Saturday my brother, Davis, flew in from New York and he and all of us who live around here went miniature golfing. I haven't done that for a very long time and I couldn't believe how much fun I had. Ben was totally into it, each time we'd move to the next hole he'd go place his ball by the hold and put it in over and over and over again. It was so cute to see his focus and kind of amazing golfing skills. Anna, Abby & Nate loved every minute too and all did really well. It was a really fun family activity. After our golfing fun we went to Mom and Dad's for dinner and some intense basketball standard assembling. It took 5 men, a suburban and a minivan and a LOT of time, but they did it. We also celebrated my nephew Abraham's 2nd birthday! Happy Birthday Abey!
Ben and Abe
Abe enjoying his birthday treat
Rex and Nate
Sunday right after church we met up with my Mom's family at the cemetery. It was a beautiful night and it was really bitter sweet to see the relatively new graves of my two grandpas. Anna convinced herself and Abby that it was really gross and scary to walk through the cemetery on top of bodies. Sigh. Other than that, it was really nice. After the cemetery we went to my aunt's house for dinner and as usual had a good times with our cousins, aunts and uncles.
Nate and Abby
Josh, Davis, Abby, Anna, Melanie, Dale
Cute little Ben
Apparently my post all about Memorial Day jinxed it and we got rained out. :( However, don't think a little rain is going to make us cancel our beloved holiday festivities, we just didn't get to go to the park. Instead we congregated at my aunt's church for a yummy breakfast only to find out another family had it reserved for lunch so we then moved to another church gym. We adults played LOTS of great volleyball while the kids had all kinds of fun chasing each other. We then had some great burgers and hot dogs for a late lunch and then soccer and dodge ball with everybody.
Kids up to no good in the hall.
Around 6:00 we left the church. I kissed my little family goodbye and sent them home while I joined several of my aunts and cousin for a 4 hour movie version of Jane Eyre. One of my all-time favorite books that I had yet to see a movie do justice -- UNTIL, last night. Wow, so good! My wonderful aunt, Melanie, discovered this movie and got us organized to watch it last night. After the movie she did a drawing to see who got to keep the movie. I won!!!! I think soon I'll be having a little Jane Eyre party of my own. If that doesn't excite you, you're not invited.
We, like you if you're actually still reading, are pretty exhausted and Ben isn't feeling well, but it was worth it. We loved every minute!
