Remember Me?

It has been awhile since I blogged. As you know from previous posts someone close to my family passed away suddenly and mom, Andrew and I went to Davenport to be with them. It was so amazing seeing everyone. Getting the five Suhr kids all together in one place at the same time is almost impossible anymore. Unfortunately weddings and funerals are the two times this happens. We left Thursday afternoon to get there in time for the visitation. We had a huge family meal at Olive Garden afterwards and I think the waitresses really enjoyed us. We're a rowdy bunch!

We had 18 people present for that dinner.

Friday morning at 10:00 was the funeral and thankfully the weather wasn't horrid. The service was really nice and we were glad to be there to support the family. There was a luncheon at their church afterwards and we got a nice big group photo.

Basically this picture has all of my cousins, Aaron, Mat, Nate, Danielle and Sarah and their spouses/children, Andrew, my mom and me, my aunt Mary, my cousin Pam, Grandma Dorothy and Grandma Nonie, Nonie's grandchildren and children. 

I love my family so much and getting to see them all at once just makes my heart swell. I miss them like crazy and wish we weren't so far away from each other but that is just how things are sometimes. 

We spent the rest of the afternoon napping (ha!) and took Grandma Branner (my grandma in the white shirt up front) to dinner at our hotel. Andrew and I took grandma home and met up with Valerie for a surprise birthday party for her friend and we had a finger 'stache kind of night: 

We got back to the hotel around 10:30 and passed out! 

The family had planned on going to breakfast Saturday morning at Hy Vee and once again our large group was together for a meal:

Yes, that is me holding baby Michael. I stole him most of the weekend. He was such a sweet little guy.. until he got hungry. Then he went right back to mom. Notice the look my mother is giving me.... it is an evil look of "Where the hell is my grandchild?!" I told her I liked other people's babies cause I can give them back. She doesn't like it when I say that! After breakfast we headed back home to Springfield. We had a wonderful weekend and I am happy that I got to see everyone even though the circumstances weren't ideal. I am happy to say though that I have another cousin getting married this fall and I am hoping I will see everyone again then!! 

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I didn't weigh in this week. Since I was out of town I didn't get a chance to. I got on the scale this morning though and was maintaining what I was so I'm happy with that. Andrew and I went grocery shopping yesterday because we were in desperate need of food and I picked up some brussels sprouts from Aldi. I roasted them yesterday and holy goodness. I haven't had them in so long. I should've bought more than one bag!

I cut mine in half, added 1 T EVOO, kosher salt and pepper and roasted at 400º for about 30 minutes. Yum!

Today's Menu:

B: Mean Green Juice, 2 HB eggs, earl grey tea

S: Jalapeno cheese sticks, blackberries

L: Congee, roasted brussels sprouts, small salad with homemade dressing (if still hungry), Dark chocolate

S: Special K Chips, banana

D: Salmon, whole wheat cous cous, broccoli

Activity: Nada. 

I didn't want to get up super early with the time change. I want my body to adjust before throwing in morning workouts again. My alarm went off at 6:30 this morning and it took me 30 minutes to get out of bed. It was awful. Luckily I can get ready fast and don't live far from work! 

I really don't have much else to add. This month is going to be full of even more busy/crazy stuff. As I mentioned before, I'm out of town every weekend this month. My next trips are: Taylorville, St. Louis, West Des Moines, IA. 

I'm tired already.....