We haven't ever visited graves on Memorial Day so this year we thought we would do something different and go to Idaho and let our kids visit some of their ancestor's graves. We traveled after dinner on Sunday and stayed at my sister Heather's house on Sunday night.
The kids loves playing with their cousins on Monday morning.
We even had an impromptu Memorial Day BBQ together.
Heather and some of her kids traveled with us to the first cemetery since it was local for them. We visited the grave of Jacob and Magdelina Spori. Korinne recently learned about her G-G-G Grandfather Jacob Spori when she had to bring the story of an ancestor to Activity Days. She was impressed that he was fluent in 9 languages and was the first LDS missionary in Palestine.
This was the first time I've ever visited the Spori graves.
Next up was Robert and Aloha Kerr, my maternal Grandparents. The kids remember G-Grandpa Kerr as he has only been gone for 5 years.
Last but not least we made our way to Grandma June and Grandpa Bill's grave. They are my paternal Grandparents.
We drove by the homes of both sets of grandparents. I was a little disappointed to find my Grandma June and Grandpa Bill's house in such a state of disrepair.
Their old house with the store attached has changed a little, but not too much. The yard was a mess, though.
We decided to do something my family talked and joked about while growing up, but never actually did. We visited the Idaho Potato Museum. Yes, there is a museum about potatoes. It was quirky and interesting, but unfortunately sometime in the last 25 years they discontinued the "Free Taters for Out-of-Staters." They had taters all right, but you had to pay for them.
I went out on Tuesday to call Jameson in for the night and he walked around the corner yelling, "Hey Mom, I have a man bun!" What? A "man bun"? Yes, a man bun. When Uncle Stephen was in town the week before he was sportin' a man bun and Jameson was more than happy to show us that now he had one, too.
Ok, so it was pretty small and was the product of the neighborhood girls, but he was very proud of it. He was also covered in glitter. Yeah, thanks for that ladies.
It was the last day of "school" this week. I put it in quotations because we all know that any day of school after Memorial Day is absolutely worthless. My neighbor, Annie, always throws a big last day of school party for the kids (and Moms). The party seems to get bigger every year and at the end of the day she usually says she probably won't do it again the next year, but then she does and always adds something new to the mix.
The little kids usually have everything to themselves for awhile before the bus drops the older kids off.
School's out, scream and shout!
Before I could even find Korinne for a picture she had a donut in her hand. Hmm, she must be related to me.
Like I said, the party just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
The newest thing this year was the dunk tank.
Yeah, it was a hit.
Korinne waiting to get dunked. The water was straight from the hose and FREEZING. Jameson really loved to dunk people. They let the little kids get pretty close so he didn't have a problem hitting the mark. Everyone got to dunk and be dunked as many times as they wanted. It was a dream come true.
Saturday was a work in the yard day, but we did have our own family firepit that night to welcome in the summer. It jumped up 20 degrees all of the sudden so we aren't used to the hotter temperatures quite yet.
Roasting hot dogs. . .
. . .and drinking a green smoothie. We had to get our fruits and vegetables in somehow.
Ok, so we are down a few camp chairs to accommodate our family. Good thing we had some strollers to supplement the seating arrangement.
Welcome summer, we're so glad you are here!
1 comment:
So fun! That was really a PARTY!
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