Memorial Day Weekend

I always think of camping when Memorial Day Weekend comes around but of course since we're retired, we don't HAVE to worry about camping on that busy, 3 day weekend! 

This year the Savages came down - well, I more or less told them they needed to come down as we were in dire need of Robby's help!!  Since the lower level is finished, we needed the speaker system installed and hooked up along with the TV, DVD player and dish.

They arrived late Friday night to miss the traffic!  The kids were up extra early on Saturday morning but Glenn was up early too so it was no problem!!

After a pancake breakfast (one of their favorites as Papa always makes them in special shapes) they were excited to grab the baggie full of "fun things to do" and start selecting one at a time!  Painting is always a hit but it's time for me to buy some new paints as they cleaned up what I had on hand!!

 They kept us hopping all day with their activities while Robby worked on the sound system and Glenn worked on the car (which needed some repairs).  We took a short walk in the afternoon and saw the inside of our neighbors' tepee which was really cool!!

That evening we made snack pizzas - Jill reminisced about making them back in 4-H when I was the cooking leader!  Ah, such memories!!

 The kids went to bed early that evening as they were exhausted - Jill and I shared most of a bottle of wine and we all watched a movie!

Sunday morning the sun was out so that was nice!!  Parker couldn't get enough of the hot tub all weekend - Aleah did join him on Saturday but Sunday he had it all to himself!!

 Tea parties are always fun, especially when cinnamon rolls are served - notice they are almost all gone!!

 We headed to the play park late morning - it was breezy at times but the sun felt fantastic!!  We climbed up the hill to the little gazebo and walked down to the library - always a nice walk!!

 The kids had fun playing on the slides!

Jill and I actually watched a movie Sunday afternoon - the kids kept themselves pretty well entertained and we LOVED watching the movie in the lower level with the surround sound that Robby installed!!  He did a great job on all of his tasks this last weekend - not sure what we would do without him!!

After dinner, they headed back to Ft. Collins - nice to know school is OUT so Jill doesn't have to go to work this week!!  Another great weekend for the memory bank!!