Memorial Day Weekend Recap

We had a great Memorial Day weekend.  We relaxed, had fun and enjoyed the start of summer!  Friday evening, Brad taught Jordan had to mow!  He's in middle school now, so it's time to learn how to do some things around the house to help dad.  While Brad and Jordan were outside, Jake and I were inside making goodies.  We made jello pudding pops and frozen strawberry lemonade.  Jake is such a good helper in the kitchen, both boys are- I just don't take the time with them like I should! After Jordan was finished outside, he came in and the boys made a summer activities list using popsicle sticks.  I found the idea on Pinterest (imagine that) and the kids loved it.  They colored the sticks with markers and we wrote an activity on each stick that we wanted to do this summer.  Some were free, cheap and some were pricey-like the movies.  We enjoyed spending time together planning our summer! On Saturday, Jacob had baseball practice at 3:00 and Jordan left for his cousins house around 5:00.  After practice, Brad and I took Jake out to eat to his favorite place- China Village.  After wards, we cruised around town with the windows down listening to the oldies station- it was such a beautiful night.  We took Jake to rent a video game and we rented a couple movies for the evening.  We then surprised Jake with a trip to TF, our favorite ice cream spot!  We ate the ice cream there and then headed home where Jake and Brad played the rented video game until Jake's bed time.  Brad and I relaxed and watched movies into the early morning.  Sunday, we headed to church and after church, Jake had his first travel baseball practice.  It was hot (both days to be exact) but he did awesome!  After practice, we headed to get Jordan and meet friends at the Drive-In in Reo.  We watched The Avengers and John Carter (stupid movie!!).  The kids didn't last during the second movie-they fell asleep around 11:00!  It was a late night, we finally got home around 2:00a.m.! Monday morning was low key.  We headed out to some friends house around 2:00 to swim and cook out.  We grilled pork steaks, hot dogs, hamburgers and sausages and had tons of sides.  We had Derr's strawberry and rootbeer floats for dessert.  It was a perfect day/weekend!  I am so glad summer is finally here!