Summer Break Arrival!

The month is bringing a hustle and bustle of life. Even the burned forest stands of Strawberry Creek look beautiful and are recovering well. Animals maneuvering under the bare, black trunks and chard pine cones that remain clinging to the tips of branches. The creek is the fastest moving, liveliest force in the forest. Elk are aware of our presence. Can't wait for summer adventures.... and it's going to be a busy one!

Guess who graduated preschool?! Willow has enjoyed teacher Gwendy, the preschool classroom, and her buddies the last three years. Willow is quite the social bug and is ready for a whole day of Kindergarten in August! So, here we are. Our baby is going to big kid school. Bittersweet.
I will add that she is ready and so am I! Haha.

Teacher Gwendy took these pictures; so cuuuuute!

I got plants at Beaver Nursery for my garden beds *happy dance.*
It was days of hard work getting the soil prepped, plants into ground, and hoses in place. My hands were raw and my muscles needed extra attention. But, it's all done and now it's time to watch the garden grow!

Field Day is before the last day of school. Rain and been consistent and aggressive this whole week. Thankfully there was a minor break for us to hold the event outside as planned. The sun may even have peaked out briefly! Luckily the Garrison/Baker School kids were moving to stay warm :)
This is Ava's last week at Baker School and her final Field Day. Wow.

We are leaping into Summer Break with both feet in..........

This morning there was a dusting of snow in Baker. We've used our fireplace the last three nights. The mountains continue to get measurable accumulations. It's quite amazing!
We may have to go somewhere else for "summer-like" weather because this rain trend looks like it's going to continue!

Return to Nye County

Our friend Jon has his camping/fishing birthday celebration at a place called Sunnyside. This is our second time attending. It's a great way to "jump-start" the camping season. It's quite the gathering with friends. Willow and Lilly ran to each other's arms as soon as they saw each other. So cute.
We set up our tent immediately knowing the chance of rain was significant. In fact the chances of precipitation increased all week long!

"We didn't realize we were making memories.
We just knew that we were having fun."
~ Winnie the Pooh 

#willandlillreunited 

We huddled around a campfire a lot on this trip. Burrr!

Saturday was the "nicer" day weather-wise. The 90 + degree warm spring felt wonderful. Getting out of the water into the chilly air was the difficult part. When the sun was out it was much more inviting. We took advantage of each ray and minute of sunshine! 

Fishing was a big success. Patrick and Bryan went out on his boat. Bryan had some fish cleaning to do! Boy, are those fish tasty!

Saturday evening was stormy (rain and windy) rough night. It felt as if the rain wouldn't cease.

The drive home through the Nevada mountain passes was interesting with wet snow. I guess the Ely airport broke its 1971 record of 0.3 inches of snow this week. The new record is 0.8 inches! It's been a memorable, wet spring!

Funny, it rained on us last year (posted Here) but the temperatures were more forgiving then :)