Memorial Day Weekend 2016

We enjoyed a little "staycation" for Memorial Day weekend this year. It turned out to be a fun weekend and we ended up much busier than we thought!

Friday we enjoyed pizza at Michelangelo's. It was kind of a rainy night, but we enjoyed playing at the park on the way to and from dinner!

 Saturday morning we biked to the bandshell for breakfast....unfortunately they were closed!??! We played at the park, biked to the bird sanctuary, the farmers market,  Pershing park (where the kids found and took home hundreds of caterpillars) and then back home. Bishop had a birthday party in the afternoon.....and it POURED rain while he was there (it was at a park). Thankfully it let up again so he could burn off some energy with his buddies at the park! That night we had a BBQ at the Heller's!

My 2 loves!

The Bird Sanctuary

Collecting caterpillars!

The first set of caterpillars collected!

I bought this doll house used and I was so excited about it......and Nora was SO excited to get it! She played with it for about 10 minutes and said "this is boring" and went back to playing with her kitchen!

Charlie and Bishop at Silas and Olivia's party!

 Sunday we started the day off at the Zoo with the Retzer's. While we were visiting the tigers a macaw bird flew out of its exhibit and we got an up close view of the beautiful bird. After the zoo we went to Cedar Lake and met up with the Hennum's to swim at the beach. The kids played in the water and took the Hennum's canoe out for a ride, which was a big hit! Bishop got to ride in the canoe back to the Hennum's with Tim and Maia and now he wants one! ;) The kids love their dog, Jaxon and have been asking for a dog! I'm SO thankful the Hennum's are so welcoming......as we'll enjoy Jax as much as possible ;)! We ended the night with a BBQ at the Hennum's. I just love how much the kids get along and enjoy being together!

Nora loves the merry-go-round!

Canoeing with Siena and dad!

Burying Bishop's toes in the sand!

So much love for Jaxon!

Cuddles with Jax!

 Monday morning we headed out to Corcoran for a lunch BBQ with the Kieser's (our friends we met at Grandview over Spring Break). It was an absolutely beautiful day and the kids had so much fun together! The girls created a scavenger hunt for us to complete, which was super cute and a lot of fun! They have a large backyard with a pond and the kids had a blast playing by the pond, and sliding down the slide into the mini pool! The adults enjoyed watching the kids from their porch! ;) While we were there Liana invited us over for another bbq at their house, as we had forgotten Bishop's swim trunks there on Sunday. We stopped by for a bit for dinner, which was a ton of fun! The kids were exhausted so we headed home early! Woah--it was a jam packed weekend, but it was tons of fun! It felt great to be home and to be able to enjoy so many different things together as a family!

The boys decided to eat their lunch on the rocks in the front lawn!

The kids hanging out by the pond!