can switch cars for the day.

8:15  Drop off Porter

8:30 Pick-up cargo van & thoroughly enjoy a music filled 1.5 hour drive to the Pottery Barn Outlet!

10 Arrive & begin finding the outdoor furniture I had plotted out on the "blueprints" of the deck & patio.

11 Check-out & WAIT to get everything loaded.

12 Finally leaving the outlet & RUSH back in hopes to have Ryan's help to unload.

1:35PM Pull into drive & frantically unload the van.

1:40 Ryan pulls away in the van & I get things "arranged" in the garage.

2:00 Head out to pick up Sam

2:30 Pick up Sam & Elisabeth

3:00 Drop off Sam, Elisabeth, Izy & Toria

3:15 Pick-up Porter

3:20 Trade keys with Ryan, race across parking lot pulling Porter along in hopes of not having to come BACK to town AGAIN!

3:35 Pick-up Rebekah, Casey, Dani, Drew & Lexi

3:45 Drop off above mentioned kids & Porter

3:50 Race BACK to town, pick up cargo van, drop off cargo van, pick up Honda, drop off Honda, pick up suburban & race back home!

4:15 Open the pool... the fun begins!

4:20 Put a picnic table & benches together for the deck.

5 Call Dominoes!

6 Eat dinner

6:45 Storm is coming (or so we thought) close pool, tidy up outside, PJ's on & pick out a movie.

7 Parent Trap + Ben & Jerry's = fabulous end to a wonderful May Day (or so I thought!).

Ben & Jerry tend to be apart of all our family traditions!  We've decided to adopted them!

9 Little one's to bed... Big ones goof around in rooms & on the computer.

11PM I finally just climb in bed...  the kids are still on the computer (which is located in MY room!)

** At some point Ryan gets home from work... I have no idea what time the kids finally went to bed.