Memorial Day weekend

On Friday, the 3 little girls went back to Brookside for "Generations Day."  I am not sure what that is, but they had farm animals, carnival games, costumes and funnel cakes.  Madison had to work making funnel cakes, but there was plenty of entertainment for the girls!  They had a great time hanging out and enjoying the day!  

The big kids mostly had to work over the weekend.  They do tend to have a great time when they are actually home though, including a cook off between the bbq master and the pastry chef.  

Bbq master's Saturday boss gave him a gift.  Overalls.  He was super excited.  He wore them to work without a shirt.  Hello farmer's tan!  

On Saturday, the 4-H club helped serve the Overbrook Rural High School Alumni Banquet.  Preston and Quincy weren't real excited about it to begin with.  After a while, they said it wasn't that bad.  

Luckily, it didn't take that long to serve lunch and clean up the mess.  They were rewarded with lunch and a check!

Memorial Day weekend is always the opening weekend for the city pool.  Our pool had a little issue over the winter (we are not sure exactly what happened) which resulted in the ruination of the liner. We will be saving up money for a new one, but for this season we are going to be frequenting the pool in town.  In my opinion, the water is far too cold for swimming to be enjoyable, but it isn't the first time I lost that battle!  

Nobody seemed to notice their blue skin and they begged to go back!  Cameron was nice enough to spend a couple hours with them on Sunday too!  

Preston got the game "Family Fued" for Christmas.  He then put it away and forgot all about it.  He found it this weekend and the kids had a blast playing their own warped version of it.  

The bbq master is teaching some of his secret skills to his little brother.  I find it incredibly sweet.  

Quincy found this beautiful snake in the flower bed.  We did a lot of research and are pretty sure she is a scarlet kingsnake.  We did name her (at Quincy's request) and then we let Rosie go.  Kingsnakes are known to kill venomous snakes, so we are happy to let her live in our yard. 

Today, we attended the Memorial Day mass at the cemetery, and then had a project day here at our house.  We are building a pen for the chickens that we hope will keep Curley out.   She has a mild chicken food addiction.  Poultry netting is no match for her.  

She really loves Jim.  Wherever he is, she will be there helping him.   Little did she know that she was the main reason for the new pen.  

We are also building a billy goat pen, and we upgraded the pig into a condo compete with a wood floor!  

The kids worked hard with Jim today.  We all got a lot done.  

And just like that, the three day weekend is over!