Memorial Day, Sunflowers, and Family

Yesterday was memorial day. I missed the first parade in our area (9am start time. That's a hard one for me.)

We have lived in our house for 4 years and in that time I have never made it to the parade JUST DOWN THE ROAD. So this was the year.

I woke up on time, the parade didn't start until 11am. I even convinced my husband to come. We were had decided to talk since it really is just down the road from us. 

Half way there at about 10:56am we hear the drums start.

"Oh no, they can't start yet!"

"Well it isn't 11 yet, maybe they just hit some drums?" Mike offers.

"No I see people moving!" I tell him picking up the pace.

"Wow, you walk really fast." Mike says surprised.

"Dude, I've been training." I say getting faster.

We are on a back street chasing after the parade.

"We have to catch the Vets. I need to clap for them." I say.

"You need to slow down, holy crap."

This is where I start jogging. Mike doesn't.

We never catch the Vets, I never get to clap for them. It was a bummer. 

That was when I decided we were going to the cemetery. We never even stopped. We caught the end of the parade and headed straight down the next road to the cemetery. 

On the road on the way there we saw our old band teacher, who tried to convince Mike to strap on a drum and play, my best friend and her husband, (Who yelled, "SNYYYYDDDEEERRRRSSSS LOOKING SO CUTE IN YOUR HOMETOWN" out the window at us as they drove by.), and basically every other person we know. Including one of the boys Mike used to be a Manny for. 

The ceremony was very nice. I'm very glad we went.

I wore some dumb shoes though and got a nice blister on my pinky toe and my feet are kind of killing me.

After the parade we drove into town and got ice cream for the first time this year. Mike got a puppy chow flurry, which we didn't even know existed but now that we do look out world. It's delicious.

We had to do some running around and finally when we got back home that night we decided to plant my Sunflowers.

Every year for 4 years I've bought seeds and said, "I'm totally going to plant some sunflowers." Yet I never do.

Sometimes I lose the seeds, & sometimes I forget about them until after the point where you are supposed to plant them. 

Usually I buy them in March and forget about them until September. 

The Planting window is May/June.

I have 4 different kinds. I only planted three so far. The 10 footers, the 5-6 footers, and the 4 footers. 

I also have "Elf" sunflowers that will only be about 4 inches tall.

So cute.

Anyway, I'll let you know if they actually grow. I usually kill everything so we'll see!!