- HI, SUMMER! -

The first week of "summer" was a litttttle bit of a drag...

...but after Scarlett fully recovered from her tonsil and adenoidectomy, we hit up Texas Roadhouse to celebrate the conclusion of a very strict 2-week soft diet. YAY!

Then! We ventured off to the Little Mermaid at AMC in town to celebrate good report cards!  It was both girls' first time ever at a movie theater [I know, we're basically raising uncultured swine under this roof], and of course, they loved it!

 

 

^^ Scarlett fell asleep on Brian's lap right before all the scary/violent Ursula business at the end of the show. Phew! 

Then! The Bubble Bus and lots of other fun booths came to Library Park to start summer off in style!

Then! It was time for a Memorial Day weekend BBQ at Brian's parents'...

 

Then! MEMORIAL DAY was here, and we considered that the "official OFFICIAL" kick-off to summer!!!  I read this somewhere online and shared it with the kids that Monday morning as we sewed and baked and played and got ready for a pool party:

"Memorial Day is the most expensive holiday on the calendar.  Every hot dog, every burger, every spin around the lake, or drink with friends and family...is a debt...purchased by others.  This is not about all who have served...that day comes in the fall.  This one is in honor of those who paid in life and blood; whose moms never saw them again, whose dads wept in private, whose wives raised kids alone, and whose kids only remembered them from pictures.  This isn't simply a day off.  This is a day to remember that others paid for every free breath you ever get to take.  Freedom."

 

 

^^ Harper got RULL FAR on her to-do list for the holiday... :P

We don't know them all, but we owe them all. Forever indebted to the men and women who fought for our freedom. Happy Memorial Day!  

And in conclusion:  HI, SUMMER. We can't wait to play in your sweet sunshine.