There are some good things too

In spite of my "not so chipper" tone in many of my most recent posts, many good things are happening too, and our weekend was definitely an example of that.  Friday evening we were joined for dinner by HT's godfather, and the kids always love that.  I could tell how very tired they were though, because usually they are all clamoring for his attention, and that evening they were pretty much content to just lay on the couch and be potatoes.  I can't really blame them though.  Even the adults were pretty worn out.  Saturday morning JR had another baseball game, but because of the temps (90's) and my sun allergy and asthma, we decided it would be best if I stayed home with the younger two.  We also had lots of outdoor plans later in the day and we didn't want HT to be a miserable human being later in the day.  About 3:00 we left for a friend's pool party, and after a couple of hours of that we drove to northern Kentucky to attend a graduation party for my cousin.  We had ventured down for his brother's party two years ago, and we knew it was being held at a family cabin.  They had rented a sno cone truck and everyone could have as many free sno cones as they could consume (they even had some "adult" flavors if anyone over the age of 21 so desired)!  JR took his fishing pole but didn't have much luck catching anything.  There were lots of fun things to do, and by the time we got home at 10 that night, all three kids had fallen asleep in the van.  The next morning we were up bright and early to join my mom's family on our annual cemetery visits.  We hadn't been on the tour since four years ago, and I felt it was important that we all attend this year.  My cousins with younger children obviously felt the same to a certain extent, as there were 17 of us all together for brunch.  While we are waiting for confirmation from a neurologist, it seems as though my grandmother has a progressive degenerative neurological disease, and I think most of us just felt it was very important to be together.  Since we'd been up so late Saturday and up so early Sunday, the rest of our day was just spent being at home, doing whatever.  My husband and I did a little bit of housework and yard work, but we also watched the Reds game and did some relaxing.  Monday morning my husband, JC, and HT were all part of the local Memorial Day ceremonies and parade.  HT even got to be part of the color guard with his cub scout pack.  We watched the Reds game again later in the day, and got ready for our four day week.  It was really an absolutely wonderful weekend...and it made us even more ready for summer!