Memorial Day

We had a very nice Memorial Day weekend. We decided to stay home on Friday evening with the family. We celebrated Dylan's good behavior by going to Buffalo Wild Wings (his choice) and then we played outside. On Saturday, Curt and kids came over and he helped us strip down more wallpaper. We are using a steamer now and what a difference that has made. We have 1 1/2 more walls to do and then that part will be complete. I think we are going to put heated floors in, so the tile will need to come up and we will have to spray the walls again, since the wallpaper took down some of the drywall. We will then paint and put up new fixtures. What a messy project. On Sunday, we went to Maquoketa Caves with the kids and they had a fun time. I had Gavin in a carrier and he was really alert. Dylan did all the climbing on his own and after the 3rd cave, he said my legs hurt can we go to Grandmas? We were there almost 2 hours, so that was plenty of time.









We headed to DBQ and stayed at Denny/Maxines. The guys got the pool up and prepped for the poles to go in the ground. They grilled out that evening and Jason and Heather came over for dinner. Later, my parents stopped over too and we had a bonfire and cooked smores. Oh, they were yummy.



The next morning, Denny, Maxine, and Todd went over to Freddy/Mariennes to butcher chickens. I said NO WAY will I EVER do that. So, I stayed with Curt and the kids. They were really good. Denny, Maxine, and Todd came home around 10-ish and they started working on the fence. They got everything done before the rain came. The kids had fun playing together and grandpa gave them a ride on the tractor.

Even Gavin went on the tractor. He likes the wind and just smiled the whole time.