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Memorial Day

Usually I don't have much to report about Memorial Day. Almost always Rick is working and I am home with the kids catching up on laundry or other chores.  Usually, the kids still have at least a week of school ahead of them, so it doesn't feel like "real summer."  Sometimes I take them shopping or something dumb, but we don't actually DO anything worth talking about.

This Memorial Day, I think we did a little better. The kids had their last day of school last Wednesday, so summer fun is in full swing. Rick still went to work, but we had a lovely evening when he got home. 

We began the day with haircuts---again. Didn't I just do that?  I cut the 4 boys and Brooklyn. She was threatening to use scissors on her hair. I think she was feeling left out, so I cut hers too. 

After that, we headed outside to mow the lawn and play in the pool. 

Brooklyn is pretty nervous about the pool since the water comes up to her shoulders, so she likes to hang out on the porch with Gavin. Their haircuts are cute, right?
The big girls even got in the pool for a little bit, but they preferred reading in the sun. This is Emily studying for the ACT which she will retake in a couple of weeks. 
For Family Home Evening we decided to drive to a lovely graveyard in Solon (about 20 minutes away). We used an app from Billion Graves to record some gravestones. Check out billion graves.com. It's a great resource for geneology work. 
There's B in her fabulous sunglasses. 
After recording 60 graves at the graveyard, we went across the street to a really nice park to play and eat fudge jumbles.

Gavin loves the swings. 
Brooklyn thought the Clifford swing was spectacular--especially when Makayla gave her an "under dog." (Get it?--underdog!!  Hee, hee)
I know, Clifford's eyes are creepy!!  It's an old swing. Sean thought we should bring a permanent marker next time and "fix Clifford's weird eyes."
It was a great night. We all had a lot of fun together. 

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Chelsey said…
Good idea for memorial day. Looks like you all had a lot of fun!
June 19, 2016 at 4:20 PM
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