Memorial Day

Every year for Memorial Day, we go to the cemetery where my dad's family is buried. We clean up the headstones, place flowers on the graves & visit & catch up with relatives. We have been doing this for as long as I can remember. It's a tradition that brings families together & we always go back to my parents' house & have a BBQ, swim, play in the yard & eat homemade ice cream. The extended family has gotten so big that we are beginning to have our own family gatherings after the cemetery. My brothers & sisters & their families went to my parents' & it was really nice. The weather was great (it didn't rain until early evening) so we got in some play time & enjoyed a great BBQ.


Headstones of my grandparents & uncles. My grandma died a couple years before I was born, so I never got to meet her. My grandpa died when I was 5. I don't remember much of him, either, but he seemed tall, had gray hair & I liked swimming in his pool & jumping on his rectangluar trampoline.
My uncle Ryan died when he was only 2 & my uncle Roger died when he was a young adult. He was driving home late one night, fell asleep & his car went over the edge of a hill. I don't know these relatives very well, but I have heard many stories of them & have been told what amazing people they were. I hope I can leave an impact on people's lives like they did.







Pictures of my girls & our family together at the cemetery.






















Everyone hanging out at the pool.








Allie & Gabe (her cousin) had lots of fun playing with the Super Soakers. They got a little wild a times, but luckily no one outside of the pool got too wet.






Uncle Matt helping Brittany shoot a basket in the rough game of pool basketball.








Uncle Matt getting attacked by all the basketball players trying to steal the ball from him.