Happy Memorial Day

Oh, Memorial Day...

On Memorial Day, the day started out beautiful! Gorgeous weather... a bit humid... but very nice out.

Mom, Dad, and the kids started the day with a walk down their lane. 

We played outside on the deck...

..and Sawyer really thought he was funny!!

Mom plays the taps every year that she is available at Grandpa Redeye's legion's Memorial Day celebration. They have two different ceremonies. So, Mom got ready and headed to Kampsville to play her trumpet at the cemetery and then at the Kampsville ceremony. The ceremony was SUPPOSED to take place in the park by the memorial but the weather had turned bad. It was pouring down rain with horrible storms on the way. So we had to improvise and do the ceremony in the old no longer functioning school.

The American Legion members in Kampsville

That handsome devil is my Grandpa

Honoring those that have fallen

Sawyer was pretty happy as long as he wasn't tied down. As you can see in the background there was standing room only.

Marching out...

Gigi and Papa and their favorite Americans

I love my Aunt Bev. She is an amazing person. Truly amazing.

Sawyer was giving Great Grandma Millie so many kisses.

The ceremony was a success

Grandpa did great in his role!!!

Happy Memorial Day...

We headed home to Metamora after the ceremony. We ended up in a terrible storm and had some pretty scary moment while we were driving. We ended up stopping at Aunt Didi's house as we passed it and we let the storm pass us by. We ended up staying with at their house and helping them rearrange furniture and hanging out. We spent the afternoon with them, ate their food, and just enjoyed a rainy Sunday afternoon there! Thanks for the hospitality, Didi :)

It was a great weekend...and Alex was so happy to have had two whole days off in a row.