It’s true, time flies by.  We attempted a repeat of Blake’s birthday party at the annual balloon festival, but the weather wasn’t cooperating.  No worries, his Newton cousins came to hang out, which he loved (thanks Maddox for the DS).

The next day the sun came out and gave Blake an opportunity to play with one of his presents.

But one of his favorite presents was that of a beta fish (after the initial gold fish gave up the fish ghost before it was even gifted).  Here he is giving it a kiss.  And as is typical in the Sawyer household, his little brother tries to eat it.

We’ve had some crazy weather this spring, and like much of the rest of the country, we’ve had tornadoes come through town.  Thankfully we were spared the destruction that normally follows… but late nights dragging sleeping children to the unfinished basement isn’t much fun.

Tis also the season for graduations.  Here we are in Lawrence (with a great view of the field) celebrating two cousins entering the “real” world.  Congrats Emmy and Cooper!

PDC (pretty darn cute):

We piled in the van and drove to Nashville to cheer on Aunt B as she and her friend Mollie ran the Country Music Marathon. We and the Hirlemans walked all over Nashville trying to catch a glimpse of the gals running, and were there at the finish line to watch them beat their goal of 4:30.

Bonus points for getting to have lunch with cousin Courtney who recently moved to Music City.  Double bonus points for witnessing an undercover drug bust from our hotel window.

Capped of the trip with a nice dinner inside the gargantuan Opryland Hotel.  Quite a site to behold, and highly recommend you take a tour if you’re in town.