Memorial weekend

On Memorial week-end, we had a fun house full of company. Martin and Jennie arrived first for dinner on Friday evening. They were followed later by Tonya and family, and Mima, Pop-pop and Alex. Saturday morning we woke up and went to the temple where Alex took out his endowments. He leaves this summer for a mission to Barcelona.

After the temple, we decided to try a BBQ place our friends had highly recommended. It was WONDERFUL!! We found out later it had been featured on Man vs. Food. There is even a special "Adam Bomb" named after the Man vs. Food guy. The ribs were incredible and I have been constantly craving the sweet potato fries since that meal. We are already planning on taking Jared's parents there when they visit this fall.

Bella and Pappy's pig

Waiting in the 3/4 hour long line

Afterwards we headed to the zoo. It was packed and hard to find parking, but was a lot of fun. Except for a few scares (like when Austin and Uncle Jared wandered off and everyone panicked thinking Austin was lost. I'm not sure why no one realized Jared was missing. I was rushing Jacob to a bathroom when I got the frantic call that Austin was gone. I turned back to make sure he hadn't followed me. As a result of the delay, Jacob made it all the way into the building but peed his pants a mere foot from the toilet.) we all enjoyed our excursion.

In their matching Buckeye shirts from Mima and PopPop

No visit from out of town visitors can go unrewarded, so we made the traditional stop at Bobby's before going home.

Sunday, Jared and I both spoke in church. It was nice to have someone to sit with the kids while we spoke, but a little more nerve-wracking to see most of your family looking up at you. After church, we grilled dinner and enjoyed the nice day. We took a walk on the trail to work off all the food we ate and ended the evening with a little patio fire complete with S'mores. It was fun to have everyone here and wished Nicholas, Natalie, and Weston could've been here also. Nicholas did fly in Sat night to get his car they had left here but left bright and early Sunday morning. Thanks for a terrific week-end everyone! (and thanks to Alex for supplying some of the pictures)