Memorial Day weekend

1. mom and i got patio furniture. the deck now looks like an indoor room. very cool! pics to come.

2. dave came into town! it was a (more or less) spontaneous trip. he took 10 days off to go storm chasing. of course this had to be the week from hell, meteorologically speaking. there were the least amount of storm warnings for the 3rd week of may within the last 50 years or so. (to keep in perspective, may 25, 2008 had 503 severe weather reports - 53 of them tornado reports, including parkersburg, ia. there were 14 people who died and 79 injured. may 25, 2009 had about 27 severe reports, 2 were landspout reports.)so because there was nothing in the forecast for severe weather, he took the opportunity to join us for a 3 day weekend!
we went to the lodge to see the band 7th heaven (excellent, by the way). he came to the 10 service on sunday morning. it was dave's first taste of a contemporary lutheran service. (the first lutheran service he ever went to was when he was down here last, in march.) his brother and his girl lives in lincoln park, so we went to visit. monday was fairly lazy. my cousin had just graduated this weekend plus memorial day equals family dinner!!!!!
it was dave's first US memorial day. and meeting another bunch of the family. (my grandma was talking with my mom. she asked 'does she like him?' 'does he like her in return?' 'is it something serious?' my mom answered yes to all three. grandma said, 'ok. if you are alright with it, so am i.') :) he goes over well with my family. he left this morning to head back to winnipeg. great weekend!!! (oh, there is a chance for him to chase this weekend, in case you were wondering)

3.i went to the daycare to pick lily up. she was wearing a cute little dress that i did not put on her this morning. her clothes were in the wash. i was stunned at the size of the dress when they told me. it was a 2T! she's not even a year old yet and she can wear 2 year old's clothing!! ah!

this was an absolute wonderful weekend. how was your memorial day?