Memorial Day Weekend
Phew! We had a busy weekend! Very eventful but very fun. We started out on Thursday night by celebrating Caleb's 8th Grade Graduation. Wow!! I have no idea how he is already going to be in high school! It was nice to celebrate Caleb...he is such a sweet kid, so polite and respectful and always in a good mood. We're looking forward to catching a few of his baseball games this summer.
Thursday also happened to be Lincoln's 4th Birthday. I told him that he could choose again this year what he wanted to do to celebrate his birthday. We could go to the Indy Zoo like we did last year, we could go to the Children's Museum, whatever he wanted. Would you believe that his response was that he just wanted to play games? Such a sweet little man!! And when I asked what he wanted for his birthday present, his response was, "Ummmm. Bubbles." DONE! Such a simple kid! So we arranged to get him on Saturday so that he could enjoy a day devoted just to him. In addition to the bubbles, we decided we would get him some outdoor toys and games. You can see how excited he was!
First thing, we headed over to campus so that he could play in the fountain that is outside my office. He and Shell brought me lunch a few months ago before they turned the water on and I told him that we could come back and play in the water once they turned it on.
(Is this not the sweetest thing ever?!)
Thursday also happened to be Lincoln's 4th Birthday. I told him that he could choose again this year what he wanted to do to celebrate his birthday. We could go to the Indy Zoo like we did last year, we could go to the Children's Museum, whatever he wanted. Would you believe that his response was that he just wanted to play games? Such a sweet little man!! And when I asked what he wanted for his birthday present, his response was, "Ummmm. Bubbles." DONE! Such a simple kid! So we arranged to get him on Saturday so that he could enjoy a day devoted just to him. In addition to the bubbles, we decided we would get him some outdoor toys and games. You can see how excited he was!
First thing, we headed over to campus so that he could play in the fountain that is outside my office. He and Shell brought me lunch a few months ago before they turned the water on and I told him that we could come back and play in the water once they turned it on.
(Is this not the sweetest thing ever?!)
After plenty of water time in the steaming hot temps, we headed over to the Memorial Mall on campus for a picnic.
I insisted on bringing the dogs which stressed Josh out a little bit. Kowe still likes to bark at bikers and runners, and she wasn't a big fan of the kids running around the fountain, so I stayed in the shade with the pups. Then at our picnic, Lukey kept trying to steal Lincoln's food. So: lesson learned. They won't be going next time. BUT they were definitely tuckered out and I let Lincoln decide whether to take them, so he was glad they were there.
We got back to the house and spent some more time outside. We got Lincoln a slip-n-slide and some water guns, so we played with those and got the sprinkler out.
Josh had to show Linc how it was done:
Josh had to show Linc how it was done:
Then he had to help him out a few times to help him get the hang of it...
Finally he got it down and he loved it!
Later, we went to the park for a bit and then decided we needed some Igloo. It was so hot that poor Linc couldn't keep up with the drips! 
On Sunday, we went to church and then Shell and Griffin joined us for a cookout and to play outside a little more. Griff had a blast with the water guns and the slip-n-slide. Shell, Josh and I had a blast eating grilled nachos with Josh's homemade guacamole. It was so gorgeous outside, but well over 90 degrees outside! So the water guns felt good!
Today, we went to Josh's parents for dinner. We grilled out and played some Sequence...a nice relaxing ending to the very eventful weekend. Josh opened his big birthday gift and you can see how giddy he was! It's a giant, comfy hammock! He replaced his a couple months ago and wasn't so happy with how comfortable it was(n't), so he was thrilled with this surprise!
Wow, I'm tuckered out just recapping the weekend! This next week is proving to be another busy one as we are preparing our house to go on the market and we have plans to look at several houses this week as well. Plus, the BIG ultrasound is on Thursday!!! We're so excited to see Pokey squirming around in there and can't wait to find out if we have a boy or girl! And I'm really excited just to see if everything is going well, I'm hoping it will be a huge sigh of relief for me.
Wow, I'm tuckered out just recapping the weekend! This next week is proving to be another busy one as we are preparing our house to go on the market and we have plans to look at several houses this week as well. Plus, the BIG ultrasound is on Thursday!!! We're so excited to see Pokey squirming around in there and can't wait to find out if we have a boy or girl! And I'm really excited just to see if everything is going well, I'm hoping it will be a huge sigh of relief for me.