Well, apparently, the "powers that be" are the hoarder-types and keep blogs that haven't been touched in 4 1/2 years. :) Thank you, Maureen, for reminding me that I started a blog when Caden was born and never touched it again! :) hahah

I'll pick up at today:  Memorial Day 2012.
Today was the 1st time I went to the grave site of my father-in-law. It was sad. All of the memories of the day we buried him were still fresh in my mind. The brief service/acknowledgement of servicemen and servicewomen went well and the 21-gun salute is always a reminder to me of the reality that many of our veterans and current service people have to deal with (not the salute, itself, but the firing of a weapon) daily. Our prayers and remembrance goes out to all of those who served. Thank you!

We stopped by the store and picked up some fried chicken and sides and decided to have a picnic with Jo, Grandma Rieck and all of us Mcs at Walnut Grove. That park has lots of memories for me, as well, because we used to have a family picnic there every year with the Aulners. :) It's been so long that I couldn't remember which pavilion we used... but it was pretty neat to be back there again. They also have updated the park since I've been there. That made things harder to envision, as well. 

We are just about to roll the carpet for summertime out! Mo has 1 more partial week of school left, and Caden is done with PreK until fall again. Where does the time go?! Declan will see no change in his schedule except there will be one more child in the house trying to boss him around. ;)  

Don took a trip to Washington DC for ALS (amyotropic lateral sclerosis) Advocacy day to raise awareness to get some funding for research. he said it was a good trip... and apparently in this picture, he didn't have anyone to help him take his picture. I call this the Don-shington monument. ;)