Memorial Day Weekend

 Last weekend was Memorial Day weekend and we took full advantage of the beautiful sunny weather and long weekend. 

For the majority of the school year, the kids had to play in specific zones at recess, with only the kids in their class allowed in their specific zone so that they weren't all mingling together. However, a few weeks ago, the rules changed and the zones went away! Haleigh started talking about some new friends that she was playing with and then we met them (and their parents) at a birthday party shortly after that. We invited them over for dinner on Friday night and started our weekend off by having friends over!! 

Hard to get everyone to look and have a good smile at the same time...but between the two pictures I think we did it!

On Saturday morning, we met up with Kim, Thane, the boys, and Grandpa and Grandma and hiked the Chanterelle Trail, overlooking Lake Whatcom. 

Saturday afternoon Kyle put together a swing set for the girls. They asked for a swing set and monkey bars and we finally sat down and ordered all the parts! They were so excited to wake up Sunday morning and see it outside. We don't have the monkey bars together quite yet, but the swings and a pull-up bar have already been well used!

On Monday, we spent most of the day out at Birch Bay. It was gorgeous out and we played corn hole, grilled hamburgers and brats for lunch, and celebrated Kim's 40th birthday! 

Apparently there were whales out there...we never saw them.

It was such a good weekend! As we drove past the cemetery on the way to Birch Bay, the girls commented on all the flags, the flowers, and all the people who were gathered there. We talked for a bit about Memorial Day, what it means, and how grateful we are to live here.