{and the skies are not cloudy all day}

actually the skies were cloudy, very cloudy. i even thought it was going to snow. but it didnt.

instead the day held a baby shower for our cousin, a trip to the cemetary, lunch, and a trip to Ikea.

the baby shower was very fun. its always nice to see the fam we dont get to see very often. although i was dubbed a bad cousin for missing my other cousins baby blessing like a year ago. seriously. all in good fun, right? i hope so. this baby is going to be born January 14th at 4:26am, weighing in at 8lbs 6oz and a long 22". at least thats my guess. i hope there are prizes for the winner :)

when we got to the cemetary there was a service being held just a down the hill from grandmas view. i wanted to see how the got the caskets in the grave so we stuck around to watch. after all the mourners there were gone the vault guy came and did something to the platform the casket was sitting on and started to take the chair covers off. i looked over at katie to tell her something and looked back and the casket was gone. we totally missed it! i guess the green thing they sit on just lowers it down on it. the only other time i have seen a cofin be lowered into the ground was at my grandpas funeral when i was a wee thing. i remember we were all standing around watching when they rigged it up with ropes and started lowering it in the grave. then nate and a man in a UPS uniform jumped down in to make sure to got in safely. im still not sure how two men and a cofin all fit in one grave but they did. nate and the UPS man got out and then we were supposed to sprinkle dirt. my little cousin picked up a rock and chucked it in. it hit the cofin and bounced off and my uncle said "take that grandpa". it was funny. anyway, back to the origional story. so the straps just lowered it in while the guy was taking the chair covers off. im not sure how they get the straps out from under the casket but they do somehow. its very interesting. i stood around for a little while longer while everyone else waited in the car (they dont like going there. i do). we left a wreathe made of branches off grandmas tree. it was nice. next time im taking some compressed air so i can do a better job cleaning it off. seriously.

after a jont through the valley we went to megans where she had two presents waiting for me. one was a ring with my name carved in it, just incase i forget what it is someday. i think its very cool. im wearing it right as we speak. she also gave me another present but i cant disclose what it it. i'll post a picture of it later. its awesome. then my mom took us to lunch, which was just as delicious as ever. at ikea i got a presant for a roommate. i would tell you what that is too but she's probably reading it right now. alas, you'll have to wait on that one too.

and do you want to know what happened next? this:



i went to dinner with my good friends Katie and Kara. These girls are a riot! we had way way too much fun! Katie got free icecream, that i ate all of, because she told the waiter (hot) we were celebrating her birthday... in september. haha. we had a serious gossip session and just laughed and laughed and told stories and laughed some more. it was so fun and i cant wait to play with them again! oh christmas break cant come fast enough!

its been just a stupendous break of thanks and im sad about having to leave tomorow. just two more weeks and we'll be back for more fun!