May activities galore

We started off the month by throwing a baby shower for Ryan & Amy (hosted by Grandma Koci, Aunt Tammy, and myself). Several from the Shane and Koci sides of the family joined us for a brunch in honor of the soon-to-be newest addition to the Koci family, Caden. A simple game of baby camouflage entertained the guests as they arrived. Then we had lunch and played a game of guess what's in the bag. Ryan and Amy made out with a lot of fun things for little Caden!

On Mother's Day we had a fun time with family and helped Aunt Tammy celebrate her Birthday. I had picked up my own gift this year because I wanted some working boots and that seemed too difficult to explain to Shane which ones and what size and everything else that went along with it. The kids were with me when I got them and they "picked" them out for me!

A couple weeks later we helped Kody and Paige celebrate thier high school graduations. Kody, our nephew graduated from Mission Valley

High School. Paige, our cousin, graduated from Washburn Rural High School. Kody had a graduation party on Friday before graduation and Paige had hers on Saturday. Then graduation Sunday came and went, and now the two of them are "adults" and ready for what lies ahead.

Memorial Day weekend we had Jeremy & Meaghan with us from LA. We played quite a bit of pitch and packed as much into the weekend as we could. Saturday night we had the Brinkman side of the family out for a bbq. It had been a while since we had all been together. Then Sunday night we headed over to the pond for the annual campout with the Koci's. We caught a lot of fish, told a bunch of stories, and enjoyed the loveliness of a night at the pond! Memorial Day we had some old friends, the Giles, out for grilling and some shooting. Jeff, Barb and Jessie came out as well to do a little shooting, it was like old times with boys out in the yard with their guns. Then J&M left us to head back to LA on Tuesday.

Now we're in June and still trying to recover from May. I can't believe 2009 is half over and I still haven't gotten everything done that was on my wish list to have done in 2008. I guess the old saying time flies when you're having fun is true for this crew!