Memorial Day Weekend

Hello, folks!  Sorry it’s been a while since we updated.  No excuse, really, I’ll be honest.  We’ve just been extremely busy lately.  You know how it goes…

This past weekend we went home to Fisher to visit with family in honor of my niece, Nicole (AKA Coco), who graduated from junior high.  The whole crew was there for at least part of the weekend, so Andrea and I barely held Harper for more than five minutes at a time.  We love the little gal, but sometimes that kind of a break is a good thing.

Aside from Nicole’s graduation celebration, the other big event taking place this weekend was Harper meeting my Aunt Gayle and Uncle Jim.  Aunt Gayle was my mom’s oldest sister and was always a big influence on me, especially in encouraging my love for reading and writing.  Were it not for her massive library of books that I would go through everytime I visited, there’s a pretty good chance you wouldn’t be reading this right now.  So when we were trying to figure out Harper’s middle name by going through family members, the name Gayle stuck and I couldn’t be happier to honor my aunt in this way.  So long story short, Harper was meeting her namesake this weekend and we were all very excited about it.

The weekend entailed plenty of good times - a trip to a farmer’s market in Urbana; lying outside on a blanket on a beautiful day; playing plenty of Mario Kart on the Wii; and Monical’s Pizza with the whole crew.

And with all that fun, we had to take a few pictures while we were at it.  So if you’re a member of the VIP club, you should be receiving an email with your new password.  No videos this time, but plenty of photos from the weekend and a few from random days in the last couple of months that seem worth sharing.

Enjoy and look for a new post later in the week as I update you on another cool thing that happened last weekend.  I’m sure you’re all anxious to find out what it is…