Memorial Day Weekend

It was a packed filled Memorial Day weekend for me! Festivities started Saturday with the arrival of my friend Lora and her husband Nevin. We enjoyed the sunny weather with a picnic and the best pizza ever... MARCOS! We also played games and just enjoyed catching up with each other. Sunday evening Laura and her guys came over for supper, games, and walk down to the carnival and fireworks. The fireworks were pretty good but what was even better was hearing Peyton and Tristyn's comments. Peyton loved them and exclaimed in delight for each one, while Tristyn sat on Grandma's lap and covered his ears with her hands. He did comment though, "Wow, that one looked like Papa's butt!" After the fireworks we arrived home to an extremely terrified dog. He locked himself into my parents bedroom and pooped EVERYWHERE! It was a mess. My parents are in the process of trying to figure out how to get dog pee out of a mattress! Monday, Laura and her gang were back, and I said goodbye to Lora and Nevin. :( It's always sad when we have to say goodbye again. But, I didn't have time to dwell on it too much, cuz we were off to the parade, where again, the highlight was watching my nephews. They lined up with the other boys and held their hats out for candy. It was quite funny watching little Peyton yell "CANDY!!!!!!" the whole parade. For some reason though, most people would give candy to the other boys, then totally miss Peyton. The poor guy! In the end though, both boys got so much candy. After that we went home and had Laura and Jason's birthday party. We played games, got some crazy pictures, and ended the day with a trip to the playground and a "shmarshmellow " roast over the grill. Whew, it was a whirlwind weekend and the rest of the week has been as busy. I'm covering for a lady who got in an accident, so it is a 4 day week filled with 10 hours days. I need another vacation!