To And From Casper...With Love

I love my sisters. They each have attributes I admire greatly, body parts I wish I had, and clothes I want to borrow. :) We have a hootenanny when we all get together, which is, unfortunately, not very often since two of them live far away. Last week, I drove to Casper to see my baby sister (she's taller than me though) since she'd recently had surgery. For some reason I thought filling her house with my rambunctious children would be helpful...hmmm. Well, helpful or not, it was at least fun. We all ate good food and lots of dessert, went to the park, talked and talked, played with toys, shopped and rather unsuccessfully dug up weeds in the garden patch. Sandra and I also got our geek on and went to see the new Star Trek movie. I loved seeing her kids again, Mckenna was a wee baby last time we met and Eli is now a talking machine, and visiting with Keith. He is a great guy, and Merritt thinks he is the bomb. Keith is the only person Merritt knoes who has shot (either with bow or gun) a deer, antelope, coyote, wild turkey and a porcupine, AND skinned (or plucked as the case may be) them all too. Keith has a box full of devices that make animal calls, which Merritt thought was awesome. He especially liked the deer call because, in his words, "it sounds like burping." Keith even set up a spy glass (I'm sure there is a proper hunting gear term for it, but I don't know what it is...sorry) so that Merritt could watch the pronghorn antelope that were hanging out behind their house. I thought we were there to help them out, but they laid themselves out for us and were gracious hosts. We were all sad to leave and Merritt is already making plans for when we will visit again...watch out you guys cuz he says it will be 10 days next time!

(P.S. - Thanks to Merritt for the fun but slantwise and highly unflattering picture at the top. I need to hire a professional!)