Memorial Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend because Max was able to have some time off and we could play and explore. On Saturday, most of the pest control boys ended work a little early and we headed down to Fresno to attend the temple. Fresno is the closest temple which is about an hour drive away. The temple is pretty small so there are fewer sessions than the bigger temples and and it turned out that the only session we coul attend was the Spanish session. That was great for Max and his amazing fluency but I however needed a headset. I was hoping to ask for an Armenian translation but we got there a little late and I didn't want to be a hastle so I took English. It was a wonderful session and we checked another temple off our list.
Afterward, we stayed in Fresno with Richard and Marissa for dinner at Chili's and some shopping! There really isn't much to do in Merced so it was fun being out in the big city...Long story short...we ended up bra shopping together (all four of us) It would have been awkward if we weren't all best friends.

On Sunday we had the elders over for Dinner and I fixed Lahma jo (Armenian food). It didn't taste like the ones in Armenia but I tried, those poor elders needed a cultural experience seeing as they had to stay in America...
Then came our Memorial Day...Max decided to take the whole day off and explained to me that his ideal day off would be to do homework and deep clean the cars. What a man! Seeing as I clean everyday...my ideal day would be to not clean and have fun with my husband! We were able to do both. We started the day early at the gym. We both ran 4 miles because we were trying to impress each other! It worked! We then headed home, cleaned up and took Olga and Ruby (our car and the company car) to do some cleaning and vacuuming. Then we met up with the team and played some dirt volleyball at a local park. It was fun despite my lack of depth perception. It was a good time!
It got really hot so afterward we all jumped in the pool in our apartment courtyard. Seeing 8 adults cannonballing into the pool quickly scared the young neighborhood children away so we could have the pool to ourselves. We invented a game that was a mix between ultimate and water polo. I thought it was so fun because i felt like I was helping my team when I'm usually the weak link on team sports. This ended up being the most athletic day of my life but I loved it! when we finally got worn out by water polo we BBQ'ed some burgers with the team and had a little Party! We were worn out by the end of the day but felt so good! I wish we took more pictures but we didn't, oh well...