May is always a big deal in our family. It's packed with birthdays, dance recitals, school getting out and about 100 other little things that make the days just fly by. It's probably my favorite month of the year. Maybe that's just because my birthday falls around Memorial Day and we end up celebrating all weekend long. Maybe it's because this year it's felt like a month long celebration. Here's why...
Let me start by saying, I have the best husband ever! He has played Mr. Mom quite a bit this month so I could go have some fun of my own. It started the first weekend of the month when I went to BYU Women's Conference with my mom. Not only did Jarad take care of all three kids, keep the house clean, run the car pool, and go to soccer practice, he did all of it while taking care of a 2 year old with a stomach bug. And, he kept the illness all hush-hush until I was on my way home from the conference so I wouldn't worry. The only inclination I had that something might be amiss was a text from him that read "Do you know where the attachments to the wet-dry vac are?"
Next came Mother's Day where Jarad and the kids let me sleep in 'til nearly 10am. I can't remember the last time the clock had a double digit in the hour when I woke up. When I finally pulled my lazy self out of bed, I was showered with cards and hugs. To top it all off, I got to spend the evening sitting around just enjoying my little family!
Then comes the next weekend! May 17th is one of my best friends birthdays. It really stinks that she lives in Arizona and I don't get to celebrate with her. Every year for the past couple of years I've said how much I'd like to just fly down and surprise Jen for her birthday. This year I finally did it. I took my other best friend, Brooke, and off we flew for 72 hours of fun! We had arranged all this with Jen's husband, Todd, but she had no idea. When Jen and Todd showed up at PF Chang's for dinner after a night at the temple, there we were just sitting at the table. Jen was so shocked she was speechless...and with Jen that doesn't happen too often :) Once again, Jarad held down the fort, made a Sunday dinner better than I can, attended awards ceremonies, and still managed to work a few hours here and there all while I vacationed! By the way...I told Jarad he needed to slow it down a bit...he was setting the bar way too high for me when I returned.
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| In Sunny Arizona with Jen & Brooke. |
To top it all off, yesterday Jarad & I went to Pioneer Theater Company's production of Les Miserables. The tickets were my Christmas gift from Jarad. I'm a huge Les Mis fan! It was the first broadway musical I ever saw. My Grandma Oborn took me to see it at the Capitol Theater when I was about 9 years old and I fell in love! I love the music! I love the emotion! I love the seeing and hearing the talent of others!
All that and there is still nearly an entire week of May left to go! I can't wait to see what it brings!
