Memorial Day Weekend

We just spent an amazing weekend at the cabin over Memorial Day weekend. Pete turned 40 this month and what better way to celebrate than with a relaxing weekend away. It was a weekend full of smiles, laughter, and fun. We headed down to the beach a couple times to find crabs and other sea creatures. We went for a nice 'hike' - we walked much farther than I expected we would with 5 kids. And played, played, and played.....oh yeah, and there were marshmallows :)

Eli and Preston were in charge of the fire....Eli took the job very seriously and made us signs directing us to where the fire was :)

Pete reading to our kiddos

My little hiker

Ha! He looks thrilled doesn't he :)

These 2 were inseparable....They are so cute together! Everywhere they went they held hands. They even were sure that the games they played included what each other liked. Iron man and Captain America played quite well with Elsa and Anna.

Cale 'fishing' in a muddy puddle

It's rare to find such good friends these days- friends who love your kids as much as you do, share the same beliefs and values, and that you find yourself instantly smiling around. Preston and I are so lucky to have made such good friends as Pete and Rachel. Apparently, we are such good friends that we even match our clothes....ha!

Snuggles with daddy

The highlight of the weekend was the baseball game we played. The kids loved it.....it was all Callie could talk about when we got home. Callie went from not even wanting to try to hit the ball, to wanting to do it with help, to doing it all by herself. Much laughter was heard on this field.

Liam loved hitting the ball.....wasn't so keen on giving the bat up to the next person though

Hiking

Love these two! Wish I knew what they were talking about :)

Marshmallows!

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