Memorial Day 2006

We missed the parade part of Memorial Day, but we made it into town in time to catch most of the ceremony at the cemetery. A soldier recently back from Iraq spoke for a while; we also heard from some older veterans and a few American Legion ladies.

Later in the day we were able to connect with GrandDad Green (navy man during WW2) and leave a message for Sam (Sarah's bro. just back from Iraq). I hope they heard how much we appreciate their sacrifice and commitment.

We also got to talk to family in IL and IN. They seemed to have had a good day together. (I'm still not sure how all of them managed to gather at Grandpa and Grandma Cooper's. Even outside!)

I am grateful for the reminder of liberty's cost. Freedom demands sacrifice. Our thanks goes out to all who have served.

We discovered Megan likes watermelon. Lots and lots and lots of watermelon. She also thinks that ice cubes on popsicle sticks are meant to be eaten as dessert. I have a feeling that this stage will not last long. :)

Our present to our mothers (and ourselves) this Mother's Day was to bribe them with some gas money to come visit us. Curt's Mom and Grandma Smith arrived Friday night from NE and got to stay till after lunch time on Monday. They opted to try out Ross and Carol's new house at the farm, so we spent most of the weekend over there with them. We enjoyed spending time together and talking. (We didn't have much else on the agenda.) I had some nasty sinus symptoms (probably from going to a city-wide yard sale in the wind with no hat), so I missed church Sunday morning. But Grandma Smith's amazing backrub helped me feel much better, so my first Mother's Day wasn't all bad after all.

The Green side of our family plans to accept our bribe closer to Megan's birthday and after Mom and Katie get out of school. We look forward to their visit, too.