Our exciting Memorial Day weekend (so far)...

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  • Our neighborhood pool is OPEN! We tried it out this Sunday afternoon
  • We discovered that the drive in is no longer charging for children under 12!!! We are planning out our summer schedule now
  • The kids enjoyed $1 McD's sundaes while we used our last BOGO coupons at Noodles & company
  • Joshua's first baseball practice was Saturday morning, which he protested for weeks, and ended up loving
  • Great BBQ and some ball in the backyard Saturday afternoon
  • John enjoyed an evening with some friends smoking cigars and playing Spades
  • After a spring on our garage door flew off and a visit from the garage door repair man, we ordered some new almond steel garage doors (coming in two weeks!) The noise reduction and warmer bedrooms are 2 things I look forward to most (that and the door opening and shutting without bouncing down and sounding like they might go through the cement!)
  • Successful garage sale on Friday - lots of unused junk is gone and now replaced with some garage sale spending money for everyone :)
  • Wonderful deals on used Wii game and movies at the Blockbuster Memorial Sale
  • Tomorrows plan for Memorial Day - spending the day with Grandma Sue for her 60th birthday all day (Grandpa Gary too) - I think we are BBQing, going to our favorite park in Kearney, and hanging out

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