Monday, May 25

Jere was here early Monday morning to spray our yard with weed killer.

Memorial Day is usually the day my siblings and our families clean up the pavilion area in the woods behind our house. My brother Dale (above) and I do the weedeating and start about and hour before the others so they can rake the leaves easily – and without us in their vicinity.

Our grandson Nate was in charge of starting the fire.

Ian

Jere

Ian and Jared

Jesse cleaned the tree house.

My coffee and weed eater fuel in the lower left.

The younger boys enjoyed watching Nate light the fire.

In a few years they will be big enough to help with the fire.

My sister, Nancy. Jere and Cerwin in the background.

Our sister-in-law Dot.

Heidi

Miranda

Lindsey

Jeff came after work and relieved Nate of his fire-burning duties.

Nancy with her daughters Chelsey and Amy raking the bocce court.

Our sister-in-law Brenda, Jake, and Ian.

Emma, Dale, and Jared

Nancy preparing lunch. We decided that it was a good idea to have our Hershey Spring Get-Together the day before this so we could use some of the left-overs.

Emma, Gloria, Ian, Jesse, and Jared roasting hot dogs.

Memorial Day is a memory-making day for our family and it is nice that the pavilion is ready for summer picnics.