The Braegger Family Blog: May 2015

Here's my snuggle Buddy on May 1st. He and Skittles love a fuzzy blanket and a heating pad!

Since it was May Day, I made cream of wheat topped with cream and berries arranged into flowers.

After dinner that night, we make cupcake cones decorated with gumdrops & gummy worms!

On the 2nd we had soccer games,

then drove to Brigham City to check out the Amish goods store

where we got some great cheeses and meats from the deli,

and Christian got a humongous bag of (Lucky Charm) little crunchy marshmallows!! Kid's crazy :)

We then went to "Avengers: Age of Ultron" movie.

Bud was still off track on May the 4th (be with you) so we celebrated Star Wars day in the most awesome way we could think of (or find on Pinterest, as it were)--with a Chewbaca & Tie Fighter breakfast, of course!

The next day, Joy invited us for a Cinco de Mayo party. She made chicken enchiladas & a tomato salad, mom & dad brought corn & guacamole, and I brought nacho cheese sauce & chips.

There was Mexican music, maracas,

and even a piñata!

Joy filled it with little toys and art supplies instead of candy, and Christian was excited that he got this bug catcher which he filled with s bug the next day.

I brought a craft which we ran out of time for, but Joy sent me a picture text with her awesome creation,

and Brandt's (who loved picking the colored paper off as much as gluing it on!).

The 7th was the year end color guard banquet. There was salad and lasagna from Olive Garden and the girls received some gifts,

including these cute flip-flops.

On May 8th, Buddy made and posted to Facebook the following:

Ooookaayyyy.

On the 9th, the DeVere's needed a babysitter at the last minute and asked if Faith was available. She was and got her first babysitting job. They paid her way too much ($35 for only four hours) and when I emailed to tell them, they asked if she would be their regular sitter most weekends! Their cute girls are Kennedy, 6 and Indiana, 3. Here's a picture I snagged from Amanda's Facebook page:

The 10th was Mothers Day and I was mentally hunkering down to weather the emotional storm that it usually is. The kids still didn't do some light house cleaning that I asked to be one of only two gifts I wanted, a week in advance to give them enough time, and reminded them about it several times a day.

But, they did (orchestrated and led by Tony) wake up early to make me breakfast in bed, gave me gifts of nuts and a Contigo water bottle, get us all to church early (as evidenced by the clock photo I took from the CUSHIONED BENCH. This was the other gift I asked for.), a cute message as my phone's screen saver and a bouquet of roses!!!!!

After Tony took a cute pic of me & the kids, Faith posted this cute message on Instagram and Facebook 💕

It was a wonderful, happy day!!!

Buddy discovered a new place to hang out with me other than by the front window. Here he is on the 12th.

That night, the kids and I went to a jump workout class at Sky Trampoline Park. It's taught by Tiffany Smith (one of my Riot coaches) and was awesome! And super hard!! I didn't take my phone in, so the kids recreated the moment when we got home :)

On the 13th, Tony burned the weeds off our garden before looking it up and discovering that's a no-no. Buddy sure loved the fire!

For Riot, we spent some time at the KOA kickboxing gym. Lots of fun, but super tough and end up with tons of bruises! Love feeling powerful with my hands wrapped and in boxing gloves.

Here's a candy poster I made for a primary graduate who earned her Faith in God award on the 17th.

That afternoon Tony & I walked while the kids rode their bikes.

Here is the property where the new elementary school will be.

May 19th was Faith's final choir concert of the year.

I joined a team of ladies for a fitness challenge at work. We earn points for exercising, eating right, and other healthy habits. We earn extra credit for taking a group fitness class and sending in pictures of it. Here was my entry for the week of the 20th:

On the 22nd we went to Red Lobster with a $50 gift card I had gotten from work. We feasted huge! Christian wanted to try a lobster tail, so we let him. We put away several pounds of crab legs and Faith had lots of shrimp!