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We skipped a week, so this is for 2 weeks. I thought that I was getting good at doing this again, however, (in my defense), I was sick last weekend, so I guess that that is enough to break a frail habit. Between doctors appointments, dentist appointments, and the aforementioned being sick, we had a really busy two weeks despite not doing anything that was really terribly interesting. Mike has been finishing up a second version of Grandpa Mike's website. As of last night it is entirely working, so he is ready to show it to Grandpa and see what feedback he gets this time. Some time soon it will be feature complete. Tim went to the stake's boys camp the last few days of last week. He had a marginally fun time. He said that there were a lot of annoying things, however, there were also some fun things. For the first time in his life he said that there was too much meat and that he wanted a salad. Rea, Sara, and Timmy will be going to trek on Monday, which should hopefully be fun for...

On Monday we celebrated Memorial Day. We invited a lot of people over, and had a moderate turn out. The Rogers, Poulsons, and Caitlyn et al showed up as well as the Waters kids. We had a lot of food, talked an played. It was a fun and fairly successful barbecue. Friday marked the end of school for the year, so the kids are really looking forward to summer. Monday will be the first day of summer schedule, so here's hoping that that goes well. Alison has plans to do an organized simplicity run, and then have the kids visit the pool and park pretty much daily. Most of the kids are doing well in their schooling, so there isn't much summer work they will have to do. The kids tried to organize a sleepover for Friday night to celebrate the end of school, however, they were disappointed that no-one could come over. They are trying to reschedule it for Monday night, so here's hoping that that goes well. They really want to try staying up all night long, so here is hoping that they d...