I know this is a couple of days late, but I think that we should remember our brave men and women that serve our country every day. If it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have the freedom to write what I please on my BLOG, and we wouldn't have the freedoms that most of us take for granted. They give up so much to protect and keep our country the most desirable place to be, that in my opinion we should all humble ourselves and recognize it's them that make the sacrifices for us, not the other way around.
Now for the days festivities.....The alarm bleats repeatedly as Jim and I stumble over each other, the dog, and anything else that is in the way. Man, it's 6am already?!?! Ohhhh, groan.....who's idea was it to get up early to go get mom and Kelly in the first place. Oh wait, it was mine. So the day begins.
We get out to mom's house around 8am. Unbelievably, they were ready to go!!! We packed up their stuff, the weedeater, and off we went. We pull into the driveway about an hour later. Jim heads off to grab the lawnmower and BBQ. Mom and Kelly start helping with some of the yard work while I run in and clean up with a shower. The big joke of the day was that they couldn't eat unless they did yard work. We were kidding but hey it worked anyway!!!
Here we have mom trying to find the edge of the lawn so we can try and use our edger so the lawn looks like we actually care about it. The funny thing about this is that she couldn't see good enough to see if she was getting to the edge of the concrete!!!!
Kelly is doing her darnedest to look like she is doing something important!! LOL. Actually she was trying to be mom's eyes without getting the grass clippings in her eyes. Luckily we have a small yard and she didn't have to supervise that long.
And last but definitely not least, is the uber supervisor, Jim. Mom kept cutting deeper and deeper into the lawn until the worms were ready to strike. Meanwhile Jim is trying to convince mom that what she's done is fine and that she can stop now. It wasn't until I came out and said let's go shopping that she actually quit. LOL.
Mom, Kelly, and myself hopped into the van and we hit the grocery store. Now I had almost everything done for the BBQ, but mom wanted to bring something. Since she has no car, I guess that means that I take her to the store. We picked up some veggies and some dips. I guess you could say I had a couple of dips already with me....but that's not fair they can't defend the comment, so I'll say it anyway. LOL. It only took us about an hour to get everything that we all needed, then we headed home.
Jim bless his heart, had the BBQ out and was cleaning it, and had set up the umbrella, table and chairs. Mom and I started preparing stuff to munch on, while Jim set Kelly up with a bunch of DVD's of Garth Brooks concerts. We got everything prepared and headed outside. The charcoals were getting hot, the ribs were soaking up the rub I put on them, and the veggies, chips and dips were getting consumed. I had pulled out my laptop to show mom and Kelly the photos of my brothers new home in Texas. Wholly cow is it a big house!!! Anyway, as we were sitting outside, Spencer pulls up with a Waldorf salad in hand, and his warm, friendly smile on his face.
We all sit around shooting the breeze, while waiting for the ribs to get done. As you can see, mom and Kelly are doing their best impressions of being dips. Didn't I warn you earlier?!?! LOL. We only sat around for a couple of hours before the ribs were done. Everyone pitched in and moved the munchies off the table to make room for the food!! As I took the ribs off the grill and threw on some zucchini, it was almost time to EAT.
Our menu consisted of:
- Ribs - 3 racks of pork ribs with a rub and sauce on the side.
- White corn on the cob with butter.
- Waldorf salad. Thanks again Spencer.
- Homemade mac and cheese, which sadly didn't taste all that good. There was no flavor and the cheese never really melted. Weird. Sorry everyone.
- Potato salad.
- Grilled zucchini - tossed in garlic olive oil and Parmesan cheese then grilled. Yummm.
- Brownies.
- And lastly, some orange and vanilla sherbet in colored ice cream cones.
After filling our bellies, we all sat around spending a wonderful day just talking and enjoying each others company.
Mom and Kelly enjoyed meeting Spencer, and we enjoyed having everyone together. I think this is going to be a start of a great way of living. What more could I ever want?! Good food, friends, family, and lots of fun.
It was a Memorial Day to remember. And to think I was worried that people wouldn't have a good time. Shows you how much I know eh? I am so glad I was proven wrong.
