It was a bittersweet Saturday morning over Memorial Day weekend as we trekked up to Smithfield to visit Mom's and Dad's grave in the Smithfield City Cemetery. The heavens wept (i.e., it rained) as we saw her death date inscribed for the first time on their shared headstone.
Nearly all of the family made it there for the occasion. Naturally, we also stopped at Gossner's in Logan to pick up some cheese curd and other dairy products.
JB and I made a detour of our own to Big J—the malt shop featured in Napoleon Dynamite—in Richmond for lunch. We also visited the nearby Casper's factory seconds store to get some ice cream sandwiches at a really good price. (We highly recommend this.)
Later that Saturday, we received the wonderful news of an engagement: Dallin and his now-fiancee, Eliza. We are very big fans of hers (have already been big fans of Dallin for decades now) are excited to welcome Eliza into the family.
On Sunday, we gathered for Plowman family monthly dinner at Dave's and Jessica's home in Woods Cross. We enjoyed a BBQ of hamburgers and hot dogs, along with chips, veggies, and other goodies.
JB presented our four-year-old niece Sadie with a belated birthday present (her birthday having been in April). It was this cape, which JB hand-made especially for Sadie:
She loved it, of course. This was another reminder that JB is amazing and can pretty much do anything she sets her mind to do.
