May Update

 Our house backs up to a park and at the end of April, I spotted this coyote from my office just chilling by the pond. Good thing we don't have small dogs.

Our good friend Quinn was in town for work so he came to Max's golf lesson where we shared some appetizers at the bar before we headed out to dinner. It's always fun getting together with Quinn when he's in town because all the memories from our crazy young days come back to life. I have known Quinn since he was 18, so it's crazy to think how long ago that was when we first became friends. 

In early May, I volunteered at Max's last field trip for the year. We went to the children's theater in downtown Phoenix. The kids are older since the last time I did the field trip to the theater so this was easy peasy. The play we saw was called Eddie and Vinnie and I thought it was cute. 

Max had his last band performance as a fifth grader, and probably ever. He did not enjoy band and is not planning on taking band next year. He said he's going to take general music. 

Max received two awards for the fourth quarter for making honor roll and the Pride in the Pack award. The Pride award is for good behavior. He made honor roll every quarter this year and Andy and I are very proud of him. We saw him work hard to achieve this so it meant something special to attend the awards each quarter and watch his face beam with pride when his name got called to join the other kids on stage. 

Max also started to go to the chiropractor this month because his back is all jacked up from being hunched over using various electronics. The chiropractor says he sees this all the time now and when Max is all corrected he will be almost a whole inch taller. Max absolutely loves to go and looks forward to it each week since it makes him feel so much better.