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Birthdays & Graduation & May fun

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 May was quite the month in the Team Smith house...

I participated in my second MCLA graduation, and Savannah's soccer team played a lot of games. Cassidy had a 14th birthday party complete with mini golfing, ice cream, and sushi.














Sunday was mother's day. We spent the day in Manchester eating, shopping, and hiking. Brunch at Ponce was delish! The Northshire Bookstore never disappoints. The baby goats at Hildene were cuter than last year.



















Cass had several band performances. She did a great job marching in lots of parades. We did an overnight staycation in VT and had the whole place to ourselves! And enjoyed our first outdoor concert of the summer season...


There was a supercute plant sale at Matt's work. It's an annual tradition where 9th graders make pottery, grow seedlings and plants, then sell to the community.

Oh! I cannot forget, we attended the annual town meeting. If you have ever watched Gilmore Girls and witnessed a Stars Hollow mtg, you have been to our town mtg too. 😂 We used clickers for voting and it was a very big deal. One happy outcome was the passing of warrants changing the lot size and multi family unit bldg permits. This was huge, and a big reason why we wanted to be there. Increasing options for affordable housing and home ownership as tools to building generational wealth is worth showing up for.

Somewhere in May we slept 😂


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