We had a very nice Memorial Day. We started our morning off by attending our Boy Scouts Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast. They do such a nice job. Not only do they serve breakfast, but they raise the flag, someone performs the national anthem, they have a fly over and a speaker. It's a really nice event for our community that also benefits the Boy Scouts.
This year there were 3 WWII planes that did the fly over. The boys especially loved this. Mason was mad that the planes didn't come back after they flew over a second time to return to their base. He kept telling me that he wanted the planes back.
The other really fun part about going to the breakfast is spending time with friends. Jensen and his cute friend Taven had a delicious breakfast together. :)
The boys also got to spend the day at Grandma Brudnicki's playing and doing crafts. We also had a BBQ there with some of their friends as well.
When we came home we had a Family Home Evening about my Grandpa, First Lieutenant Perry D. Jensen, who served in WWII and the Korean War. We read some of his experiences which he recorded about some of his flights. The boys loved the story about how he had to crash land his plane once on a small island beach and wait for a helicopter to pick him up. (This was one of the stories I remember him telling me as a teenager.) We also talked about his mission where he destroyed a bunch of enemy ammunition, in which he was presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Grandpa wrote, "Of course there were many other missions, but I felt very lucky to fly 101 missions without ever getting hit. I thank the Lord for my safe return and know my dear wife's prayers were answered." We are also thankful that he returned safely, and lived a long full life with his family.
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