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Monday was Memorial day, and so we had a Memorial day barbecue. We invited all of my siblings over, but only Scott and Max could come over (Sheila and Petra were having a nap, and everyone else was busy and or didn't answer). Even though we didn't have a huge amount of people, it was still fun. The kids all played bopping games with pool noodles, and ran around. We had hamburgers, ribs, hot dogs, barbecued pineapple, watermelon, lazy blueberry pie, veggiekabobs, and chips and home made humus. everyone seemed to enjoy the food. It was really fun. I really wanted blueberry pie, but didn't want to work hard to make it, so I invent a new recipe. Put it in your recipe book: Lazy-Mike Blueberry Pie 1) Buy a pre-cooked graham cracker crust. 2) Cook a Danish dessert (boil 1 3/4 cups water on the stove, add 1 box danish dessert mix, boil for a minute.) 3) Pour blueberries and danish dessert in to pie crust. Two cups of blueberries should do. 4) Chill it for two hours. ...

Monday and Tuesday we played some games of Jurassic space at work. We made changes to the game, and it seems to be getting better (perhaps more polished, but it is a little hard to say.) Rea asked me to print her a swan, so I printed two swan toys this week. One for Rea and one for Sara. They came out really good, and seem like they won't break. Here's to hoping. Tuesday it was Sara's turn for a Daddy-Daughter Date. She decided to go to Macy's and get an ice cream cup to bring home and share. But then she wouldn't let anyone eat it with a spoon; she insisted that they only lick. On Wednesday we had another Sandy board game design night. 6 people came (including two brother in laws). We played Jurassic Space and I got some good feedback. On Thursday we got a quarter-cow from a local farm. It was chopped up into steaks and ground beef and such. All we have done with it as of yet is to make steak fajitas on Saturday. They turned out pretty good. We need to make...