Memorial weekend fun....

We had a enjoyable weekend having fun with friends and enjoying the great weather. Whitney, Jonas, and I started the weekend off with a harbor tour and Jim and Maren opted for playing disc golf. They sure missed out! We enjoyed learning about the history of the area, seeing all the navy ships that were in, watching the shipping traffic through the harbor, doing a tour of Fort Wool (an island fort), and viewing Ft. Monroe and the Comfort Point lighthouse from the water.

The kids were getting bored with the lecture on the fort tour so they instead enjoyed eating the berries off the mulberry tree that we were standing under.

The blue roofed yacht club in this picture sits where Blackbeard the pirate's head was once posted on the end of a stake after the locals had captured and killed him. This was to serve as a warning to other pirates.

This osprey had built a nest on one of the maritime navigational markers in the harbor. If you look close you can see a baby osprey that had recently hatched. It was a great day to be out on the water and to be able to gain a different perspective and appreciation of the area we live in.

Later that evening we joined some friends for a BBQ at the beach. The kids had fun swimming in the water and playing some water balloon volleyball.

On Memorial Day we just hung out at the house getting things done and then went to accomplish the goal for the weekend: buy a new grill. We have never actually bought a grill since we've been married as all the ones we've had were used ones that were given to us and we used them until they were totally rusted out. We had to break it in that night with a tri-tip.