The 2026 Memorial Day Weekend blessed us with perfect weather and an empty calendar. When those two conditions exist, it usually opens up the opportunity for some spontaneous fun. And that is exactly what transpired for my family over the past few days. If you don’t mind, I would like to share with you how we spent the long weekend…

The Memorial Day weekend packed lots of fun for our family.

Friday – We kicked off the holiday weekend at the ballpark. We went to Avista Stadium for the Spokane Indians vs. Vancouver Canadians baseball game. Although we watched some seriously baaaad baseball (the Indians lost 15-0), we all know that nobody goes to a minor league ballgame for the on-field talent. Instead, we enjoyed ourselves by eating stadium food, taking photos with the Disney princesses, and running the bases after the game. It was our first Indians game of the summer but it definitely won’t be our last.

We had lots of fun attending our first Spokane Indians game of the season.

Saturday – Our marquee event of the day was going to LaserMaxx for a round of laser tag. The competition inside the maze wasn’t as stiff as usual because I actually finished in second place while Sloan finished fifth and Beau posted a 10th place finish (out of 21 players). Afterwards I took them to Dairy Queen for lunch where they are burgers and fries and used their “free cone” coupon they earned at the Indians game the night prior for running the bases.

Sloan and Beau ready to play some laser tag at LaserMaxx.

Later that night I went out to Northern Quest with my dad and brother for the Ron White comedy show. We started the evening at the casino by eating Asian food at East. We then found our seats in the outdoor venue and laughed our @$$es off as Ron White told jokes for about an hour. We then went back inside the casino and I managed to double my money playing Paigow.

My dad and I inside Northern Quest shortly before hitting up the outdoor venue for the Ron White show.

Sunday – We were at St. Mary bright and early for Pentecost Sunday mass. The kids brought the gifts down as we concluded the Easter season. Later that day we went over to my parents’ house for their annual Memorial Weekend cookout. A steak dinner was sandwiched between many outdoor activities as we played hard. Wiffle ball, hacky sack, and soccer were the main activities that allowed us all to exert plenty of energy as the bubble machine worked in overdrive to produce a very summery scene in my parents’ front yard.

Sloan, Beau, and their cousins (Mik and John) play wiffle ball in my parents’ front yard as part of our annual family Memorial Day weekend celebration.

Monday – On actual Memorial Day we had a picnic at Edgecliff Park with my parents, my siblings, and their families. The weather was once again beautiful as we all brought something to share for lunch. The different sports balls were flying through the air and zipping across the grass for the second straight day as we benefited from plenty of exercise. And because we had so much fun at the park together, we couldn’t just let things end there…

Hanging with everyone at Edgecliff Park for our Memorial Day picnic.

The kids and I wanted to have an encore round of laser tag but this time we brought everyone with us. Sidney, my sister, her kids, my brother, and my sister-in-law all joined us at LaserMaxx as the game we played had more competitors with “Reser” blood than not. It was a blast! After that, the four of us ran some errands before coming back to the house. Beau and I hit up the basketball court and played some pickle ball before joining the girls inside the house for the rest of the night.

Our gang at the end of our LaserMaxx round. We had a lot of fun!

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If the so-called “kickoff to summer” was any indication of what the next few months have in store, we better all buckle up. Hope everyone else had a fabulous Memorial Day weekend! Let the countdown to the end of the school year begin so the real fun can start. Don’t Blink.