Memorial Day Weekend

We went to my parent's house Sunday Afternoon.  Most of us went to the cemetery to visit Jen's grave.  It is still just hard.  I've been thinking about Jen and really missing her lately.  I often find myself wishing I could talk to her about different things.

It was nice to talk about Jen and share memories while we were there together.

Julie and I agreed that Jonah looks like Gary.  I love when my kids get time with their aunts and uncles.  My kids look up to all of them and I'm so grateful that my kids have such wonderful people who love them and influence them for good in their lives.

Most of the cousins love to play scum.  There is usually a game going on when we are at grandma's house.

Caleb brought a game called Poop.  It was hilarious.  Tiff, Gary and I had fun playing with the boys. We all got a kick out of the potty humor.

Jonah stayed at my parents Sunday night so he could go on a hike with the family Monday morning.  He loved hiking with his cousins.

We drove back down on Monday afternoon.  Kyle brought his long board and everyone was having fun on it.  When we got there on Monday Jonah, Jacob and Rockwell were riding the long board and Jonah wanted me to come watch him and Jacob ride down devils hill.

I was not crazy about the idea of them riding down devils hill.  Rockwell was their lookout and would make sure no cars were coming.  They rode the long board down the hill and then coasted all of the way down the street and around the block back to my parents house.

We were torn on if we should let the boys do this or not. Gary decided they needed two lookouts so I would go to the end of the street and lookout for them.

It is so hard to say no to these cute boys!  Caitlyn wanted to go down on her rip stick and was not happy that I said no.  I can see why she thought that was unfair.  She handled it well and talked to me later about her frustrations.  Parenting is hard.  There are so many decisions that are hard to make.   Caitlyn has been hurt on the rip stick a few times and I think it is more dangerous, so that was my thought process.  I was proud of her for talking to me about it instead of letting it fester.

More games of scum on Monday. We had a delicious barbecue so much good food and homemade ice cream for dessert.

The kids loved having Gary play tag with them.

I loved just sitting back and watching the cousins have a blast together.

Grandpa took the kids for a ride in the truck.

Kyle and Paige decided to hop in too.

Jonah was watching Kyle and Paige dance and told them to dance again so he could learn from them.  Paige decided it would be better if he learned by dancing with her.  It was so funny to watch.

We all loved having Gary and Julie in town for the weekend.  At the last minute we decided to let Jonah ride home with them and stay for a week.  He was so excited and kept thanking me for letting him go.  He is having the time of his life up there.  I love hearing about all of the fun things he is doing.  I told him that he will have to do a post on here about his trip when he gets home.