Thank You Veterans!

Memorial Day is a holiday that is hard for kids to understand. Sure, they understand we get the day off of work and off of school, and they know that we have many parties and festivities to attend, but even Carlie has a hard time understanding what exactly Memorial Day means. Today we took the girls too the Memorial Day parade in Fort Wayne. Not your typical parade, but a parade of heroes, men and woman who have sacrificed so very much for our freedom that we easily take for granted every day. People who serve and protect us so we can pray freely and worship any God we please. Men and women who have sacrificed precious family time, hours, day and years of their lives, and sometimes even their lives. Every time Jeff or I tried to explain to Carlie exactly how much it meant to us, we'd tear up and get our "sad voices" (as Carlie puts it.) It truly is a blessing to live in America, we take so very much for granted.

After our Memorial Day parade, we had a picnic in a local park and then went golfing at Lakeside. The park when attended did not have an open bathroom, so Lucy got to "pee behind a tree" - which she enjoyed entirely too much. She was so proud of herself, that she continually asked Carlie "if she wanted to go see her wetness?" I am raising such city girls!

This was Lucy's first time golfing on a big course, and she made it about 3 or 4 holes before she got too tired and just wanted to ride in the cart. Carlie, on the other hand, loved golfing and was mad when we didn't keep her score on holes, and demanded we do so. She very much understood golf etiquette and can't wait to go again. You should have seen Daddy light up with that comment. He'd love to have something like that to do with his girls. He deserves it after the countless dance classes, gymnastics classes and ballet classes he has sat through. We got to sit in the clubhouse afterwards and enjoy a Sprite and some chips. They thought they were pretty big stuff.

Whew .... having three days off is tiring!