Yay for Memorial Day

We had such a great weekend. Friday we headed up to our nation's capital to spend the 3 day weekend with Matty, JZ and Troy. It was fantastic. We got there in time for dinner, and Jeanette had prepared a most exquisite dinner of tater tot casserole which has made it onto Spencer's favorite foods list. After dinner we went over to meet their friends the Taylors. SOOOO MUCH FUN! We played games for about 5 hours. We played Scum (known to some as Presidents and A$$holes)...Unfortunately and to no one's surprise Matt was reigning President for the majority of the time if not the whole time. After that...we played Mafia. Okay, what are the bloody odds of this... I drew the KILLER card 4 out of 5 times!! Are you kidding me??!! However, I have discovered an untapped talent.....deception. Some may call it lying...but I think when it becomes a skill, it should be promoted to the title of master deceptor. Even after killing my friends 3 times in a row, I was able to convince them to not lynch me.. muahahahahahahaha. good times..
The next day was Saturday and after the boys played soccer while Jeanette and I got some sun we had a barbeque picnic at a nearby park with the Taylors.

Tina and Lewis brought an extra Diet Coke bottle to perform a science experiment with. They stuck Mentos in the bottle and this happened.









Let's talk about some awesome photography for a second...little Katie was balancing a stack of frisbee's on Jeanette's head and I snapped a shot the moment they fell...classic. And Tina just wanted to get a shot of me taking a picture....LOL.











How does Jeanette DO that??









I've decided that making kissing faces makes my face look infinitesimally smaller and more chiseled.









Matty made us gourmet s'mores. He put a strawberry on top instead of another graham cracker....soooooooo yummy. He too is a fan of the kissy face.










And here we have a picture of me and Troy. He is living with Matty right now until Matty and JZ get married, and until he finds a yacht to live on. (that's right ladies...ignore Matt if you hear him call it a 'small boat'...it's a yacht!) It was so fun having him up there. No one can ever replace Daniel but having Troy around is like having a second brother around again. He is so nice, fun, and his stories get better and better. And not to mention...easy target for picking on which is essential in a sibling. Love ya Troy!!









Spencer has been sorely underrepresented thus far in the pictures so here he is with Lewis. Probably laughing at something Gary said. Gary is Lewis's dad who was an absolute HOOT! Seriously a blast to play games with!! He was your high school shop teacher who everybody thought was awesome!









And here we have the whole gang..Troy was taking the picture.. Gary and Evalee are in front of Matty and JZ on the far left. Then Tina is next to JZ and Lewis is in front of her with their 2 gorgeous daughters Ashley and Katie.














Thanks for a great day everyone. Oh and the weather was unbelievably perfect.

Alrighty then...next day was Sunday. Church and more games with the Taylor's.

Monday...MEMORIAL DAY!
Great day. I learned how to golf! Real golf...not putt putt. We went to a driving range and I was frustrated for about 5 minutes and then I finally hit one! and then I was really nailing them. And I actually got a ball past the pink flag.

The highlight of all that however was Matty's golf swing......"Holy Happy Gilmore minus the running, Batman" But he is really good!!










I had 3 teachers telling me 3 different methods. Troy taught me first and he gave a good basic idea of what to do....then Spencer helped and that is when I started hitting the ball and then Matt.....ha ha ha...is a really great teacher but as you can see...very interesting approach. But I did get it down. However I almost took Spencer out when I used the Driver. He was hitting in front of me and I hit the ball with the front of the driver instead of the side and it flew right by his head....good times.









Then we went to the putting green and played boys against girls and we tied!
Here is Spencer showing his skills












And these two just make me laugh whenever they stand or sit next to each other...



















While the boys were playing the XBOX Jeanette and I decided we wanted to be nerds too! So we got on our seperate laptops and found Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Mario Brothers...yeah that lasted maybe 30 minutes, if that, until we decided to make Memorial Day cupcakes.










I forgot to mention that after golf we went to Old Towne Alexandria for lunch and drove by the Memorials. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures in Alexandria. Such a beautiful little town. And we had the best lunch I think I ever had and ice cream. Troy got a skinny little cone with a glob of ice cream on top as big as my head....watching him eat that in 88 degrees outside while walking was a great experience all in itself. Jeanette, if you read this, please leave a comment naming the restaurant we ate at.....soooo good. Need to remember and go again.

At the end of our delightful Memorial Day and cupcake baking we all played games again! But nothing gets better than playing UNO when Jeanette gets slap happy and Spencer gets tarded. [ Jeanette has to draw 12 cards and immediately in a kind and loving tone Spencer tells her to be grateful] Oh how I love my family.

Let's see.....more highlights
Spencer blurts out BS in the middle of our game of Mafia.
Matty claims he isn't going anywhere until him and jz can do something.
Sitting by Gary while playing BS.
Jeanette getting ready for family prayer
"frrrrrttttt"
Troy's rules
the traveling fart
Calling my dad and having him tell war stories in honor of Memorial Day..capturing the enemy flag.

I LOVE AND SUPPORT ALL TROOPS....PAST AND PRESENT. THANKYOU!