Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend was a rainy weekend to kick off the summer, but before the weekend began Kyle had the opportunity to take Eddie to a flag plant up at the veterans cemetary. Kyle had never been before. We think that his pack and troop never participated in flag plants, but he is sure glad that our pack now does, so he could be there to participate. Eddie said his favorite part was the guns shooting and the helicopters flying over head. He also seemed to enjoy saying the names and then telling them thank you while saluting them. I love that Kyle got a picture of Eddie saluting, it's so cute!

Saturday we stayed around town so Kyle could get some homework done and Celeste could attend a birthday party. On Sunday we went up to Lake Merwin to visit with my family who were up there already for the weekend. It rained so much over the weekend though, that we had to have a propane fire pit under the canopy. That's camping for ya!

Even in the rain, Gordon and my nephew, Javen, had a great time playing together. They don't always play together, but they sure had a great time running around, playing in the grass and soaking themselves. .We just let them play until bedtime and then got them nice and warm in their pjs, so they didn't miss a minute.

We went home Sunday night to get a good night rest because we planned to spend the day with Kyle's brother, Brandon, and his family. We went back up to Washington hike the Ape Caves at Mt. Saint Helens. I had been once when I was a kid and Kyle remember going once when he was a kid as well, but neither of us had been in a long time, so it was fun for us to go. With the kids there, we just hiked the lower cave, which was almost more than enough for Gordon and Eddie, but we had a great time. It is definitely somethine we'll have to remember to do again when we are trying to think of an activity to do in the future. We took glow necklaces and braclets for the kids and the kids had their own flashlights, so they could look around and keep themselves from getting scared.

We are definitely ready for summer to be here, now we just have to convince the weather that is is summer!