Day 186 / 11 To Go: Early Mother's Day

Posted by: Cris

It is hard to believe our time with Grandma is almost over. If every 2 week period during this deployment had gone as fast as the last 2 weeks, we wouldn't have hardly had time to miss mommy before the six months would have been over.


This evening, amidst a severe storm that apparently sparked a couple tornadoes here, we headed out for an early Mother's Day dinner. The power was off at our house and apparently half the island when we left home so we just drove until we found electricity...which eventually landed us clear on the other side of the island near our old neighborhood so of course, we ate at Auntie Pasto's.


The other bonus was that we were near the Leonard's truck which meant Grandma got to partake in malasadas for the first time ever. The girls waited patiently all through dinner...


finally, the payoff:

Sports highlight of the day goes to Alex and Lyndsey Matus who PR'd in the mile at their track meet and dropped to sub-6 minutes for the first time at a blistering 5:54...an unbelievable pace for 7th grade! Alex and Lyndsey finished in the same time, just a half step apart as they crossed the finish line to take 1st and 2nd place in the event.