Memorial Day 2007

Oh my goodness! I can hardly believe how long it's been since this blog has been updated. The truth is- I forgot it existed. But thanks to the memories of some online friends (thanks Jaimie) and the assistance of google employees who found my password (oops)- I've been able to reclaim it. I can't promise I'll be any better at keeping it up, but I'll try!

So our first new post- Happy Memorial Day! I don't know why, but it seems like Memorial Day has become a holiday about food. I guess maybe because it's the first holiday with warm weather, everyone decides that they need to celebrate by barbecuing. I can't say we are any different. We joined the our friends in the traditional pit barbecue and it was FABULOUS!


By the time we got there, most of the men were well into the beer, but they still kept constant vigil over the meat. There was bologna, ribs, shoulder and probably more. In the meantime, Nancy was in the kitchen putting together hashbrown casserole (simply the best food known to man) baked beans and peanut butter pie along with a slew of other foods to numerous to mention. Can I just say that today was not a day I was willing to diet? (By the way, Charlie is peeking in the boat, where a momma decided to have her kittens just a few days earlier. He was enthralled!)


Just a picture to make you drool...












Although the food was amazing, perhaps the best part of the day was getting together with family and friends. Charlie had a great time hanging with his cousins, his aunts and uncles, and all of our friends and family.

We got to meet baby Annabelle for the first time, and I can not begin to tell you how cute she is! So I'll just show you.














Of course, the truth is- Memorial Day has very little to do with food or with family fun. It's a day that we are asked to stop and remember those who have lost their lives in military service. At a time when soldiers are still dying daily- that's a pretty sobering task. It was much easier yesterday to stick my head in the sand and just enjoy the day. But today I'm going to try a little harder to actually celebrate Memorial Day by remembering. And I'd like to invite you to join me. Visit this site and take some time to view the names of the soldiers who have died in Iraq since the beginning of this war. I wanted to list them here, but there isn't room. I thought about listing just the soldiers who have died this month. But there are close to 100. Amidst the food and fun, it's easy to feel that things are ok. Things aren't. Soldiers are dying daily, and I need to remember.