Memorial Day Weekend

We had a great Memorial Day weekend visiting our family. On Friday we drove to Chicago to visit Aunt Laura. She took Madeline to the Build-a-Bear store to pick out an animal for her upcoming 3rd birthday. We were all surprised when she picked out the triceratops, but then all was back to normal when she picked out a dino-sized sequined purse for her new favorite stuffed animal. As you can see in the picture below, she wasn't really excited about the experience at first because she was pouting that her dinosaur was all floppy and deflated. Then she caught on that this may actually be fun after all after the dino was stuffed.

On Saturday, we continued our journey to Indiana, where we saw Grandma, Amanda, Katie, Albie, and cousin Landon. We had a great visit, but it was way too quick. We miss you guys already! The sunset shot is from my mom's patio. Can you see all of the flags that line the bridge? It was really a special sight - small town America during Memorial Day weekend with our brother -in-law in Iraq. I just loved the simple but huge symbolism in it all, so I couldn't resist taking the picture.