May 30 - Memorial Day

Bryan went & played tennis this morning at 6:30 (gag).  I woke the kids up at 8:30 and we headed to a Memorial Day program at the cemetery.  The program included:

Formal Flag Ceremony

Singing of National Anthem

Pledge of Allegiance

Vintage Airplane Flyover

Raising of Each Branch of the Military's Flags

Each Branch of Military's Anthem Played

Lowering of the Flag to Half-Mass

3 Shot Salute

Silent Gun Salute Routine

WWII Veteran Speakers

There was also a display of several hundred (maybe thousand) flags attached to a white cross with names on them.  Each flag symbolizes one fallen soldier from around the area from WWI - present.

It was a wonderful way to start our Memorial Day.

After we finished our donut breakfast, we headed to SEVEN PEAKS!  First trip of the Summer and we were so excited!  We got lots of (too much) sun and had so much fun splashing and squealing and being together!

Funny: Nora kept calling the Lazy River the Lady Liver.  "Let's go get in the Lady Liver!"

When we got home, I realized that I haven't taken pics of Haze's most recent favorite activity - color by numbers.  He's getting so good at it!

While I was taking pictures, I snapped some of the Transformer Book that me & Hazey made about a month ago.  He colored the transformers, cut out their names, and glued them all to the page by himself.  And then he narrated a story for each page while I wrote.

Optimus Prime: This is a very strong guy that can kick people right in the face.  You know he transformers in to a truck, right?

Guiltar: He can jump with his legs like this.  You know he can punch really hard?

Iron Hide: This guy is Iron Hide.  He is so awesome.  He probably has helpers.  He is so strong.  Do you see his chompers?

Bonk: This is Bonk.  He is like a truck but he looks like a thing that can turn in to a ball.

We were all beat from Seven Peaks, but we got enough energy up this evening to go on a family bike ride.  I had to snap a pic of Nora's Tinkerbell wings poking up out of the bike trailer.

Nora.  She was wide awake when we went to check on her at 10:45 and asked if she could come and hang out with us.  In our bed she goes.  It's not hard to convince us.  She sat & visited for about half hour about everything.  Daddy's bike, Seven Peaks, Summer time, her swimming suit, and her favorite thing on my night stand: a Willow Tree figurine of a Mom, Dad, & baby.  She loves it.  She always wants to hold it and when she does, she is very gentle.  She pats each of their heads and tells something about them.  "This is the Mommy.  She has a pony tail.  She is pretty.  This is the Daddy.  He's holding the baby so she can sleep.  This is the baby.  She is closing her eyes.  She has a hat.  She is so nice."  She sits & softly strokes each one as she talks about them.  It's the sweetest thing.  And then she strokes my hair and my cheeks as she tells me that she loves me.  Oh, she has me so wrapped around her finger.  And I don't even care.