Memorial Day Weekend! FUN in the SUN!

A long weekend was just what we needed! With me in the last stretch of school before summer, and Chris busy with work and traveling, a relaxing, long weekend at home was perfect! It was just a small taste of what the upcoming summer will hold for us!

We spent the weekend doing all kinds of fun, family activities! Friday night, we (all 3 of us) worked in the yard. Daddy mowed, Mommy cleaned up the grass, and Everett worked on the sprinklers and watered the plants. Check him out in the pics below. Saturday we took Everett on his very first boat ride! He LOVED it! The water was a little chilly for him to swim in it, but he loved to splash his feet in the water and splash Mommy and Daddy! He even got to help drive the boat! He fell and hit his head at one point, but was a big boy about it! A little fall didnt keep him from having a blast. Saturday night, we made brownies...and SOMEONE sure enjoyed licking the spatula....and it wasnt me! :) We also had TONS of rain Saturday night. Sunday was more yard work and playing with the dog in the backyard. Today, Memorial Day, Daddy made us sausage and homemade belgium waffles for breakfast! Everett practiced eating with a fork. He is getting really good at it....sometimes he drops his food...and says "Uh-oh". Then we went to the lake again! More fun in the sun! Turned out to be a great weekend!

Chris and I keep talking about how big and grown up our little man is becoming! We are able to take him to do all sorts of things now, and he actually interacts and enjoys them! He is a sponge, soaking up everything we say and do! He wants/tries to be just like Mommy and Daddy. He repeats almost everything you say....as best as he can, anyway. Some things are easily understood and others are a little bit of Everett's own language! His new favorite thing to say is "Uh-oh!" He has said it before, but now he says it ALL THE TIME! He is learning more and more animals. He loves to "flap his wings" when you ask him what a bird does, or growl like a bear when you ask his what sound a bear makes!

Here are a few pics from our weekend! Enjoy!

Splashing Daddy in the lake!

Living it up on the boat! What a happy kid!

Mommy and Everett getting ready to launch the boat!

Daddy and Everett before we launched the boat!



Going for a swim with Mommy!
Do you like my King Ranch hat?

Someone was SUPER EXCITED after licking ALL

the chocolate of the brownie spatula!

Everett in action!

Enjoying my waffles and sausage....AND USING A FORK!

Helping in the yard....Let me water Mommy's flowers!

Running through the sprinklers....THE SHIRT SAYS IT ALL!!

"MAJOR TROUBLE"

Fixing the sprinkler for Daddy!