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Trip away

The last time Lee and I had a weekend away just the two of us was four or five years ago.  My parents use to watch the kids once or twice a year.  But then my dad got sick and died and we had two more kids and it was too much for my mom.  It was a good trip although We did run 13.1 miles way too early Saturday morning.  .  We laughed I cried we discussed money, we ate out, we shopped we saw some family and then we came home.  We were gone just over 48 hours.  We are planning our 20 year anniversary trip.  We are planning for 7 to 10 days and my guess is that we will likely hire somebody to come stay with the kids.

None of the kids were ran over which is a huge improvement over the last time I went to SLC to run.  Hotel was nice and catered to the runners. 

It was nice to see Lee's aunt and cousins.  I always forget how loud they are and how they all talk over each other.  There were lots of kids there. It was a good meal and good company and I slept on a water bed for the first since....Last time we visited Lee's aunt.  We got caught up on family news that we are often left out of because Lee's mom isn't around to pass on the information.  It is funny what is public information but what isn't in the Thompson family.

It was really a nice trip and I am grateful to Lee's Dad and Step Mom for watching the kids.

Lee was a good sport even though I ran so much slower then him. 

Lacrosse is going great.  Life is great.  Half of the costumes for dance recital came yesterday.





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