Memorial Day activities

What a fun but busy day we had today!  I think we are all pretty much exhausted.

We got the yard ready and Sean and Tyrel put the finishing touches on the fence this morning (we are one panel short).  We finished getting the house cleaned up, made a last minute run to the grocery store, then got the BBQ grill and patio furniture cleaned up and shiny.  After lunch, the boys set up the badminton net and played and played.  We all finished tilling the garden and got it all planted then started grilling chicken for the dutch oven dinner.  We did SWAT team chicken so it had to be seared on the grill first before putting it in the dutch oven.

The boys played hard and then when all the cousins showed up, they played even harder.  I think everyone had fun.  We missed Carolyn's family as Makayla was sick, but Cameron got to come.  During the family picnic we had fun visiting, running the kids around on the golf cart, ate some good food, and watched the boys play badminton while the girls jumped on the trampoline.

After dinner, most of us headed down to Bernice's viewing.  It was good to catch up with friends we haven't seen in a while but wish it was under different circumstances.  At least she isn't suffering anymore.  I'm sure it is better where she is now.

Sunday

I think I've said it before, but I'll say it again.............

I LOVE Sunday afternoon nap time!

Busy Busy

This is what we did today
had breakfast
finished building fence
finished putting the flooring stuff around the deck
did laundry (sorted, washed, dried, hung, folded, put away)
cleaned bathrooms (all 5)
mopped kitchen floor
cleaned the rest of the house
went grocery shopping
bought plants for the garden
weeded flower beds
tilled the garden spot
did a speed scrap
watched a movie
made dinner
planned a dutch oven dinner for Memorial Day
finished reading a book
started on a new book
sat in the hot tub with Sean and Tyrel
I'm sure there was more, but it seemed like an overly busy day! Oh yeah, I did shower sometime during all that)

I'm grateful for enough hours in the day to get all that done

Travis' Friends

I have 12 teenage boys at my house tonight having a brawl tournament and overflowing the hot tub.  Enough said.

School's Out and Graduation Photos

Well, today was the last day of school (1/2 day).  Still seems so weird to me that it is summer vacation since it has been so cold lately.  Now I need to get our summer schedule figured out.  Travis and Tyrel are going to Youth Conference next week.  Then Trevin has scout camp and we have a family reunion this month also, so June will be busy.  I need to get Trevin signed up for swimming lessons also.  We'll try to shoot for August for that I think.  Maybe it will be warm by then.

My father in law had me take pictures at the 8th grade graduation at his school tonight.  It would have been more fun if I didn't have parents and little kids jumping in my path throughout the night.  Hopefully I got good ones of the people that paid for pictures anyway.  I guess I'll spend my day tomorrow editing and posting pictures.

Another Slow Day

Tyrel stayed home today from school.  It was field day and he didn't really want to go.  A bunch of the Jr. High kids were having a party at the Elk Ridge park at noon and he wanted to go to that instead.  He said it was lots of fun and tons of kids were there.

Travis drove to school today.  He was pretty excited to do so.  He drove Tyrel and himself to the movie to see Iron Man 2 this afternoon and then drove Tyrel to his scouting activity this evening and took the car to his activity.  He thinks he is so cool now.  Tyrel said Travis did a really good job driving in town.  I think this new found freedom will give me ulcers.  I liked it better when I knew they were with adults taking them everywhere.  They are growing up too fast.

I spend the day working on an ad for a business that paid me to do their artwork.

We had breakfast for dinner and then watched the American Idol finale.  Lee ended up winning and the boys were so excited!

Tomorrow is the last day of school for everyone!  Half day actually.  I can't believe it is summer vacation.  Didn't it snow just a couple days ago?

Not Much

Not much going on today.  Travis stayed home because it was graduation so the rest of the school didn't have classes.  He was begging me to go to the store because he was bored.  His friend Darren came up later in the day to hang out.

Heidi and I had a new kit release today.  It was made specifically for one person and is a horse racing kit.  Not sure how it will sell because it is a pretty specific theme.  But then I haven't seen any kits with the same theme anywhere, so maybe it will sell good!

I met with Kelly to register the cub scouts for Day Camp and get the next few meetings planned.

We watched American Idol after dinner and that was about all.  We are all hoping Lee wins although I think Crystal is the better singer, I just like Lee's style better.