Day #5

I had a fun morning hanging out with my mom, Paige and Rachel. My mom was decorating a cheesecake for a church meeting she had later on and it looked great! When she was all done putting the fruit on, she asked Rachel to go out in the backyard and get her some 'edible flowers.' Edible flowers? You might ask. My mom started a mini-garden with herbs, etc. in her backyard and supposedly planted some edible flowers!

So Paige and I gave them a try.

They weren't great, but they weren't bad. Just weird! Then, Megan and Kenny came to pick up the girls and we got to spend some time together before I leave tomorrow. I'm so sad that I won't be seeing them again for a while...

Later, I went to lunch with my dad and grandma. It was nice to spend time with them and catch up. After lunch I went with them to decorate family graves for Memorial Day. It was sad to think about those that had passed away, but I did get to learn some new things about my family that I didn't know before. My grandma and I at my grandpa's grave. He was such a sweet grandpa, I sure miss him!
While we were taking pictures my dad pointed out something you would never want to see at a graveside - a full moon. And that's almost what we got to see! I don't know if you can see it, but this guy was giving us quite the show! It was too funny not to take a picture!

In the car I found some of my grandpa's old sunglasses and had my dad put them on. I think they look good. I can definitely see where my grandpa was coming from when he bought those beauties.

After we were done I went back to my mom's for dinner with some of my family. We had a really good time with lots of laughs, good food and good company! Plus, I got to help my sister-in-law Amy start a blog for their family! Now almost all of my sisters and brothers have blogs! (Now it's your turn Nathan.) Here are a few pictures from the fun evening...
Almost the whole gang. From left to right: Simone, Lance, Adri, Amy, Mom, Jake - my nephew, and Blake - my oldest brother. (Regan wouldn't come sit at the table!)

Emery was fast asleep in the other room!

Danielle and Hailie, my nieces. So pretty!

My mom being silly! She's always the life of the party!

Adri and Emery. I accidently put the two together and called Emery Amery!

Emery's first ponytail!

She was smiling but I was a little too late with the camera!

She's such a good cuddler! I'm sure going to miss her. Next time I see her she'll most likely be crawling, maybe even walking! I'm so sad that today was my last day and it's so depressing to know how much I'm missing out on while I'm away. However, I'm excited to see my hubby tomorrow and I've missed my little buddies!

I hope it's not too long before I can visit again. In the mean time, if any of you would like to come visit us in Cali, you are MORE than welcome!

Thanks to everyone for making my visit so fun! And a BIG thank you to my mom for being so generous and loving. You are so wonderful and I really appreciate all the effort you made in making my visit home so great.

I love you all and I'll miss you!