Memorial Day 2010

(Yay!  John fixed my Picasa problem!  Here's the post that was intended to go up on Monday.)

Y'all, I have a ton of things to tell you about Alaska.  And, I have tons of pictures to share.  But, it seems I'm suffering from a bit of bloggy apathy.  My plan is to sit down tomorrow night and just blog, blog, blog, but until then, here is a blurb about our day today.

We are back home, by the way.  We had a blast in Alaska, but it sure is nice to be back in our own beds.  Cora has had a bit of trouble adjusting to the time change, so it was no surprise that John and were feeling a bit run down this morning.  We've spent several days trying to figure out her sleep pattern.  John convinced me to go for a walk this morning, and that was just what we needed to kick start our motivation.  In fact, John was quite the work horse!  He spruced up our backyard, hung up Cora's swing, and set up her baby pool.  While he was doing that, I headed out to the store and got us some goodies for the grill and a sprinkler toy for Cora.  When she woke up, we had a little water park going in the backyard.  Our little water baby was pretty excited to get in her swimsuit and play in the backyard.

As Cora played, John fired up the grill.

This is where Penny was caught when John went inside to get something. Naughty, naughty!

He made the steaks and jalapeño poppers, and I whipped up some loaded mashed potatoes and side salads. Yummy!

We were pretty sure Cora would not eat the steak, so she got some grilled chicken nuggets!

A few minutes later her fingers were reaching for steak off of John's plate.  Prove me wrong, sweet baby girl!  She loved the steak!

We had a few more rounds of swinging and swimming before it was time for bath and bed.

We had a great day, and we are so thankful to the men and women who have served and are serving our country so that we may have lazy, fun days!