Memorial Day

we had a wonderful memorial day this year. the highlight was a picnic in the park with the dallas symphony orchestra preforming and a fireworks show. the food was fabulous (though perhaps i'm a bit biased, seeing as how i made two of my favorites :), the company was great (we've got good friends!), and the show was tremendous!

malachi in all his red, white and blue patriotism (how many people do you know that attended their first symphony concert at three weeks old?):

we've gotta try for some kind of family photo, though i must admit, the circumstances were far from ideal (hot, HUMID, and the end of a long busy day)

afton, naturally, was at least as interested in the ladybug as anything else :)

bunch of friends staking out our claim for the show

dancing:

i wanted to include one more video, of rayna marching around to the music, but i think you get the idea, and it's faster to just put up one (you may also note i tried to get afton's friend in the shot too, he was actually dancing for a minute, but then he switched back to his traditional racing)

and finally:

you can tell how much the kids loved the fireworks:

(i should have taken a picture of chi too... he was sound asleep in his stroller through the whole (VERY LOUD) fireworks display!

and just in case anyone's worried, afton also told me she LOVED the fireworks, she just didn't like that they were loud. rayna's mentioned a few times (with no provocation or reminder) "fire work loud." oh well, they're getting preped for the fourth of july!