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Memorial Day snapshots

I posted this THANK YOU and now here are some quick pics from our celebrations for Memorial Day:

Daddy with his best cooking buddy....the perfect rub/seasoning!

Patriotic Popsicles

Someone loved their popsicle....

Happy Memorial Day!!!

Today, my family is incredibly grateful for the sacrifice our veterans and service men and women have made for us. I especially thank my father, pictured below, who at age 88 can still wear his WWII uniform with pride! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!!!! I love you!

Mother's Day Weekend

One of our family goals has been to get into camping. What a great way to spend time together in nature away from the materialistic world!!  For Mother's Day I watched my children play with their imaginations and sticks and leaves recently on our first family camping trip. We shared a 3 room tent with friends as we got our feet wet in this wholesome family activity. I hope we can save and get our gear in stages so we can finally camp alone or meet friends who want to join us. I think once we get all the gear, it'll become a more cheap family getaway  - but it does add up to get the gear at first. I need a van first!!!

We went with four other families. It was a delight!! What a great time!! I'll let the pictures explain (it seems it is all I have time for these days!). We left Friday, and came home late Sunday.

Me and my favorite husband!!!

Careful...I WILL eat your marshmallow!

Me and my girl and our campsite!

 

Gift in his bed....

The girls in their beds....(behind them slept our friends' kids)

the view from our "bedroom"

The view from my naptime...lol!

Hiking to the falls

The MEN and kids at the falls!

Gift in our friends' highchair

S'mores Nirvana

PHOTO BOMB!

Father and son

Father and son  :)

The baby campers!!

The older siblings! GREAT Campers!!

It was a fantastic weekend getaway, and went so smoothly with the kids. We're hooked!!!

Happy Mother's Day!!

Easter Weekend

We had quite the Easter Weekend with family. First we spent much of Holy Saturday at my sister's home for egg dying, egg hunting, bunny cake, and precious family moments!

Proud Grandma!

Egg Dying fun (and dress coverups)

Valiant and Abbey Dog :)

Egg Hunt! (Indoors due to rain)

Gift found an egg!

Easter Crafts

Pop and his grandson

So precious!!

And then our Easter Sunday celebrations. Mass of course, then Easter Brunch, and then home to see where the Easter Bunny hid the baskets and the clues for the basket scavenger hunt!!! (Pssss! They were in the tub this year!!)

After morning Mass.

We got home, then Lovely proceeded to read the clues leading around the house....

getting ready to search....

Reading a clue

Valiant "reading" a carrot clue

The hiding place!

They found it!!!!

JELLY BEANS!

Our sacrifice jar got filled with jelly beans!

The paper basket grass was the most popular

Making Resurrection Rolls

The rolls are empty like the tomb!!!

HAPPY EASTER!! It's still the EASTER SEASON!!!