Got back yesterday from Beth's 20-year high school reunion. Friday we drove up to Kalamazoo after work, checked in, and took the kids to ol' Plainwell High for a reception. The reception was a big tent and hotdogs kind of event just before the football game (vs. Gull Lake HS). We didn;t stay long after the game started because Beth was getting pretty sore from her surgery. Getting the kids to sleep in the motel was a disaster. Missy cried, Alex yelled, they were both hyper and kept each other up with various tactics. Missy was just beside herself for a couple hours. Finally, at midnight Beth took Missy for out a drive while I stayed to get Alex down. Alex was asleep almost as soon as Beth shut the door behind her. She was back an hour later with Missy finally asleep. Saturday, we had breakfast at Pam & Marve's before going to visit/clean up Becky's grave site. Then we took the kids to Plainwell Ice Cream, left them with Stephanie and went to meet some of Beth's old friends at the Comfort inn for a pre-reunion get together. The reunion reception was held at the Club Car in Alamo, not terribly interesting for me but I did get to talk to some spouses/partners of Beth's old friends that didn't seem terribly interested in it either. The kids got to sleep better the second night, although still no picnic. Sunday we went to church and had dinner at Pam's, and headed home.