Memorable Memorial Day Weekend...

I had a magnificent Memorial day weekend and I hope you did too!

Saturday morning I slept in, got up, got ready, and got myself out of town! I headed to my hometown, Ooltewah, for a family tradition - the Memorial Day Weekend family barbecue! I arrived too late for the pedicure that my sister, aunts, and mom enjoyed... here are their too-cute toes, complete with flowers!

I may have missed the toes, but I wasn't too late to join them at Couch's for lunch! I had a very enjoyable lunch and then we all headed back to my parents house. Me and Jenni ran by the grocery and liquor store to get the makings for my Mexican Sangria (YUM), picked up my grandmother, and headed to moms for some back porch sitting and sangria! We had a wonderful afternoon of catching up and then Me, Jenni, Mom, Sarah, and Lisa headed out for dinner (We got so busy talking we forgot to eat until it was almost too late!)

Sunday was the annual event. We loaded up and headed down to my Aunt Rene and Keith's house for the family barbecue! We get North Carolina barbecue (literally - it comes from a place called Parker's in North Carolina where my grandparents are from and where my mother was born!) We have barbecue, boiled potatoes, fried corn bread, slaw, baked beans... and that's just the meal! For dessert we had cookies, brownies, bannana pudding, strawberry short-cake, and ice cream - ALL homemade of course! Whew! That was a lot of eating! We even broke out some favorite games (Catch Phrase and Taboo!). It was a wonderful afternoon of family and fun. Here are just a few of the pictures from the day!

Most of everyone sitting around after the meal visiting!

Me and Jenni after lunch!

We always have a big time, no matter where we are!

My sweet Grandparents

My GREAT parents!

I am so blessed to have this woman and this man as my very own Mom and Dad! I am grateful every single day for both of them!

Me and my sister, Sarah (check out her blog too!)

Sarah now lives in Montana so it was a treat to get to see her and spend some QT together! We had so much fun!

From L to R: Sarah, Me, Jenni, Lisa, and Mom - being silly!

These aren't all of the pictures we took, but just a sampling to show what good weekend I had on Sunday. Monday I stuck around home for a little while after sleeping in. Then Mom, Sarah, and I headed to Chick-Fil-A for lunch and I headed back home!

It truly was one of the most enjoyable weekends I have had in quite some time! I loved every minute I got to spend with my family! I can't wait until we all get to do it again!