Memorial Day Weekend

It's sad that our long weekend is now over:-(, however, I feel like we got a lot accomplished and had a really fun family weekend! Saturday we picked up flowers and bark and I planted while Joe spread the bark and washed our cars. Sunday we went to church and then to Em and Mike's for dinner with my fam. Joe then planted his garden while I planted some more flowers and such. Layla napped for awhile both days which made it feel for a little while like it was before having a child:-). Having her makes it a little more difficult to get outside stuff done, but after she woke up she played happily outside for a long time. It's crazy to think that a year ago Memorial Day I was on bedrest--pretty sure we didn't get hardly anything accomplished last Memorial Day weekend! Here she is chillin' in her pack n' play outside...

Joe watering his newly planted garden...

Elv enjoyed being outside all day...

We then had dinner at a park near the beach...

And tried to go for a walk, but it was WAY too mosquitoey! We did not make it even close to the beach!

We could hardly stand still long enough for a picture without having a million mosquitoes land on us!

This was taken in front of the Felt Mansion...I found this great backpack carrier thing for Layla at a garage sale the other day for only $3!! It worked great!!

Then on Memorial Day morning we went to watch the Holland Memorial Day parade. Here's Elv with Uncle Steve and Auntie Heidi...

Layla showed her support for the soldiers by waving her flag high (and enjoying 2 McD's hotcakes:-D)!

She loved the bands--especially Holland Christian's:-)...

Elv decided that Layla rides in the stroller way too much so it was his turn:-). I found a double jogger stroller at a garage sale the other day that I bought to use for Layla and Gavin when I baby-sit him, but it might come in handy for Elv too:-).

We then did even more yard work during the day and then in the evening we went to Joe's parents' for burgs and brats. Layla did enjoy her golf cart ride depsite not looking real happy in this pic:-).

It was a great weekend and the weather could not have been more perfect! Layla was super tired by the end of last night so she slept in today a bit longer than normal and I'm hoping for some nice long naps:-). Elv was exhausted last night too and since Gavin and Remi are over today it's making it a bit harder for him to nap:-). He also might not be feeling the greatest--he puked up tin foil a little while ago--not sure where he got that from!