Rasmania 101: Happy Birthday on the 31st Gunnar ! (he's been talking about this day for months)

With the onset of school, things have changed for most of our family. At our home, we don't see Caitlyn nearly as much. Our house is pretty quiet with her gone, and now that she's got a job, We'll see her even less. Some of our grand kids have started also started school-- first grade, kindergarten, or pre-school, which makes life a little easier for their moms.

An update on Caitlyn: After her physical therapist massaged her jaw and got her nice and sore, she asked her what activities she participated in. She said, ice skating and violin. Cait continued to tell her that the Dr. wants her to give up ice skating and she's transitioning out of it. She said it would be good to focus on the violin since she'll have more time for it. The physical therapist then dropped the bombshell and told her she should probably not play the violin either. We're hoping there's a time frame on that, and that it's not just a blanket--never again. Roy and I will go with her to her next appointment to try and figure out if she needs to quit Orchestra and violin lessons for the time being. Of course, this was devastating to Caitlyn. Please keep her in your prayers.

Roy and I spent some time in Cedar City this week. Does it show our age that we love going down and hitting the plays every year? This year we saw Henry V, Mary Poppins, Much Ado about Nothing, and a Marx brother show called, Coconuts. We enjoyed them all, but Much Ado about Nothing was our favorite. It was hilarious and was done exceptionally well. It even beat out the movie of the same name with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. As usual we enjoyed each other's company and only felt bad that Caitlyn had to hear all the bad news about her jaw with neither of us around to comfort her. She also had some good news while we were gone--at about 11:00 on Thursday night she got asked to Homecoming. Since we were in the theater, we missed her text until the next morning.

We went shopping on Saturday and we found a beautiful dress for her.

Our house is finally looking like it may eventually be done. All the sheet rock, and mudding are done, and much of the brick on the front of the house is done. It is looking like a house, now. Next up is finish carpentry and doors on the inside, and on the outside, a little more brickwork, the soffit, etc. and rock to finish up.

Roy and Matt did another Century in Logan this past Saturday. Matt went 100 miles and Roy did 60.

Both made it, but both suffered some leg cramping by the end. (Roy ended up logging just under 30,000 steps for the day, too bad we don't compete on the weekends).