Happy Memorial Day! :) BBQ Cookout :) a special salute, on this wonderful day :)

Happy Memorial Day! :) A salute, cheers, and much love,  in honor of all of the brave men and women, who have served our country :) We love you! :) 


Hi angel friends :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, and we hope everyone is enjoying a wonderfully safe, peaceful, and happy memorial day :) it's a very special day, in loving memory, honoring the brave and courageous men and women who have served our country over the years :) we are very thankful for their service :) we take wonderful time today and every day to think of them honoring them, and are so proud that 2 of our family members, uncle Ralph, and uncle Ed, who served our country :) We have such amazing respect, and love, for all of the very special men and women, who have served our country :) god bless them, always and forever :) We love them, thank them, cherish them, and appreciate them very  much :)

 

We're having a nice peaceful day at home :) we had family over to visit today :) we've been enjoying nice quality time together, and enjoying hearing about your holiday festivities, and traditions :) it's a wonderful time, for some BBQ cookouts, being in the yard, garden :) we have so many special memories of memorial day holiday weekend's over the year :) with all that we've been through the past 2 weeks, we are so thankful to have eachother, and a wonderful family of friends, around the world :) we're all with eachother in spirit :) i've been calling Holly today, she and i having some nice talks, and she loves when i share about our plants, and garden with her :) Alyssa and the triplets came over this morning :) i put some nice treats outside, for our nature friends, and checked in on our plants :) they're all doing really well :)

 

It's so nice, to see the plants doing great :) we have lots of planters, loaded with plants, flowers ,tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage :) i'm so happy, i've been doing some gardening, and blossoming into lots of nature walks :) i love seeing all of the birds,butterflies, bumble bees :) its been very active,  in the bird sanctuary in our yard :) i'm going to be planting more sunflowers soon :) we have lots growing, in our planters,and also going to plant some sunflowers in our garden by our snowball bush :) keeping close with nature, the plants, gardening, has brought us all, some wonderful peace, and joy :) it's gonna be so nice, gardening as the week goes on, and looking forward to lots more nature adventures :) i took some pictures of our plants today, to share with everyone :)

 

BBQ COOKOUT! :) Memorial  Day Tradition! :) we love having a BBQ during memorial day holiday weekend :) we fired up the BBQ charcoal grill today, and grilled cheeseburgers, hotdogs, and also made baked beans, salads :) the kids were having fun, playing outside :) my niece Alyssa brought over some nice smores ingredients :) we set up our picnic table, and chairs :) we were all hanging out, and enjoyed the foods :) we love BBQ grilling :)  it's our first BBQ of the season :) the kids had a fun time, making some smores :) it's nice, cooler weather here today :) it's comfortable weather :) this afternoon, my brother Bobby and family came over, and late afternoon, Lisa came home from work, and Kayla's on her way home from her trip to Maine :) we've been enjoying the day, celebrating memorial day :)


We're having a nice memorial day holiday, sharing in, the spirit of the day and season :)  my family and i are doing ok and keeping in good spirits :) it was nice, having family over to visit today,having a BBQ cookout, enjoying the spirit of the day, and quality time with family and friends :) We feel very blessed, and thankful, to have such a wonderful family of friends, all around the world :) You all bring us lots of special joy :) it's been a nice peaceful weekend :) Holly and i are going to watch an episode of American pickers show tonight, on youtube, and some cool videos :) Tomorrow's sweet treats tuesday :)We're looking forward to going out to get some treats :) we are also looking forward to continued progress forward, and our home repairs beginning soon :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for being here for us, and for all that you do for us :) You all are wonderfully nice, sweet, and very caring :) we deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) big group warm happy friendship hugs :) There's many more special times to look forward too, with family, friends, nature, and the amazing spirit of the season :)


-never lose hope :)


To Wildthing, Peaceful gentle moments of the day :) Wildthing, its a special day, celebrating memorial day, spending time with family, friends, and nature :) we had a BBQ cookout :) we love spring time :) thinking of you, our dear friend :) 


my mom says hi :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a really  nice memorial day holiday" :) awww! :) we love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) we hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a nice peaceful, safe,and happy  memorial day :) We think of you and your family's often :) thank you for brightening our days, and sharing in, these special times with us :) You all warm our hearts, and brighten our days :) You all are always in our thoughts, prayers, and in our hearts :)


HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is enjoying a wonderfully safe, peaceful,and happy memorial day holiday :) a special salute, in honor of all of the brave men and women who have served our country :) We're having a nice day here at home, celebrating :) We all are with eachother in spirit :)  We had a nice BBQ cookout :) it's a really nice day with family, and friends :) We are so thankful, and blessed, to be able to share in,and celebrate this beautiful holiday with everyone :)


BBQ Cookout! :) we love BBQ grilling :) the kids were all having a fun time, and also made smores :)


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Happy garden smiles :) our plants are doing really well :) i love checking in on our plants, they're growing, and flourishing :) i'm planning to do some gardening this week :) each gardening season, is an incredible journey :) i took some new pictures of our plants, to share with everyone :)


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hummingbird :)


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apple :)


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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family are having a nice holiday and enjoying family and time outside.Happy to hear you got to grill some great food today.You have lots of planters growing and doing well. Nice to see the apples growing too. The kids look like they had lots of fun.Thanks for all my nice hugs today have a good night hugs to everyone-Stephanie
cedarbrooke
cedarbrooke

Nice to see you & your family celebrating a day of peace & honouring those people before & after. Hugs! Brooke
annieheart
annieheart

Love your pictures. Sounds like you had a great holiday. The weekend went by to quickly!
bluemoon29
bluemoon29

your day looks fun:) it rained all day here...and it's going to rain all week long! yikes! it feels like winter all over again. i did find homes for two puppies today. they both went to the same family. now they'll have each other forever:)
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hello Chris and Holly... what a nice day for you and your family. and garden cat looks like he/she is enjoying the festivities as well.
YOur garden is looking good Chris. You give it wonderful care. enjoy your evening.♥blessingsgreenies♥
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

oh boy I am glad you had fun. I love the garden and kitty. I had to work Sun and Mon. I got home okay and just chilled. I hope you have a great week. Thanks for sharing your holiday BBQ with us