Memorial Day 2012

I hope that as you grow up in our family, your dad and I are able to respectfully teach you what Memorial Day is all about. Yes it means you're off school and that dad is out of work for the long weekend and that might be all the holiday is to most of America. But as a military family, we can't help but to remember and honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice while serving our country. To stop and put yourself in the shoes of the spouses and kids (several who we personally know) who lost their husband and dad to war really puts the holiday into perspective. Your dad and I chose to honor those soldiers with a Crossfit workout called Murph. This is a workout created in memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, age 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who was killed in Afghanistan on June 28th 2005. It consists of 1 mile run, 100 pull ups, 200 push ups, 300 air squats, and 1 mile run. Since we were out of town visiting family and couldn't participate in the event at CrossFit SolaFide, we decided to do the workout together at Boiling Park in Canton, GA. You have the option to partner during this workout or do every rep by yourself and that is what we committed to doing. I am mentally weaker than your dad and 1/3 of the way into the workout I asked him why we didn't split the reps between the two of us. He somberly responded with, "Because there's a man who can't do any of these reps and his family wishes he could." Needless to say I toughed it out without another complaint. Your daddy is such a strong man and provides such stability and love for this family.

It was brutal but we got it done side by side...every rep.

Once we finished this doozie of a workout, we headed back "up the hill" to Chrissy and Poppie's lake house. Gma and Papa had made it to the house by then and you girls were in heaven with both sets of grandparents with you for the weekend. We really enjoyed getting away for the weekend and being able to relax with our family.

Family lake time!

Too precious for words.

Forgot to mention the epic blowout that Livi had in her car seat and PLAYED in!
This was the most still you'd ever been during a diaper change and I was thankful for it
as I changed you in the van. It's like you knew how gross it was. Had to wash your whole car seat.