Memorial Day Weekend

Here are some of our photos from travels over the last weekend. We went home to my Mom's house on Friday night, then carpooled down to my grandparents to help paint their shed on Saturday. It was threatening to storm, so we just had a cookout instead.
On Sunday, we went to "church" (good ole COOP). Afterward, we helped Tim's parents take Jeremy's car to him in Lebanon, which was eventful. Jeremy has been restoring a '67 Firebird convertible for the last couple of years and his parents stored it over the winter while he, Jill, and little Zach were moving around over the winter.
The first time Dave and Fran tried to return it, the hood unlatched and flipped up about a mile down the road. So Dave made some repairs and Tim and I were on hand for the second attempt. I rode in the Firebird with Dave while Tim and Fran followed in my little Mouse (a 2003 Ford Focus 5-door). We made it to Lebanon with only 4 engine stalls due to a loose cable under the battery and hinky turn signals.
Jeremy looked happy to see it in one piece.
We hung around for a few hours and had lunch with Grandpa, Jer, Jill, Zach, Dave, and Fran. Tim's aunt and uncle stopped by before we left. Once we were back from Lebanon, we headed to the theatre with Dave and Fran to see Shreck 4 in 3-D. Which was OK. We had initially made plans with Wayne, but he had a family emergency and had to cancel at the last minute.
I spent Monday morning with Mom. We went and bought some flags to put at the gravesides of some former soldiers we knew. We went to Arendtsville first and put one next to Andrew's headstone, then to Biglerville where Mom placed another at the headstone of a man she'd known when she was doing home care nursing. He doesn't have any children.
Afterward, we went to some farm markets and picked up fruits for our cookout. We spent the rest of the morning getting food ready. Tim spent the morning at his parents' house mowing and weed-whacking.
We had a cookout that afternoon with Mom, Tim's parents, Dan, and Emily. Dan was the grill-master, and everything turned out great. So much good food!
We didn't hit the road until almost 7, so we got home by 10 and went straight to bed. But, all in all a good weekend:)

 The new chicken coop at the Rohrer homestead

Jeremy's '67 Firebird

Playing with baby Zach

 The view from the cemetery in Arendtsville

 One of my Mom's roses. Fran says they are Peace Roses. We've never been sure, since they came with the house.

Mom is trying to make new rose bushes from the one by her back stairs and gave me two little cuttings in compostable pots that have taken root. So hopefully, in a year or so, I'll be planting them in my own yard:)

For now, I'm just fretting over whether or not they're dead.

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