springdellgirl

Memorial Day Weekend


We had a great Memorial Day Weekend. The weather was so beautiful I that wanted to do cartwheels!! On Friday we got things kicked off with my 6 week check. Yay!! I've been given the OK to exercise again but was told to ease into things. That night Tyler, Bryn and I went for a walk around the park near our church. I am sad to say that one mile totally kicked my out-of-shape butt.

Saturday was spent doing lots of yard work that has sadly been very neglected and battling legions of mosquitoes. If it's not ticks it's stinking mosquitoes. But at least my poor flower beds are getting cleaned out and my rose bushes are trimmed...they took one heck of a beating this winter with all the snow. Then that night we went out for Mexican food. Does anything taste better than cold Horchata on a hot day? Then it was back to the park again.



Sunday I ended my "maternity leave" from church. My pediatrician didn't want Bryn going out much until she was 6 weeks old. She did great and pretty much slept the whole time.

Brynnie 's first day at church and in the dress the Easter Bunny brought her.

Monday we took flowers out the cemeteries to put on family members graves for my Grandma. The kids helped and it was neat to talk about our family members who were no longer with us but who still have such a big impact in our lives.

When we first moved here from SLC my grandma asked if I would help her deliver all the flowers on Memorial Day. It was quite a process and took all day. Her suburban would be completely filled with over $300 worth of flowers. I helped her several years in a row. It turned out to be such a neat experience to share with her. I learned so much family history and I got my grandma all to myself for a whole day. We would always stop for lunch half way through and eat hamburgers and milkshakes. This year my mom bought the flowers and Tyler and the kids helped me deliver them. We only brought flowers for our closest family members...grandparents and great-grandparents but it was still a neat experience to share with our kids and we stopped for burgers and shakes as per tradition. :)

After that we headed out to the lake. We had a picnic and a great visit with my Grandma and my Uncle John. My uncle had brought my Grandma out for the day and had taken her to the cemetery to visit my Grandpa's grave. The weather was GORGEOUS and my grandma loved being outside.

We had a great time playing in the still slightly icy water. Tyler and the kids jumped right in but Bryn and I hung out in the shade. She loves being outside and looking around.

Summer has officially begun!!