May. 27, 2008 - Memorial Day
We had a great holiday weekend! Saturday morning started out a little earlier than we had planned, though! At 6 am the tornado sirens went off. Thankfully we were already awake! Greg had been shutting the windows because of the rain, so we just had to get the kids out of bed and down to the basement. The storm didn’t last long and by 6:30 we had everyone back in bed! The rest of the day was very relaxing and uneventful.
This weekend was Promotion Sunday at church. That means the kids all get recognized and moved up to the next grade level class. Emma, especially, was excited to be moving up to Kindergarten. Or as she says, “Kindegawten.” She’ll be moving up out of the pre-school area and into “
Sunday evening we had our annual church-wide picnic at the park. There was lots of good food and great fellowship. The kids had a blast playing on the swings and slides. I think I saw quite a bit of water being thrown around too!
Monday Greg had to work, so the kids and I just planned on staying home. It was pouring down rain most of the day anyway. Then about 2:00 some friends of ours called and invited us over. Their plans had changed because the pool party they were going to was cancelled. They were left with a lot of food and needed some help eating it. 
We made it over there a little after 5. I took brownies, no-bake cookies, and a spice cake w/cream cheese frosting. They fixed hamburgers & hot dogs w/chips and a veggie tray. The other family brought strawberries and watermelon. YUM!!
I wish I had a copy of the video that was taken of the teen boys. I'll have to get someone to send it to me. They spent the better part of an hour trying to perfect a human tower. It really was hilarious! One would brace himself for the bottom, and then the rest of them would, one-by-one, jump on the previous person's back. There were 6 boys, and I think that by the time number 5 jumped on they started the moaning and yelling. LOL!! When number 6 would make the leap they usually collapsed into a heap. Hence the trying for one hour! The 2nd one up would get the most squished during the tower, then the last one would end up with a couple on top of him when they would crash.
