What Happened to May?

The Singer finally got her car. We'd promised her a car if she got the Bright Future's Scholarship to college. We'd buy the car but she had to pay insurance, gas, etc. Last summer the Singer decided that she wanted to wait a year before having to worry about money like that. Hubby and I really wanted to get her a new car, so reliability and upkeep weren't concerns. We just got her a 2009 Toyota Yaris.



She wasn't sure she was going to like it, until it was hers. She loves it. It's great for Hubby and I, too, from a logistical point of view. With the Singer working, having her own car makes life a lot easier.

The girls, once again, had their pictures made for me for Mother's Day. Of course, I think it's about the best gift ever. And of course, I think they're gorgeous, too.


My birthday/Mother's Day celebration this year was very different than in previous years. Normally the week or week and a half between Mother's Day and my birthday is "Adele is Queen" time. Hubby and the kids tend to make dinners, clean up, and we have bookend celebrations, starting with Mother's Day and ending with my birthday cake. I must say I look forward to May every year. I am spoiled. I know it, I love it and I appreciate it.
This year, I spent the first week of May driving to SC to get my parents and then drive to Baltimore, MD to pick up my sister (who was there on business), then drive to Lancaster, PA to see my sister-in-law, my nieces and my brother, Chris', gravesite. The trip itself was really good. Getting to see both my sisters and spend time with my parents was great. My sister-in-law looks great and the girls seem like perfectly normal little girls (I'm sure Cameron, at age 12, doesn't appreciate being called a little girl, but...). Cameron looks so much like my Imp at that age it's uncanning. They both obviously have strong Ellis genes. My friend said that Camille has a strong resemblence to my Singer. Maybe...but not like the Imp and Cameron.

I arrived back home on Mother's Day with my family at a community celebration. The next week, Hubby and I flew to Sharon, PA to visit his family since his brother from Seattle was in town. So I was in cold Pennsylvania on my birthday. So we finally had my one day celebration (instead of week-long) on the 23rd.



At the beginning of May, we participated in the Walk to Defeat ALS. We made shirts in John's honor. The walk was well attended. It felt good to be doing something. We raised over $700 for John's team. Can't believe in a few days it'll be 2 years since he died.


With all that going on, May disappeared right before my eyes. It's already June 5!