Sweet Caroline: Memorial Day...literally

We've had a fun weekend. First, Aunt Michelle and Chelsea came over Friday for a visit. The following video of Caroline's "spill" is courtesy of Chelsea's ever-present camera. Saturday, our little family of three visited the Aviation & Military museum in Monroe. I like that kind of thing, but I was just kind of glancing at most of the displays, until we were standing at a particularly extravagant one and a voice behind us, speaking to Caroline, said, "Do you like my display? I looked a lot younger then, huh?" Then we got to hear this fellow's first hand account of Hiroshima. Then we found out Chris teaches with his daughter. Anyway, it all made the tour a little more interesting...a little more real. Don't get me wrong, I'm very appreciative of the sacrifices that were and are continuing to be made for us, but its easy to take them for granted.

Sunday, we spent the day at Camp Tatum (http://www.camptatum.com/), on Lake Claiborne. Maybe soon I'll procure some of the cute pictures Danny Tatum took of Caroline with his fancy lense. I'm almost embarrassed to put my own on here. We took a couple of lake tours on the barge (Caroline's first time on a boat) and later Dennis took her swimming (first time in a lake). Caroline had a great time with her Nana, Big Dad, Uncle Phillip, Aunt Emily, Abby, and all the Tatums. Mrs. Tatum (Maw-Maw) actually asked me (referring to our trip to Chicago when we leave Caroline with mom), "When are ya'll leaving? I'm excited!" Luckily I knew she was excited about helping with Caroline, not the fact that we'll be away for a few days! We had a lot of fun, and I realized just how much I'd been missing the lake.

Today, we're going fishing at Big Dad's pond and then meeting up with our small group. We love our small group and will miss them when we attempt to find a church home closer to our home.