Memorial Day at Home

Jerry came home for the long Memorial Day weekend to have some relaxation and family time.  We didn't do much, just enjoyed having Daddy back home.  Will is really starting to miss Jerry while he's gone all week.  The first thing he said when he woke up Friday morning (even before "Good morning Mommy Mom, which is always first) was "Pat comes home today, right?"  (Pat is Will's pet name for Jerry though I have no idea how he came up with it.)

On Saturday morning we received news that we didn't win the bid on the foreclosure property we made an offer on.  We were a bit disappointed by that but we moved on to Plan B and made an offer on another house that Jerry really liked (the one with the pool).  Frustratingly, the owner's best offer was still $25K more than what we were willing to pay (and honestly at least $18-20K more than market value).  Sadly, she owes quite a bit on the house and would have to bring $45K to closing even at her best offer to us.  So it's on to Plan C, which means a trip back to Covington this week to look at more houses.  Say a prayer that we'll be successful this time!

It was breezy Sunday afternoon so we took Will to Detweiler Park to fly his kite.

He and Jerry got it up really high!

 

Then they spent some time looking for tadpoles and crawdads in the river.

Lindsay invited us to her dad's camp for mountain pies and smores Monday evening.  Sadly Jerry had to drive
back to Covington so he couldn't join us, but Will and I had a fun time.

Will was particularly excited about riding the four wheeler with Jesse. 
I love the huge smile on his face!

The kids decided to build a house along the creek.

By the time we left it had turned into more of a beaver dam!

The views of the Big Valley along the road on the way up to his camp were gorgeous!