memorial day weekend

well, it's memorial day weekend... the unofficial start to summer! on friday it was "grandparent's day" at carter's school. my parents were on vacation last week, so they were able to come down and visit carter's class. he was so excited and was in the best mood all day. after they went to his class, mason, hadley and i went out to lunch with them.

on saturday we had our friends over for a little bbq. the kobs family came over, and so did andra and avery. carter went to my parents for a sleepover, so we were down to only 2 kids. it was a beautiful day, and the boys had fun playing in the jeep.

we celebrated cousin ava's first birthday today. the kids had so much fun!!! there was a bouncy house and a mechanical pony for the kids to play with... it was great to see my family. they set up a tent with baby toys and blankets under it so we could have a nice shady place to hang out. it was also the first time some of my cousins had a chance to meet miss hadley. she sure does love a party!!! before i know it i will be planning hers...

oh, and get this. we stopped at ll bean on the way up to the party today. i had some shoes i had bought for mason that i wanted to return. since it was going to be a quick trip in, i thought it would be easier to carry hadley and not bother with the stroller. anyways, after i did my return, i was on the escalator going up while an older couple was going down. the women says to her husband (loud enough that i heard her) "i can't believe she put a head band on a baby, they are so uncomfortable." i was livid!! so i yelled back to her that it was comfortable and that i thought she was rude... i wanted to say more, but we were on an escalator. wtf???? did she really have to say that so i could hear her... and anyone who knows me, knows i can't keep my mouth shut. some people...

tomorrow we are having some more friends over for an ice cream date after lunch. i figured it would be fun to let the kids play and then make some ice cream sundaes...

i have a feeling the rest of the school year is going to fly by and it will be summer before we know it. i just ordered some bathing suits online from lands end... hopefully one of them won't be too bad!