Cookie Crumbs: Ready, Set, Barbeque!

Hello! I hope you're all doing well since the last time I posted. The past few weeks have been busy for us. The first couple of weeks after my surgery I spent trying to get my body back into the swing of things. The first week back to work was a little rough, as my body was still using most of it's energy to repair itself. After about two weeks of taking it easy I decided that I was going to try and get back into my workout routine. It is amazing what two weeks of inactivity can do for a workout routine. I felt like I hadn't worked out in months! Slowly I was able to get back into the swing of things and am now moving around as normal. My doctor said that I have healed nicely and I am feeling great!

We've had a couple of decent storms around here in May as well. One that took a tree down across the road to get off our mountain and knocked out the power in the town that I work in. I had caught a pretty bad cold so the Nyquil successfully helped me sleep through the entire thing. I didn't even realize we had a storm until I tried to get down the mountain for work and met the fallen tree. Memorial Day Weekend we also got a Thunderstorm. I love thunderstorms and the ones here in New York aren't as good as the one's in Iowa so it was nice to hear a good one for a change. Odd I know, but thunderstorms are calming to me.

Matt and I had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend. It was spent eating a lot of barbeque food. We had a nice time at a friend, Joe's barbeque and he kindly let us crash at his house for the night. The next day we invited Joe and his girlfriend up for a barbeque. Matt got the fire pit going and we sat around it all afternoon/night visiting and eating great food. The next morning I made breakfast for everyone. And Luke and his friend Mason had a great time running around and swimming in the pond. On the last day of the weekend we went to Joe's parent's house for a small barbeque. We sat on their porch, visited and had a relaxing end to a great weekend.

I just have to say, even though Memorial Day Weekend is usually marked as the unofficial start to Summer and most people spend the weekend at barbeques and getting together with friends I hope that we all remember the true meaning of Memorial Day. As the sister of two military men I find it important to make sure that no one forgets just how much our soldiers sacrifice, some making the ultimate sacrifice. Their selflessness keeps our freedoms safe and gives us the luxuries we all enjoy. Always remember the importance of our military men and women. I love you Duddy and Aaron!

This weekend Matt and I had our friend's Abby and Derrick, and their little girl Alex up for a barbeque. Just a side note, Spring and Summer are Matt's seasons. He loves to barbeque and the man can barbeque. Again, we sat around the fire pit, visiting and eating LOTS of great food. Matt makes some amazing chicken wings and ribs. I've eaten so much food the last couple of weekends it's amazing I still have room for food. It was a relaxing Saturday spent with friends. Alex was just amazed and thrilled to see our pets. She was just in love with all of them and got so excited when she saw the cats or the dog. It was fun to watch her reaction to all of them. Derrick tried to convince Abby that they should move up here, which she quickly said she would never do. It's peaceful, but I don't blame her. ;-)

Matt and I are looking forward to many more barbeque's and great times with friends this Summer! I love this time of year. :-)

Today Luke and I took a leisurely walk and I did some gardening while he ran around. A perfect end to a great weekend. I hope that you all had a great weekend and have a great week! Until next time!