Parentheticals

On Monday we celebrated Memorial Day. We invited a lot of people over, and had a moderate turn out. The Rogers, Poulsons, and Caitlyn et al showed up as well as the Waters kids. We had a lot of food, talked an played. It was a fun and fairly successful barbecue. Friday marked the end of school for the year, so the kids are really looking forward to summer. Monday will be the first day of summer schedule, so here's hoping that that goes well. Alison has plans to do an organized simplicity run, and then have the kids visit the pool and park pretty much daily. Most of the kids are doing well in their schooling, so there isn't much summer work they will have to do. The kids tried to organize a sleepover for Friday night to celebrate the end of school, however, they were disappointed that no-one could come over. They are trying to reschedule it for Monday night, so here's hoping that that goes well. They really want to try staying up all night long, so here is hoping that they d...