Wrapping It Up::Last Week In May

This week's happenings...

Memorial Day brought Mark's dream of being in a Civil War reenactment to life! 


My daughter did such a good job with pictures that I just stole them from her blog!  
Thank you, Shauna. :)


Added benefits to the day- 

We attended a tribute at the beginning of the day (top collage) to all those who have served our country. We have never done anything official for Memorial Day before. It was very moving.

And we got to spend the day hanging out with friends and family!


Our end of the year volleyball party/tournament was Wednesday:



This is how it works- the "varsity" (meaning older more experienced players) were coaches. Each team had two coaches. The coaches responsibilities were to be role models, maintain a positive attitude, encourage younger players, keep track of their players, and turn in scores after each game. I volunteered to watch one of the courts and I was impressed with these coaches- each and every one went all out to make sure that their team AND the players on the other team were having a great time.

Our new favorite thing to do: 


Attend the local minor league baseball games! Lots of fun, close to home, and free tickets at local merchants. Doesn't get any better than that.

And no week is complete without some little people in it.


Lots of fun was had riding the merry-go-round and the train at a local park.


May is done!! What a crazy, busy, hectic month! We had multiple birthday parties to have/attend, confirmations and first communions to go to, and lots of other activities, but I think June should bring some down time. We'll see. I look forward to taking some time next week to catch up on blog reading and do more blogging myself.

Homegrown Learners

Comments

  1. PhyllisJune 2, 2013 at 5:35 AM

    What wonderful pictures. Such a happy family enjoying each other. My boys would love being in the reenactment, too. Sports and park play to top it all off. Just lovely.

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  2. UnknownJune 2, 2013 at 7:15 AM

    How awesome that you did the Civil War reenactment - I hope we can do one of those in our area in the coming school year!

    Thanks for linking with Collage Friday - I hope you are having a restful weekend!

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  3. NicoleJune 2, 2013 at 4:43 PM

    This is so great, Laurie! I love it!!!

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  4. Melissa N.June 3, 2013 at 11:43 AM

    How cool is that! Great post. Have a blessed week!

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  5. TiffanyJune 3, 2013 at 3:13 PM

    We love to go to our local Minor League games too! Great wrap up and photos from the reenactment:) The month of May nearly took me down so I'm looking forward to playing catch-up as well! Thanks for stopping by to say hello and I'm still keeping you in mind, just in case a "meeting" opportunity comes up this summer:) I'm sketching out a bucket list after our Parish VBS is over this week. God bless you and your family with a restful June!

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  6. JenJune 7, 2013 at 1:35 PM

    Great Pics!

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