On Thursday Vivian and I had some time alone together (thanks to Gramme for letting K nap at her house...) and so we took a trip to the park. There is an old Norfolk & Western caboose on display at the park. It's not in very good shape on the inside due to vandalism, but it was fun enough for Vivian just to be so close to a real train.

And of course throwing rocks provided most of the entertainment.

Trains are special for us since we have them in our front and backyards :)

Then we walked back to the playground equipment for sliding and running and crawling through tunnels. Fun morning!

We went outside one afternoon this week so that I could water the flowers. It started pouring while we were out there so we got stuck under the shelter for a while!

V played in the rain and mud and K was desperate to do the same.

She got wet and muddy anyway, even though I made her stay under the shelter with me.

I know, I am really late to post about our holiday weekend. But the girls are in bed now, and Aaron is hanging out with the guys for Ben's bachelor party tonight, so I have a few minutes to catch up!

Here's a brief summary of how we spent Memorial Day weekend: We ate bbq ribs and corn on the cob.

Stephen and Michael came in for a big dinner on Sunday evening.

Vivian played peekaboo with Papa and Gramme. Actually, she played with them a lot because we spent a lot of time at their house over the weekend. Vivian even spent the night there two nights in a row! They swam quite a bit.

Aaron relaxed and engaged himself in deep thoughts.

Dad treated us to DQ ice cream on Sunday night (what an extreme background for our photo!).

On Monday morning we ate breakfast at the Omelet Shoppe, a family favorite.

A few other things that aren't pictured:

Aaron was getting over strep throat and I was getting it from him.

Aaron bought a new truck on Saturday.

We went to church and were thankful to have Pastor Nick and the team back from Uganda.

V watched Cinderella again with her Daddy.

We have good days, we have bad days.

Kate begged to take Uncle Joey's motorcycle for a spin on Friday. However, we are still in our overprotective parenting stage and wouldn't let her.

Hayden came to play with us on Monday and the girls were pretty excited about it. Vivian called him "baby Hayden" all day, but she didn't pronounce the "d" in his name, if you can imagine what that sounded like. And Kate was thrilled with having another baby to watch. I had to keep them separated most of the time because she was a little too aggressive.

Mmmm these fingers taste so good!