May

Petting Zoo at Del's. I love taking the kids to these. Free. Fun. Convenient.

On the same day as the petting zoo, we went to Scooteney Reservoir 

she is a good leader. Benson doesn't always love to be led.

Me and my girls! Wow I look tired.

one of Benson's favorite activities

we love our daddy!

Benson loves Zack. Benson tends to like men better than women so he is especially drawn to Uncle Zack.

Pam-A-Thon 2015! We did it Mother's Day weekend instead of Mom's birthday. It was a better time for my siblings and we had better chances of warm weather. It was a beautiful day! I didn't do the walk/run this year in my 37 week pregnant state. But I still went across the finish line!

Enjoying Gram Pam's birthday cake!

Stephanee and Corey and Jonah came from Spokane! And Callie Chestnut came from Seattle. My friend Kari, from high school, surprised and showed up for a few hours. It meant a lot to have my friends come!

Callie has come every year. She spends the night at our house and it's always so good to catch up. She is a dear friend and a wonderful, service-oriented person. I really did make some awesome friends in high school. She and Stephanee are the only ones I stay in contact with.

selfie!

I had to try on my size small pamathon shirt for this year. Very snug fit! Uncle Shane designed them this year. I think the colors are a little feminine. Hopefully the boys still wear them!
I was so disappointed to find out that the shirts wouldn't arrive before the event. I ordered them two weeks prior, which was the amount of time the said would guarantee delivery before Saturday. The shirts arrived on Saturday, a few hours after we got home. Ooshirts has terrible customer service and I will never give them my money again. They ended up giving me a credit in 50% of the order total that I can spend on their site. But, that was after they told me they would refund me half of the order. Not cool. Oh well. Moving on.

It's so fun to have everyone here. But, I think this will be our last Pamathon. It has served it's purpose and I'm ready to be finished planning them. I will miss the cute shirts though!

little miss photogenic!

Mother's Day was the day after the Pam-A-Thon. And they asked me to speak at church. I was surprised they asked, knowing I would be just a few weeks away from delivering a baby. But, I felt that I should prepare and speak. I love studying the topic of motherhood, as it makes me feel closer to my mom.

petting zoo at the high school. Two in one month is kinda awesome!

selfie time!

the kids love Uncle Zack!

 I made her a dress out of my tie die shirt

Sunday babes

he is obsessed with the stop watch

family May bday party. I was so pregnant! I started feeling nauseous after dinner. I ended coming down with a stomach bug. I became so dehydrated that contractions started coming 8-10 minutes apart. David took me to the hospital on Sunday. They rehydrated me and and the contractions stopped. Thank the heavens. I didn't want to have a baby while I felt so sick! We were only at the hospital for a few hours. 

he even wants me to tickle his feet in my extreme pregnant state. 

I made Benson's cake and froze it on Tuesday so it would be easy to frost and finish on his birthday. I hoped I would be home by his birthday. We ended up going home with Esther on the 29th.

This was the same day I went in to the hospital to deliver Esther. (a Wednesday) They love each other!

The last time I held my baby boy before our baby Esther was born!

waiting in a temporary room at the hospital to see if I would progress enough to be admitted.

love this picture Abby took

I remember feeling so blessed to wake up on Benson's birthday to daddy and the kids taking selfies. He is such a good dad!

Benson got a motorcycle riding toy from Papi!

Accessorize!

my princess Esther on my birthday. She is a beautiful baby!

My dad ended up being sick on my bday. He was going to make dinner. So, instead, I made crockpot chicken and had it on tacos. I was impressed with myself for making dinner on my birthday and just 2 days after delivering a baby! :) We had Benson's leftover cake. It was a low key birthday. I was so grateful to be home with three healthy babes and my David though.