Wh-Wh-What's Happening?

What's happening is the Gailans are embracing summer full on! We got out first Clark buzz of the season. 

Then Mother's Day hit and flowers began to bloom in the house, along with some seriously cute artwork that made it onto the fridge. Oh- and delicious cookies for the RS ladies. We may have had to drive up to Vantage in 50 mph winds to get them but clearly they were worth it!

Ooops - tried to pack away the winter clothes and winter came back for one last cold snap. 

So we stayed inside and watched the most epic, most fantastic, most weird movie of perhaps all time - Mitchells vs the Machines. It's all the kids want to watch now and they quote it nonstop. And it taught Charlotte to do this weird chin tickle thing so now that's a part of her ever expanding repertorie of weird. 

But Bam! Summer came back with a vengence and our flowers soaked up the 85 degree heat and we broke out the grill. 

And then we threw a couple of tree into the backyard. And by "we" I mean two strapping young boys we hired from Roots nursery. The tiny one is an Ornamental Pear and the bigger on is a Flame Maple. We seriously hope we don't kill them:) Charlotte was so excited when she saw them she screamed "TREEEEE" and ran outside with no shoes on. 

As the trees were going in, we double booked appointments and our water softener/filter was being put into the garage. Charlotte did NOT love the buzz saw as much as the trees so she spent a good hour like this on ABC Mouse. Why are our children so weird about loud noises?

Not pictured is both Dana and I getting our 1st and 2nd doses of the Pfizer vaccine. With them came sore arms for us both and chills/fever/racing heart for me and nada for Dana. Cause life is just equal like that. After our shots came the even more exciting news that Washington will full reopen 100% on June 30th and that between now and then, anyone fully vaccinated can unmask. Can we just say - hallelujah!! Schools came back full time April 26th (which has been heavenly for us all) and it really seems like we might get some semblance of normal this summer. And that's what's been happening!