In the month of May

1. My Grandpa Mickelsen got married to sweet Quenalee...

in Hawaii!

and we got to stay with my family while my parents went to Kauai for a week. we love Quenalee so much and I think she is just the perfect fit for our family.

2. I went to a pig weigh-in for the first time in probably four years. and i remembered how much i don't like those/do like them. while my parents were gone we had to take the kids and their pigs to the 4-H weigh in. i haven't been since i was actually in 4-H, but it was about the same. the pigs were still stinky and unpleasant. however, i forgot how invigorating it is to grab a pig by the hind legs and drag them into/out of a trailer. i don't feel the need to repeat this anytime soon though.

3. we had a lovely mother's day. kolton fixed me a nice little breakfast and gave me a beautiful orchid i've been dreaming about.

i absolutely love it and have spent a lot of hours in the last month just staring and admiring it.

4. I went to state track! I went down with my family (kolton had to stay home, the loser) to boise for tylee's last track meet. and i was sure glad i did because she did absolutely amazing! she was a state champion in all three of her events (2 mile, 1 mile, 800) and broke a whole lot of records.

it was super neat and so much fun. and to top it all off the boise sun fried my poor little neck. my neck was stained green for a couple days from all the aloe vera i applied and reapplied.

5. I went to two mission homecomings of high school friends and made a fool of myself when i bawled like a baby. i was just so proud of those boys! i feel like their mother! but they did so great in their talks and it was really great to see them after two whole years.

6. i survived the week from h-e-double hockey sticks.

for real.

i had a couple tests that week and just so many assignments! i literally was running nonstop from 7 in the morning til 10 at night with no time to sit down or even stop to go to the bathroom it felt like! the house was a wreck, my internet wasn't working so i spent most of my time at my parent's using their internet, the thought of making dinner never even crossed my mind, and it was just really, really bad.  

one night that week i came home from my parents late at night ready to fall into bed when i walk in the door and smell the distinct scent of pine-sol. and there was kolton-mopping the kitchen floor. this probably should have cheered me up (that's certainly what he was trying to do) but instead i just fell apart.

i felt so bad that he had been out at work all day and then had to come home and mop the kitchen floor because his wife was too busy to even think straight. so i just cried and begged him to stop because i would do it...sometime...

he didn't stop of course, and instead finished the floor and then let me cry on his shoulder when he was done. then he sent me straight to bed.

when i woke up the next morning, my outlook on life had significantly improved. (isn't that how it always goes?) and the rest of the week went by and i was somehow able to finish everything on time. that was a true miracle.

7. this isn't really something that happened to me, but i just found it too hilarious not to share.

so the other morning i am driving to rexburg when i pass a bunch of high schoolers on bikes. later i passed kids on motorbikes, then horses, more bikes, a unicycle, and finally-the icing on the cake was when i passed my old principal on her bike riding to school.

the whole school had decided to drive anything to school other than their cars. when i passed the school parking lot there were no cars. only horses, bikes, and motorbikes. i got such a kick out of this and it just really made my day. i even called kolton to tell him about it but he just didn't find it nearly as funny as i did.

anyway-that's all. i know that there were a lot more awesome things that occured in the month of may, but i can't remember them right now so this list will have to suffice. and i'll try to be a little more updated from now on...try being the operative word here.