Memorial Day Weekend!

We hope you have had a great Memorial Day weekend! Ours was full of excitement and activities (as usual)! It started on Thursday with another field trip for the girls and their Pre-K class to the local Nature Center. We had a great time learning about the local animals, going for a hike and playing on the playground.

Maddie goes for a spin on the tire swing

Emily goes for the regular swing

then she tried out the tire swing too

Inside the nature center we had a presentation

We got to hear about the local animals and see some of their skins...

Ashley touching the "stunk" skin- as they call it

Emily looking at a REAL tarantula- eek!

Ashley and Maddie chose to touch the snake- Emily did not!

After the presentation we got to walk through the center and see some of the other animals they have there.

Seeing the tortoises- Ashley

Starting the hike

It was getting close to lunch time and some were- ahem- crabby...

The field trip was in all a lot of fun! I worked a full day on Friday to make up for taking Thursday off. On Saturday we packed up our things and headed east a bit to Aunt Chelle and Uncle Mike's house. We were all very excited. We would all be staying the night, but the girls were going to go out to dinner with Aunt Chelle and Uncle Mike while Rick and I met up with my mom and dad and Joann for the FLEETWOOD MAC concert! Below is a picture of my dad and me after the concert taken by his phone. My mom got the tickets for my dad's birthday. What an amazing concert! 3 hours long and non-stop! It really was a great show and we all had a great time!The girls did great too and we spent time the next day hanging out around Aunt Chelle and Uncle Mike's house- we went to the local park for a bit too. We can't thank you enough for your hospitality! XO

Today we hung out in our pajamas for a greater part of the morning and then went to Aunt Susies for a BBQ (we did get dressed first).

Why use the whole couch when you can pile on sisters?

All in all a GREAT weekend! Of course we did not forget the reason for our long weekend! Thank you so much to all the men and women that are and have protected our wonderful country!!