Labor Day

This Labor day weekend we didn't have anything special planned. Brenton and Jon had to set up flags Monday morning and take them down again in the evening for a Scout fundraiser. How quickly things changed. As of Friday morning, we had no plans for the weekend. Then Jon's parents called and told us most of Thomas' family was either sick, just getting over being sick and Melanie was the only one who hasn't gotten sick yet and they were thinking she would be sick any day now. So they weren't going to be able to go to Callaway Gardens with them that weekend and asked if we wanted to come. They rented a cabin for Jon's parents and brothers family. They asked if we could join them for a day but since our passes just expired the week before we declined. So Saturday morning, Jon, his parents, Brenton, Payton, Kennedy, and Talmage took our big beast Yukon and headed down to Callaway Gardens. I stayed home with Connor and Hayden. It was a quiet peaceful day. I enjoyed every minute of it. Then Sunday morning, I drove Jon's parents car with Connor and Hayden to meet up with them. When we got there, we headed straight over to the bird show. We haven't seen the bird show in over a year since we usually go in the summer and the bird show is out in the open with no shade. It was still pretty sunny and hot during the show, but much more bearable than in the middle of summer.

ugly Vulture


Owl

Gretta

Grandpa Hansen

After the show, we headed back to the cabin and grabbed some lunch and our swim stuff and headed out to the pool. Jon's mom didn't get a good night sleep last night so we grabbed stuff and quietly left so we wouldn't wake her up. We ate lunch by the pool and then swam for a long time. After an early dinner (3:30 pm), we went to the Vegetable garden.

Connor, Payton, Hayden, and Talmage

Connor, Brenton, Kennedy, and Hayden

After the vegetable garden, the kids weren't quiet ready to head home so we went to the butterfly garden. Then we said our goodbyes. They still had one more day but we had to get back because Brenton had flags to do early the next morning. It was a fun day. Since Morgan was leaving for college the next day, we decided to celebrate her birthday 2 weeks early on Monday. She wanted to go one last time to the neighborhood pool and then to Steak N Shake for dinner. So our dull boring Labor day weekend ended up being fun and busy.