A Wonderful Memorial Day Weekend

I think we had a nearly perfect Memorial Day weekend. We cooked out with friends, went to the pool, rented movies and watched them in the dark together, enjoyed a beautiful day on the beach, cooked out again, ate out at a fun restaurant, went to church, and relaxed. And we didn't have to go farther than an hour away from home. We even got some important errands taken care of and managed to stay on top of the laundry and made it to ballet rehearsal this afternoon after spending a wonderful day at the beach with the Roberts family. We're all rested and ready for the week. And, wonder of wonders, I even got to sit on the sofa and read a book this afternoon while Elsie took a nap and Mary Grace and Stephen went to buy beds for the girls. It really felt like a vacation -- except for the times when I was signing warrants or going to the jail for bonding. But even being on call didn't seem so bad because the rest of the weekend was so wonderful. Sunday morning bonding went by very quickly and the policemen were flexible with me. I even had several of them meet me at the pool yesterday evening.
It only could have been better if we had had family in town. That's it! That's all we were missing! But we spent such wonderful time with our friends that it was okay! Now, the girls are asleep and I am going to turn in early. What a great holiday weekend!