Golf Tourney and Crazy May

May was a good and crazy month! Another golf tournament but no rain so we were very happy. Ter Bear even came and took a few swings with the golf club with us! Emily Ann was able to attend this year so things felt back to normal - If we saw the other teams behind us we just picked up the ball and went to the next hole! Not very competitive but we had fun!

Some shots of us all attempting to golf - It was a great day! Afterward we went to a Joe purdy concert - an Adam and Ruth favorite. You can check him out at joepurdy.com. It was a late night in Lawrence but well worth it. We got stopped at a check point to see if we had been drinking. I've never seen such an operation; about 35 cops pulling people over. We were happy they are keeping our roads safe!

A blurry photo of all my classmates at KU. Our professor took us out to lunch - A bunch of sweet women who are going to impact the nursing profession.

This was our Happy Mother's day photos for our moms. I'm not even sure that I got to send it out but I guess that is why it was called crazy May!! Our Spring was chilly but beautiful.

Our next-door-neighbors have 4 girls. It has been fun getting to watch them grow up over the past 4 years. They have gone from only girls (including a girl dog) to having lots of boys around. Thats what happens when you have 4 beautiful daughters! Below is a photo of their oldest on the way to prom!

Adam was chosen from the civic orchestra that he plays in to play with one of the local colleges in Topeka. It was a great performance and of course Adam did a super job of it! Lots of driving back and forth to Topeka and I wrote papers and studied on the way:-)

One of our favorite things about the weather getting warmer is getting to eat dinners outside. A strange combo of foods but delicious!

One of our friends from church getting her bike helmet to go with her bike. Kansas does not have helmet laws (even on motorcycles) so I'm always glad to see someone wearing one!

And that was most of May but we still had graduation....

Spring Break #2 ~ Parkville

We took a little bit of a second Spring Break to Parkville, Mo. It was freezing cold but a fun trip to the North!

Adam enjoyed his big yummy steak!

Our friend Leah turned 30 and we enjoyed celebrating with her!

Linda made this beautiful runner

My roommate Karilee and I went out to dinner with Adam and had a good time catching up!

The Renos have been faithful supporters of Adam's concerts - He played in KC and with Washburn University this Spring so lots of great music!

The White Sox came in town for the first time and we were of course there to support:-)

Another night on the town to listen this time to the KC symphony and afterward Adam got his birthday pie - Only 6 months late but it took a good bit of motivation for me to make it from scratch! He said it was worth waiting for! We are still waiting for some warm weather and hoping it comes our way soon!

March Madness

So not the basketball March Madness but plenty more snow and a trip to CA to see our beautiful new niece!! Below you can see the crazy bunch. The girls took to Adam right away and proceeding to climb and kiss on him every chance they got! No more shyness from the Smith clan! Caraline the newest addition was 3 weeks old so we were so glad to get to be there around the time of her birth. Dad was in town for a bit of the time we were there so that made us one big happy family:-)

And a crazy family:-)

Caraline really seems to be a great baby and she is well loved! Below is the 3 sisters and their spouses/soon to be spouses. Gail gets married this summer to Ben on the far left. Their wedding is the day before our one year anniversary so we are excited to spend our anniversary in the same place that Adam proposed!

The girls LOVED to watch Adam play super mario brothers and Olivia LOVED to attack him. She had us all in stitches and left Adam a slobbered on but very happy Uncle.

We had a shower for Gail and her friends in Davis and I got to see Mom for the first time that trip. Dad says we look like twins:)

This is the shower crew! I got to see my good friend Abigail from Kansas City with her two kids who now lives in Sacramento. Cousin Marcelle came up and Gma was able to come so lots of fun faces. I think Caraline really enjoyed her first real outing!

Adam and I got her the ridiculous bow she is sporting above. We loved it when we went shopping with Liz and just had to buy it. You can see below how much my mom likes being near to the new baby!

There were quite a few rainy days and Kathy Dean, a good friend of the family, let us come hang in her basement. The kids had plenty of toys and the big kids loved getting to play some pool.

Back and the homestead - Adam and Caraline - He is already a natural with the baby and computer!

We miss our neices and can't wait to see them again this summer - check out Lynn's blog at http://www.thecaliforniasmiths.blogspot.com/