Wednesday, May 30, 2012

memorial day weekend



I absolutely love Memorial Day.  I don't know why, but out of all the Patriotic holidays (okay so there's only like 4), this one is my favorite.  When I was a kid, we always watched the Memorial Day Parade and had a family cookout afterwards because we lived right on the road that they marched down.  It's one of my fondest childhood memories.











This year I was bound and determined to get to the parade with Patrick.  This is one tradition I will not screw up.  The couple that was supposed to join us bailed, and so did Jeff.  My own husband!  So naturally I texted everyone I knew so I could have some damn company at the parade.  Fortunately I did end up finding some great friends kids to hang out with me as you can see.  We even had an amateur photography lesson.







I did find some of my real adult friends that I went to high school with...they have kids too, so ya know, we can still be friends.






Now mind you, it was a smoldering 88° even at 9 o'clock in the morning - I just kept pouring water on Pat's head and kept him in the stroller with a sun cover over him.  He had a 4 x 4 inch box to look out of to see all the excitement of the parade.  Poor kid.  But my mom is a freak stickler about preventing sunburns, and it has been passed down to me. 













Oh yeah, my sister had a get-together over the weekend.  It was my job to bring buns, sliced tomatoes, and lettuce.  Yawn.

I amped it up a bit and made a dessert I've been eyeing for a while in my Pampered Chef's All the Best cookbook.  Isn't it dreamy?





It was freaking delicious.  I had one slice at Lindsay's and one slice when I got home.











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