Memorial Weekend

I hope your Memorial Day was enjoyable as we honored those who gave their lives to preserve our freedoms while serving in the United States Armed Forces.   

Yesterday [Sunday] we made our trek back to Wyandotte - the city where I grew up - with our son, Steve, daughter-in-law, Sharon, and granddaughter, Brooke.  We were telling Steve about our recent visit and he said he'd like to go there too.

We began our outing by having lunch at Major Biddle's restaurant.

From there we went by the old Wyandotte General Hospital where he was born and still remembers having his tonsils taken out there [40+ years ago it was a much bigger ordeal than it is now].  The new hospital [not visible in picture] is in front of the old [which is only used for offices now], and is presently part of the Henry Ford Health Care System.  It was a beautiful day for our trip down memory lane.

Next we drove by all the schools I attended in my youth, beginning with Theodore Roosevelt High School.  The school was built in 1921 and is still being used, with improvements and updates through the years.

The sports mascot is the bear [what Teddy Roosevelt is known for].  The bear sculpture that sits on the front corner of the school property was added after I graduated.

Additional front entrance added after I graduated.

We drove by the elementary school I attended [James Madison] and Jr. High School [Abraham Lincoln], before going by the house where I grew up.  The lovely couple who have occupied the house for the last 40 years, invited us inside and took us through the house. Obviously, they've made some changes since my family lived there, but everything was very recognizable.  Steve loved seeing the interior again and the memories it brought back of my parents.

I discovered Diane [the lady of the house pictured below with me], graduated from Melvindale High School with my maternal first cousin.  Small world! 

We treated Dave and Diane to a Frozen Custard at Bob-Jo's which is right behind their house.

Then we were off to see the houses Jerry lived in when he was growing up before his family moved from Wyandotte.  Our last stop before returning home was the church we attended. Since it was a Sunday, there were people there following an evening service, so Steve took Brooke inside to show her his old Sunday school classroom, and the children's chapel where he knelt at an altar as a young boy and committed his heart and life to Jesus.  Who knew way back then that he'd grow up to be a minister!  

Our daughter and son-in-law invited us over for lunch today.  Lori has a charcuterie board just like mine, only mine is still waiting to be used.  I loved her arrangement, and everything was so good.

I made a strawberry/blueberry trifle and pasta salad to take.

John, Tiffany, Evie and Jules [Juliette] came too.  It was so good seeing them again.  The girls were in their cute patriotic outfits.

Evie recently turned four and here's a few pics from her birthday.

Opening the gift I sent her.

I'll close with two pics of our new church building that Steve recently posted.  Everything is moving along nicely now and we're hoping to be in by mid-August.  The interior is all drywalled.

The upper part of the Craftsman pillars will be painted white.

How did you spend your Memorial weekend?