Residents living in District 2 had the opportunity to meet with City Councilman Jon Snyder in a more relaxed setting today. Snyder hosted his first Mobile Office Event in an effort to connect with the community.

“The more time I spend in City Hall the less I can do my job,” says Snyder. He and his legislative assistant answered questions and chatted about resident concerns at The Shop in the South Perry District.

Councilwoman Amber Waldref has also held Mobile Office events, and Snyder says it was peer pressure from her that inspired him to set up shop over lunch today. Not everyone wants to come down and stand up in front of the entire council in front of the Channel 5 cameras explains Snyder.

Kay Van Epps is one of those people and when she went to The Shop for coffee and a muffin she was more than willing to join Snyder's table.

May is Foster Parent Appreciation Month, a special time to recognize a group of people who sacrifice so much for children.

The city of Spokane and some businesses are honoring those who have offered their hearts, home, and time over the past year.

Tomato Street kicked off the celebration by offering free meals to foster kids. The Davenport Hotel is giving a special rate to foster families a weekend in May for Foster Parent Appreciation Month. Arby's is giving foster families a 1/2 off coupon for the entire family to go to dinner at a Spokane Arby's.

To see other events to celebrate what foster parents do for children everyday, check out the Foster Parent Association Facebook Page.

Did you know foster parents:

• may be asked to take a child or children at any hour of the day or night, with little notice or information?

With this streak of hot weather in Spokane, lawns are going to be begging for a drink of water. That's good business for sprinkler companies around town.

But if you think your lawn is thirsty, you're preaching to Darin Hodgson.

"I've been doing a lot of seven to sixes, lots of work no life," Hodgson said.

The C&C Yard Care tech has been busy putting sprinkler systems back online and occasionally he runs into a problem.

"Trees, rocks, mostly trees though," Hodgson said.

The roots can put a kink in your system and that puts Hodgson to work.

"This is the first week where I've had time to breathe," Hodgson grunted as he dug a hole.

'Time to breathe' is not a mutual feeling for his coworkers at C&C's headquarters.

"No break, eat at your desk," Brenda Wood put simply.

Wood says the phones have been ringing off the hook since Friday. She tries to get everyone's systems back up and running by April 30th, but says for whatever reason clients end up canceling. Then, it gets busy.