Memorial Day and other doings

Here are the kids in their festive Memorial Day outfits.  We had a great day with the family - best food and company, a good visit to the graves, and such a blessing to be together as always.  I didn't take any pictures of that day.  I guess I was having too much fun.

  So in the pictures below, Matt and I found our names in the Coke bottles, but the closest we could find to Jack and Ava were Zach and Shayla.  So they are holding those names.  I guess they could be nicknames!

Here's Jack with a friend of ours' newborn.  His name is Asher Mark.  So fun to hold a newborn, and Jack loves babies.  

Jack submitted his Lego ship to Lego Magazine's Cool Creations Club.  He wants to be published. There's a whole story happening on that ship!

Summer is (almost) here!

We are starting to see the end of things before summer.  I enjoy summers in Minnesota.  They're never long enough, but they are wonderful!  So we have finished our adult Bible studies that we had throughout the year, and now we have finished Kids 4 Truth for another year.  It went great this year, and we really enjoyed all of the kids who were involved.  We celebrated a great year with popcorn and root beer floats.  Delicious.  Oh the kids have black eyes because it was injury night.  They are not real injuries!  

MInnesota Zoo

Zoo season is here!  We love the Minnesota Zoo and have had many great memories here.  There are lots of babies now and always have fun things happening.  Another family in our church also has a membership, so we went together this past weekend.  Even better!

Lilacs from our yard

Lilacs remind me of my mom, Chelsie, since there are lilac bushes all around her cemetery.  So I'm happy to be reminded of her even more in my own yard.  

Special times

We love our sweet church people.  We got a drop in visit from a couple who are really fun and make us laugh.  

And this is one of our dear ladies who is always encouraging to us. 

I want to take advantage of these times, and I'm happy the kids enjoy spending time with them too. 

Big news in Fairmont

A new restaurant!  Hardee's opened on Monday, and we checked it out.  Matt had the Great American Thickburger with chips and a hot dog on it.  Wow!  I had a bite.  The food was good, and it was fun to go somewhere new.  I haven't been to Hardee's in years, and I really enjoyed it.  

House projects

We are in the middle of a house project.  We are painting the wood trim white and replaced some interior doors that were a steal.  Not quite finished, but I can't believe the difference!  And then the list just keeps going, baseboards, my other shutters, a window box maybe, and I would love a backsplash and maybe crown molding.  I thought we would do a couple of things upstairs before we could concentrate on the downstairs.  But now the upstairs is taking over.  I enjoy bettering my house, but I do not enjoy the process semetimes.  So I need a little more patience I guess!  

New knobs