Memorial Day Weekend

We had an awesome Memorial Day Weekend to kick off summer last week. So I will tell you all about it now:)

To start on Saturday we had some friends over for breakfast, took naps, and just enjoyed time as a family. Then Sunday we went to church and did our normal Sunday afternoon activities (taking naps). At around 3 on Sunday the fun really got started when our awesome friend Phil pulled into town and spent the next 24ish hours at our house.

We have been entertaining the idea of a "family slumber party" ever since we moved and were able to have our first one last weekend. Just so you know a family slumber party is when another whole family from in town comes and stays at our house. If you are from out of town it would just be called visiting. The advantage to this is if a family is staying at our house we can put the kids to bed and all hang out after bedtime like we did back in the olden days before children. Then all the adults can just sleep at our house and not have to drag the kids out of bed to go home.

So, Jeremiah, Kortny and Livi (who are also really good friends with Phil) joined us on Sunday evening for a family slumber party. It was a blast. We stayed up until 10:45pm:) Then we woke up in the morning and had a big breakfast together and spent the rest of the morning playing outside.

Unfortunately, Sunday night our air conditioner stopped working so on Monday (when the high was 95) we realized it was more fun to be hot outside than inside. So, we turned on the sprinkler for the girls and just hung out. It was great to be forced outside. I think it encouraged me to spend more time outside this summer despite the heat.

We wrapped up the day Monday with pizza, a fixed air conditioner, naps and hitting up a friends' house for a last minute cookout. I would say I'd give Memorial Day 2011 a 10 out of 10.

Jeremiah with Grace and Livi. At least Jeremiah was smiling.

Phil hanging with Caleb