Memorial Weekend

So Friday began the official start to our summer. It felt so good to sleep in and not be rushing out the door! I wasn't sure what we would do. Several thoughts crossed my mind of things to do with the kids. I really wanted a more relaxed day though and honestly didn't want to cross the river and deal with parking. We ended up just going to the park and then having lunch at Chickfila. One of my teacher friends..actually Lindsay's prek4 teacher was babysitting a little girl Lindsay's age so she ended up meeting us. It was nice having someone to visit with at the park. I think the girls had a great time! Colby on the other hand was a little bored though. Its hard when one has a friend the other complains. Anyway we had a good time and stayed about 2 hours until we started hearing thunder. We all went over to Chickfila and by the time we got there the bottom fell out! We all got soaked! It was fun though. We ate lunch and visited. We stayed there about an hour. All in all it was a nice start to summer. It also helped that "let down" feeling of school being out. Once we got home we had a low key afternoon. It was nice to just stay in with the kids and not have to go anywhere. 
Saturday it was nice having everyone home! We had a pretty low key start to the day. Austin stayed home to work on yard work and I got out and ran a couple errands. We rested and hung out around the house until about 3:30. We then left to pick up a few things and head to my parent's house for the Graduation Party. My mom decided that she wanted to host a little get together for some of the interns at the church that are graduating this year. It was a sweet get together. The kids had a blast! Since it was all mostly people who have worked in the kid's ministry they felt right at home. I enjoyed getting to visit with everyone. My mom loves hosting stuff like that! It brought back memories of growing up and us having stuff like that. It was a late night for us too. We didn't get home until after 9 I think. 
Sunday we went to first service at church. Afterwards we went to eat sandwiches at Jimmy John's. We then came home. It was the first Sunday we had like that in awhile. It felt good to just come home and relax. It was nice spending the day together as a family.
Monday was of course Memorial Day. It was nice having Austin home with us and a LONG weekend to kick off summer. We slept in and enjoyed a slow morning around the house. We then got ready and went to my parents house for swimming and burgers. It was just us and them this year. It was nice though to have a chilled gathering. We came home soon after lunch b/c the kids had swim lessons. It was a short afternoon. Austin stayed home to get some stuff done...plus I think he liked having the house all to himself for awhile. Its rare he gets that. The kids started the week great in swim lessons! Its hard to believe how many years we have been going! Even though its a pain and honestly they can both "swim" I want them to continue to improve and plus it something active for them to do. After swim lessons we just came home and enjoyed a night together.