May Happenings

I barely was at my apartment in the month of May. My friend, Diana, asked me to dog sit/house sit for her for two and half weeks in May. The day after I finished dogsitting, my sister, K, flew me out to California to watch four of her kids while her and Andrew went to visit a potential out-of-state university for Andrew to attend in the fall (Tom was out-of-town for work). 

The day after I returned home from California, I went on an outing to Washington DC with my sister, Lara, and niece, Ellie (who were visiting from Utah). Then two days after that I drove with two of my friends to Outer Banks, North Carolina for four days. (I'll blog about NC in a later post). I returned home from NC a few days ago and I am exhausted.

I dogsat Daisy part of last month and she was adorable! She's a sweet and cuddly dog. I walked her three times a day and I liked that she gave me reason to get outside and get some exercise multiple times everyday. :)

I babysat my adorable nephews, Isaiah, Manuel, and Jesús for a few days in California! Madeline was there too, but I didn't get a picture of her (she's a teenager and didn't need to be babysat). It was fun being there with my niece and nephews and I'm glad I got to spend time with them! They're adorable!

I spent two extra days in California so I could spend some time with K and Andrew also. K and I accidentally wore the same shirt but different color this day. :)

 

The day after I returned home from California, Lara, Ellie and I went on an outing to Washington DC. We hopped on the metro and visited Hillwood Estate, Museum and Garden first. Hillwood is about a mile from the closest metro stop but the walk to the museum is through a beautiful neighborhood.

I love Hillwood! I've been there multiple times, but I never get tired of it, because it's so awesome! It was Lara and Ellie's first time to visit there. 

After Hillwood, we hopped back on the metro and went to the Hirshorn Museum and saw the One with Eternity exhibit by Yayoi Kusama. I had also been there before, but I thought that they might like it too, so we went there. I had to get timed tickets the day before to go to this exhibit and thankfully we made it in time (because I wasn't sure that we would). :)

 

The second room of the One with Eternity Exhibit. So cool!

 

Another cool room in the Hirshorn... the whole room was painted by one artist. The artist painted on all of the walls and the floor basically stream of consciousness thoughts and drawings. (I'm sure there was some planning in the room.) I really liked this room, it was fun to look around and see the random things she had on her mind as she was painting or planning or both. 

 

 A little preview of my Outer Banks, NC trip. The donut in this picture was my favorite food I had on this trip. (I'll post a separate post for this trip later.)

Although May was a bit busy, it was a good month! I'm grateful for the time I got to spend with family and friends. (My mom was actually in town for about a week and half in the middle of May and I got to hang out with her for a day or two. I didn't get any pictures with my mom though.)