Memorial Day - 2

So, for the happier post. I do feel that even in the midst of terrible tragedy that it is important, maybe even more important, to celebrate life and that it is the only way to get through the hard times. I still feel really guilty posting about a great day when I know that my friends had one of their worst on the same day.

Well, this is how we celebrated the day...

Yesterday, David invited over the families that he home teaches for a Memorial BBQ. We had a lunch-time BBQ and set the time from 12-2pm. Everyone had so much fun that they were still here at 4:30! Finally we decided to dis-band so that we could eat dinner and some had other dinner-time parties to go to.

Grilling is one of David's favorite things to do. I think, mostly, because he likes what comes off the grill. He grilled up a gigantic platter of meat (sorry to all the vegetarians out there.) Then, the others brought the rest of the meal. It was pretty fantastic.
We had 5 adults and 7 kids. The kids had a ball playing in our yard that is finally a really great place to play. And, unbelievably, the weather was gorgeous except for the wind that kept blowing tree seeds onto the table. I thought it was a pretty bug-free day too, until we woke up this morning and did a count of mosquito bite welts. Grace has 10, David has as many, and Harriet and I have a few too. Oh well... can't be perfect.
Anyway, we haven't had that much time to sit and chat with adults since we moved here, I'm sure. It was unprecedented to sit on the deck and gab for 4.5 hours almost uninterrupted! I think that this is what we miss most about our friends in Salt Lake. We used to spend hours on the front porch or in the back-yard with our neighborhood friends on a weekly basis.

The rest of this is kind of un-related, but here are some more May pictures. Also, David went birding yesterday morning. He'll have to post about that sometime.

Grace and Hattie checking out a caterpillar under the deck.

Hattie in her jammies that match her baby she got for her birthday.

Grace, Daddy, and Hattie on a little bike ride.

Grace's peeper frogs... the peeper frogs sing only in the spring at night and it is Grace's favorite lullaby. She makes us open her window so she can hear them while she goes to sleep.
The video isn't important - too dark, but just listen...