Memorial Day

We had a great time on Memorial Day.  

We went to my cousin, Sharonda's house and started the day by turning one pot of flowers into about 20 flowers to take to the Provo Cemetery.  Usually we get together in Bakersfield to deliver flowers to all the family member's headstones with family. And usually Aunt Debbie and Grandma take care of all the flowers.  Wow!  What a task!  So we simplified a little and wrapped flowers onto skewers.  They turned out pretty good actually!

Here is Blake, Megan, Holly, Kevin, and Camden making flowers.

The finished project

This is Aunt Mickey's headstone.  It was interesting to see a different cemetery where most of the headstones were up out of the ground, not just flat.

 We carried around the family history book with pictures to show the kids who's graves we were visiting.  It was a great tool to have and it was amazing that we found so many of them!  

Riggs  Headstone

Bullock's

Right across the street from the Riggs and Bullocks Jill found Zaron's great grandparents headstone!  Everyone was so excited to find it!

Some of the Stewarts

Checking out cool headstones

Our family

Just being silly.  This is at Nana and Dandy's headstone (My great grandparents).

After the cemetery we went back to Sharonda's house for the other traditional Memorial Day activities.   My cousin Brent and his family also came.  We never couldn't get ahold of my cousin Ryan - we missed him.  It is always fun to get together with the Nelsons and Hutchinsons! Wish I would have gotten a group picture of all of us.

We had a barbeque, made homemade ice-cream, rootbeer, and my Mom's potato salad!  (My first attempt at the last two items there!!)  We tried our best to do all the traditions from home (except swim of course!).  Will even made grasshoper pie for me because it was my birthday. Thanks Will, it was yummy!!!  Sharonda and Brent both made yummy treats too...we were not lacking in the treat department, that's for sure!  Sharonda had me blow out candles on the brownies even....needless to say, I also had a great birthday on Memorial Day! 

Here is Blake making the rootbeer.

Camden enjoyed Kevin's x-box because they have the same Star Wars game that Caden has-his favorite game!

It was so nice to get together with family here although we really missed family in Bakersfield too.  We love traditions!  Thanks grandma for making us such traditionalists! :0)  Thanks Sharonda for the fun party!!!