Memorial Day

Our Memorial Day Weekend was full of family. Lots and Lots of family - well at least on Saturday. Come Monday, we needed some time to hang out at home and that is just what we did.
That morning we played tennis for the first time this season and the first time in our new neighborhood. We hit pay dirt when it comes to tennis courts. The local high school is just finishing up their first first year of school. They have AWESOME tennis courts only minutes from our home. They even have bleachers for our adoring fans. This will be our home away from home Saturday mornings for the rest of the summer.
Later that morning we planted our garden. Nothing big but we have a pumpkin, 2 tomatoes and lots of peas. I didn't want to plan too much since we still need to put in the sprinkler system this summer.The rest of the day was spent hanging out watching tv and BBQing. It was our first dinner on our patio.We may not have made it to the cemetery but as most of you know, I frequent the cemetery on more than an annual basis.

Thanksgiving 2009

A friend/family member mentioned today that she was "back-blogged" on her blog today. It made me giggle and realize, I have the SAME issue. I am going to try and catch up over the next few days.

Thanksgiving 2009 - It was fun!
We played tennis in the morning. We drove around with our balls (hehehe) and rackets in the front seat so they could feel the heat on them to warm them up. I made it through and entire basket and Rick only half when a string broke. My racket has been restrung twice since we bought it about 3 years ago but Rick's hadn't so I guess it was only time.
We went to Rick's sisters for a feast with lots of family. I always get teased that I am like an Asian with my camera taking photos of everyone and everything so this year i only took a few key photos.
We were home fairly early and just hung out the rest of the evening. I had a 5 day weekend and Rick had a 4 day one (he had to work on Sunday.) It was a very nice Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Tennis - A Few Days Late

Rick and I have a tradition of playing tennis on Thanksgiving morning. Well at least trying to have this tradition. It worked in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 Rick was laid up with double knee surgery. In 2008 it rained that morning. It wasn't raining when we wanted to play but you can't get the tennis nuts (aka balls) wet or it permanently ruins them. This year we had to wait until Saturday to play. The first photo is the view from where we play tennis. One can see the entire valley and in this photo all the lovely clouds. (I love that I know how to do panorama photos now!)
We had and AWESOME time though. I had not been physically well enough to play since August. Let me tell you, watching Autumn come and go with no tennis was SO hard on both of us. Last Saturday was nice and cold but we braved it and it was worth it. (Notice that Rick's nose is almost as red as his hat it was so cold.) We were then able to go again during the week, in December. I asked Rick if he had played outside in December ever before and the answer was no...he always played in a bubble. Again it was cold but it felt so good getting out there, hitting the ball and just having a good time laughing with Rick.

Broken String

Last night I broke my first tennis racket string. I was having a great time too. Rick knew the second it happened what it was because the sound is so distinct. Now I need to find a place to get it restrung. Dick's is where I did it last time but I don't want to drive all the way downtown for it. Today I am going to see what I can find around here.
I am ready for the long weekend. We don't plan to do too much other than get in some good pool time. We have the baby blessing on Sunday as well but I can't go to the pool that day anyway.
Life is pretty quiet. With both my sisters being gone...I did receive an email last night with a great photo of Rick and me. It was nice to have someone else taking photos over the weekend.
Speaking of photos on here, the last two times I have posted photos they have shown up as html or whatever the words are rather than a photo. Is this happening to anyone else? It makes it much more difficult to position my photos.