I'm way behind!

Ok, I'm going to do it. I'm finally going to catch up on my blogging! It's been a crazy few months but that's no excuse for keeping everyone in the dark about the many adventures of the Leechs. I'm not really even sure where to start and this is probably going to take me a couple of days so I apologize ahead of time for the lack of order that might present itself. Let's see if I can do this in chronological order...

As most, if not all, of you know, Greg was injured "on the job" in May and has been being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. It turns out it was a very complex injury and has resulted in multiple surgeries, pins holding bones in place, titanium plates and screws...and a few other fairly gruesome components that I will mention a little bit later. The remainder of May and the entire month of June was spent in or around the hospital and honestly I don't know how we managed to pass the time as quickly as we did, but we made it through and on July 2nd, they let us go home to Utah to see our families. It was an awesome trip and just what we needed. My whole family was there, Greg's whole family was there and we were able to visit with so many of our old friends. We had a chance to spend some time with My brother Preston and our good friends Chase and Ashley in Cedar City and Ashley, being the sweetheart that she is, hooked us up with tickets to the Shakespearean Festival. Greg and I both love live theater so we were very grateful for the opportunity and loved being able to hang out with them! Thanks again Ashley! A couple of weeks into our trip one of Greg's really good friends that he grew up with in California drove down from Provo to hang out and as you can see from the picture, he and Greg definitely enjoyed being together and truly brought out the kid in one another...yeah. At least they had fun! Greg hadn't seen his brother Tim in about 8 months so he planned a backpacking trip for the two of them through the part of Bryce that most people never get to see. I'm so jealous that I didn't get to see the scenery but not jealous that I didn't get to hike 30 miles in stormy weather and definitely not jealous of the blisters! But seriously, I would have loved to have seen the area...I mean, would you just look at that (note to readers: I would highly recommend clicking on the picture to enlarge, you don't want to miss out on the glorious details)...it's gorgeous! It's the perfect ending to my post. Don't worry...I'll be back in a few hours for more!