Memorial Day Wrap Up

What a great holiday weekend filled with our favorites! Family, Friends and Fun! We spent Memorial Day 2010 right here at home but had a blast! Our Family from Maryland came down to visit for the long weekend and we tried to maximize every minute to get the most of the few days we had with them!

On Saturday we started the day off by driving up to Blue Ridge to meet Dad and Cheryl for the Arts Festival. I think this is the 3rd year we have gone and just love it! We even recruited our friends Trey and Katy to join. Unfortunately, we had to cut our visit to the Arts Festival short this year because we wanted to get home to meet the family before they got into town from their long road trip from MD. But, I must say, well worth the day trip to see all the artists and vendors!

We got back to our house in just enough time to freshen up and and wait for the Maryland Crew. We were so excited for little Spencer to meet his Uncle Ron and Cousins Natalie and Ethan for the first time . My sister Hope and Mom (Baba) were of course visiting too but they got to meet Spencer when he was a newborn. Nonetheless everybody was excited once they arrived! We spent the evening in enjoying family and resting up for the next day.

There was no sleeping in on Sunday as we were up and out the door by 9 o'clock to get to the Georgia Aquarium. We wanted to get an early start to beat the crowds with it being a Holiday Weekend. By the looks of lines when we left, going early was the way to go! Even though Spencer was a bit young to enjoy the fishes, the older kids loved it!

Spencer with his cousins Natalie and Ethan!

Nat and Ethan petting the sting rays!

That evening Bill and I and Hope and Ron all went out sans kids! Hard to believe but this was our first time leaving little Spencer! It was not as hard as I thought it would be but he was in good hands. Baba, and Nana and Papa watched all the kiddos so we could get out. I wish I could say I got through the night without looking at pics on my phone of the little guy but I didn't. I missed him even for that short period of time :-)

Sisters Enjoying some Drinks

On Monday we took a chance on the weather and went to our community pool! We lucked out! We were the only ones there ( I am sure due to the overcast weather) and the sun even peeked out a few times! The only downfall is the water was so COLD! I hope as the summer goes on the water will warm up so we can enjoy the pool a little more. The best part of our pool trip is Spencer got to go in the water for the FIRST time. He absolutely loves his bath so we were sure the pool would be a hit but the cold water of the pool did not make him so happy. Bummer :-(

He was a good sport though and lasted just long enough for us to grab a few pics.

And last but not least, we had a BBQ at our house later that night and stuffed ourselves full of yummy food! To my surprise, we celebrated all the June Birthdays in the immediate family too. Max, Ethan and I all got ice cream birthday cakes and were serenaded with Happy Birthday! It's not very often that we are all together to celebrate our birthdays so it was very special and a great surprise! We finished our celebration with some sparkler fun :-)

Tuesday morning came way to fast and we had to say goodbye to the fam :-( Such a great visit but we miss them already! That just means it's time to plan the next trip :-)