Our ward has a Memorial Day breakfast every year. It's usually hot and muggy and almost unbearable even at 8 a.m. but this year the weather was perfect! We had a yummy breakfast and then had a little flag ceremony and program.
Our Boy Scouts raised the flag.
We sang a few patriotic hymns.
A local Veteran came and spoke briefly to us.
This guy just walked around being cute. 
After the breakfast we headed home and packed a lunch for everyone and then drove down to Dallas to meet Josh's parents for another Memorial. Josh's Grandad passed away almost 8 years ago and is buried at a cemetery in Dallas. He was a veteran of WWII and a POW. Grandpa brought some things to show the grandkids about Grandad: his medals, some books that showed the airplane he was a navigator in when the plane was shot down, some of his old yearbooks and other pictures of Grandad and Mimi. Grandpa told a few stories and then the kids helped him place flags at the gravesite.
I caught this picture of Covey sneaking up on Josh to steal his hat. He grabbed it and ran right after this. He thought it was pretty hilarious!
I don't know how I managed to only get pictures of Sawyer drinking his milk but somehow I did. I guess that's the only time he's standing still!
This little beauty was wide awake!
After we finished up at the cemetery we headed over to a little park and had some lunch with everyone. It was fun to spend time together.
We are very thankful for those family members who have served and are still serving our country. We're thankful for all those who serve our country every day. Hopefully Josh and I can instill that same gratitude in our children. I'm glad Grandpa takes the time to plan days like this to help us remember Grandad.
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