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So I guess you can call me a Slacker. I haven't updated in awhile. To pick off from where I left it.... We celebrated Andy's Bday by camping up around Boulder. Mason had a great time but for us it was a little overwhelming when the little one didn't go to bed til after 11 p.m. and then decided to wake up at 5 a.m. It was a hard day. Let's just say that Mason isn't the funnest person when he doesn't get sleep. But besides that it was a great time!! Then we celebrated Mason's 2nd bday!! We decided to go mellow this year and just went to the Children' s Museum and let Mason loose. He LOVES the museum!! A few days after we went camping with the fam in Craig and celebrated Mason and his cousin Jade's Bday! Dora and Diego style. We had a great time camping and loved getting together with all the fam. On our last day of camping we got some horrible news that my Grandpa was given only a few days left and so we started making plans to go to Utah. Utah- home sweet home. It was so great to see all of the family and we were able to celebrate my Grandpa's life and honor him. My cousin sure did say it right when she said "It's awesome how you can go so long without seeing each other and then once we are back together it is like time never passed" I agree completely. I miss my Grandpa and love him very much. I am happy he is in a place were his sickness no longer haunts him. Then a week later, my other Grandpa passed. Makes ya thinks how precious life really is. Although I was not close to this Grandpa I still have many memories of being younger and visiting him in AZ. Death is starting to become a regular thing around me. It's really uncomfortable for me. I guess that may have something to do with the first death I had to deal with. Hard. Every time someone passes it rips open the wound that is healing about Mikey and sometimes it gets a little overwhelming. Will that wound ever heal?? Mikey's birthday is coming up. Hopefully this year will be a little easier to get through. I miss him so much and think about him every day......