Saturday morning we all slept in a bit after being out late on Friday night. Then it was time to head to Thomas’ T Ball Game. The big guy was feeling a little shy at the start of the warm ups, so after a pep talk from Mike he asked if I could stand close to him while he warmed up. After about 5 minutes he was all in and happy to start the game with his teammates. T had 2 at bats and a couple great fielding plays. Their coach has all the infielders take turns getting the other teams grounders and throwing them to first. It is a huge improvement from last year (and most of our opposing teams) and all the kids running into one another to try to get the ball.
After his game was over we headed home to load up our cabin gear and snacks and then we were off to an Oklahoma lake home. Debbie, our friend and Mike’s Mom’s longtime friend had invited us up for the day to play. The kiddos both napped so Mike and I took our time, we stopped at the grocery store and then at a farmers stand to pick up some fresh produce (YUM! I have been craving fresh strawberries). When we arrived at their home the kiddos were up and ready to go. They had a blast running around, playing with all the older kids (Mike and I’s age) and the dogs that were at the cabin. We had dinner there and then played some more. Before we left Debbie asked to give the kiddos a bath so they would be ready for bed and they were happy to hop into her big ol tub. When we were leaving the kiddos were both very generous with their “thank yous” and hugs and they even had a hard time saying goodbye to “Grandpa” Stewart and “Grandma” Debbie…it was very sweet. They were both asleep about 5 minutes after we started to drive home. 
On Sunday we had a day at home getting things done around the house. We all needed a semi chill day at home after a few days of chaos! Mike got up early and headed for a bike ride with another dad from Thomas’ T Ball team. The kids and I watched cartoons and I caught up on the blog. After we had breakfast we got outside and did a few things in the yard/garden. Then it was time for lunch and naps. While the kiddos napped Mike finished up on the yard work and started to cut down more branches on our trees out front. After Thomas woke up he and I helped take the branches to the back and we all finished just in time to watch a huge thunderstorm. I do love the storms we have been having, and as long as they stay tornado free, I will continue to love them. We then had our neighbor guys over for some Paseo sandwiches. This is/was an old Seattle neighborhood favorite and since moving away Mike has been able to perfect his own version of the sandwich, which keeps us all really happy as they are soo yummy! After dinner we headed over to the guys house so that the kiddos could swim for a few minutes before bedtime.
Monday we met some friends at the park for a morning of T Ball/Baseball in the park. Then we came home and worked around the house, had lunch, Elin took her nap and then we went over to the boys for a BBQ and some more swimming. We had a great Memorial Day weekend and again we didn’t take for granted all that has been sacrificed by others for our freedom. Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Memorial Day as well!
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