Celebrating the ones that we love that are not with us Happy Memorial Day

So first Happy Memorial Day. Today is bittersweet we are sad to celebrate this day because we are celebrating the ones that are not with us anymore but we are happy to celebrate the lives that they lived, the example that they provided, and the love that they shared. Grandparents, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, and children are all hard to loose but they inspire us by their example. We love and miss you all very much and hope that we can once again be with you.



So on memorial we all take flowers to our loved ones to celebrate them if you are lucky enough to be close to where they are. This year we are fortunate once again to be very close to 2 sets of our grandparents. So for our grandma Thelma and Grandpa Melvin I had the boys make a pot each so that we can continue to put flowers in there for them. I got a small terracotta pot and had both of them finger paint their own. The first time I tried with Maddy it was kinda problems but eventually it worked out well. Xander of course had a blast. He even happen to make a picture for daddy with the paper that was under the pot. He loved finger painting so much that he didn't want to stop.



Getting started and not really knowing what to do. I had to shove his hands in the paint.


Look mommy i'm ok messy. ( A First)



I Love this. I am going to paint your shirt mommy!


Maddy's first try finger painting.


The mess is just getting started.


Almost done.


Finally I think he is satisfied.


So today we took some Mums down to the graveside. Since we didn't get pictures of Xander and Carter last year we took some of the boys this year.


Xander just had to rub the headstone.


"Don't worry baby I got Ya!"


Xander just had to jump up show off.


So Maddy had to be able to do the same thing. (Its a brother thing)