You can go back home

We spend Friday & Saturday in Derek's hometown. His Mom's side of the family held a family reunion on Saturday afternoon. This reunion was somewhat bittersweet since it was the first one since his Mom passed away. In fact, the last family reunion 3 years ago was the last time we saw her. I knew this reunion was important to Derek when he passed up a triathlon to attend. Of course with Derek that doesn't mean he couldn't race!



On Saturday morning, Crystal, MI held its annual Run The Lake 5 mile race followed by a 3 mile race. Derek decided to do both! He came in 2nd in the 5 mile (1st in his age group) and he came in first in the 3 mile! Max and I arrived just in time to see him win the 3 mile race.




(for anyone who wonders where Crystal, MI is its the star on the MI hand)

In the afternoon, we joined the family out at the pond on the Taylor family farm. Derek spent some time catching up with his brothers, aunts, uncles and cousins. While I kept an eye on the kids out in the pond.




It was a good day. We don't always do a very good job keeping up with family. But no matter how long its been, you can go back home.