Dog techno

This weekend my parents and kids and I drove to Denver for my niece's sealing. It was fantastic! You may be wondering why I would title a blog about something so spiritual "dog techno," and you'd be right to wonder. Unless you know the Dunfords.

Some random notes from the weekend, which I realize if you weren't there won't mean much, include:

• Driving through the wind-swept plains of Wyoming. Twice.
• Nelson's sick story
• Dog techno (next time I will record it)
• "Celebrity sighting" of Chloe and Barrett
• Hunter's belly button surgery
• FOOD to die for (and from, most likely)
• "Minnie"
• Laughter (so much laughter. I love spending time with this laughing family)
• Expensive pit stop
• Imaginiff...
• Smiling Eliza
• Boxing boys
• Tom's high school yearbook ("It's ok, they're just pictures. It's not like they're real people or anything.")
• Sandra giggling because she almost snuggled me
• Inexpressible joy
• Calling Ryan a big baby
• Jesse's "jet black" hair
• Carmen tired but still muscling through "Catch Phrase," much to our delight
• Tom talkin' biking with Jeanne, our Musketeer
• Jeanne referring to herself as a Musketeer for the rest of her stay
• Max commenting on Riley being a "fine gentleman"
• Grandpa's desire to leave at "4, 5, 6 in the morning. Those would all be fine," and finally leaving at 6:40
• Chloe's haircut
• Lauren
• Susan and Tom, the hosts with the most
• Isaac challenging Riley
• Barrett's frozen hands from eating ice cream with them
• Learning from Max that duct tape was invented during WWII for ducts in ships
• Dad reading and chuckling at "The Dancing Wu Li Masters." I highly recommend it, and he said he would give it a "7." High praise, indeed.

And so much more that can't be written. Gatherings like these are a slice of heaven on earth.