Memorial Day Weekend, Part 2

Sunday afternoon the kids and I went to Flippin to spend the remainder of the holiday weekend with my parents and sister.  We met everyone at the cabin and had such a good evening.

Jaiden & Alexee collecting moss, or "seaweed" as they called it   

Dad and the boys fishing

Aunt Judy and Aunt Janice changing baby Bennett's diaper.  He was exactly 3 months old that day, and this was my first time to meet him!  He's a cutie--I loved getting to hold him!

He was so good--he never cried!

My cousin Lance and his wife Lindsay (Landon & Bennett's parents) helping the kids look for crawdads.

Crosby was not afraid of the water at all.  He had the best time splashing around!

C & R working together to lift a big rock--they expected to find a nice crawdad under it.

Alexee and Jaiden played together a lot this weekend.

We were happy to see my Grandparents--we had not seen them since Spring Break.  Rhett gave Mo Nina a big hug.

Dad fried fish and Mom made cole slaw and baked beans--it was all so good!

Grandmother loves babies!  Bennett looked comfy in her lap.

sweet Bennett with his "Nana" (Judy)

After dinner, Grandmother went fishing.

And Dad and the boys fished a little bit more, too.

Jeryn, Rhett, Jaiden, Crosby, Landon & Alexee

Then it was time to celebrate Jeryn's 5th birthday with cake and ice cream!  I love his expression in this picture.  :)  Happy Birthday, J!

Landon, Jeryn & Rhett--ready for cake!

Once it started getting dark, the kids tried to catch fireflies / lightning bugs.

We spent the night at the cabin, which was fun.  We don't get to do that very often.  These three shared a room. Jaiden and Alexee brought their dolls along for the "camp-out".

The kids were up early, so we got the day started with breakfast by the river.  It was such a pretty morning.

Later that morning, Micaela and Mom took the kids back home and Dad and I went fishing in the boat for a while.  Any other time Rhett would have wanted to go too, but he decided he wanted to play with his cousins.  They were going to Mo & Granddad's house to see the new kittens, and I guess he was afraid he'd miss out on something there!  The fish weren't biting, but it's always nice just to be out on the water anyway.  I loved getting to spend time with Dad, and even though we didn't see fish we did see lots of birds:

We even saw two bald eagles right on the river bank!  They were so pretty!  We assumed this was their nest above them--it was huge.  

eagle in flight

Then when we got back to the boat dock, we saw two "families"(?) of Canada geese.  There were four adults and nine goslings.  The adults were leading them around in circles and the little ones were splashing and diving and having fun.  They were neat to watch.

One pair with their six little ones "all in a row".

It was a wonderful Memorial Day with family.  I'm very thankful for those who have served/are serving our country!  THANK YOU for your sacrifice.