Happy Memorial Day

Hola--

Here we are, at the tail end of May!  Blink, and it will be June.

HOLIDAY WEEKEND.  We have a 3-day weekend for Memorial Day, and it has been just gorgeous weather.

NEW HAMPSHIRE CAMP.  Frank took the kids on the traditional overnighter in New Hampshire.  The church has a camp up there, about an hour and a half away.  It's the same one the girls go for Young Women's camp each year, and the scouts use it, and any group who has a need.  It's a beautiful area, with cabins, a lake for canoeing and swimming, a huge kitchen, a library, etc.

SITTING SOLO.  So anyway, all three kids wanted to go with him camping, so I was (are you sitting down?) in the house BY MYSELF for 21 hours.  No, I'm not kidding.  I really was.  :)

LONG LIST: CHECK.  I vacuumed out the Highlander, cleared some clutter in the garage, finished a book, worked & browsed on the computer, AND watched a movie.  It was awesome.  (ok, the vacuuming the car out was not a highlight, I suppose.)

MINIMAL RAIN.  The weather cooperated for the rest of the fam, and it only sprinkled a little bit while they set up camp.  Mild temperatures, plus the mosquito count was even a little lower than usual.

FANCY DINNER.  Frank got ambitious and opted NOT for the traditional hot dogs/hamburgers for dinner.  He found a Salmon Pasta recipe for campers, and they ate fine cuisine instead of Plain Jane stuff.  It was one of those where you mix all the spices up at home, and only cook the pasta at camp.  Everything else you mix together and voila!  Salmon Pasta.


(Just checking to see if you are paying attention.
There will be no elephants in tomorrow's parade.)

PARADE.  Tomorrow, Kara will march in the Memorial Day parade with the Middle School band.  They march around town, and end at a cemetery where they have a Veteran speaker and present some awards.  Hopefully the weather will hold.

Have a great week!  Kari