Memorial Day

I want to start by saying I am thankful that I don't have many places to visit on Memorial Day at this moment in my life. I haven't had to deal with death much & I am very grateful for that. I had a friend commit suicide when I was in high school & I did go visit him. I am such an emotional freak! I wouldn't think that 10 years later I would still get so worked up...I think I was feeling a lot of guilt because I don't visit on a regular basis & will do that from now on :) My heart goes out to those who are missing loved ones - I can't even imagine.

We didn't have a very eventful Memorial Day weekend, but it was still nice. After I got off of work on Saturday, we went to a mountain man rendezvous in BlackSmith Fork Canyon. Casey grew up going to them & I had never been. It was interesting & I'm contemplating getting into it...just a little though. He is going to go all out into it & I'm not quite that interested but I wouldn't mind going on a few camping trips a year all dressed up. AND I'm sneaking in real food...I might have to pretend that I'm back in the 1800's, but I'm not in denial of the real world. I heard that shortly after we left the canyon, some guys were goofing off & a guy got stabbed & killed....so, maybe I won't join. Sounds like things can get crazy.

On Monday evening we went to Casey's Grandma's house in Mantua and had a BBQ. We tossed a football around & played some Koosh paddle game. Good times, good food.Caleb's recent tricks consist of blowing raspberries...with or without food. (This is no thanks to Casey's dad & brother...they quite enjoy having him perform this trick). He loves say 'aaaarrrrrggghh' when you ask him what a bear says....or what a cat says.....or what a duck says...everything says 'aaaarrrrggghh'. He also has found it quite fun to bring his feet to his face. Ahhhhh - the simple pleasures.

I'm only 3 pound away from my pre-vacation weight. Going out of town really screwed up mine & Casey's diets. It only took us a week to gain a ton, & it's taking us 3 weeks to get those stupid pounds back off!! What a fun battle.