Grandpa's 80th!

 Saturday after the parade, we grabbed some lunch and then headed over to Powell for my grandpa's surprise 80th birthday party. Almost all of my dad's family was there to celebrate! We were just missing 4 of my cousins (1 that is on a mission and 3 that couldn't get away from work). They had an open house for friends and community members from 2-4 and then at 5 we had a big  family picture and then a dinner buffet. It was so fun to celebrate my grandpa's birthday together with most of our family...lots I hadn't see since we were all together in Hawaii 6 years ago! We spent the afternoon/evening eating, visiting and laughing! We headed home around 9. Around10:30 or so, Megan and Jabin showed up at our house to play cards. We ended up playing until 3 a.m.! It was fun to laugh until we cried (mostly because it was too late...).

The birthday boy arriving!

He was actually quite surprised!

Love these two and the love they have for each other!

Sights from the party.

 

Zach, Brandon Yule, Chris & Jessie and Anessa.

Angela, Lori, Alora, Kent, Krista and Kyle.

Starting the dish up for dinner.

Christian and Jabin eating their dinner in the movie room.

Angela, Lori, Cassie, Jason and Megan.

Kathy, Mark and Britni.

My uncle Kent, my dad, Uncle Mike and my grandpa enjoying outside.

A panoramic of the family hanging out!

Lovell's Days

This last week was Lovell's town celebration. There were lots of things going on and to do through out the week. This year, I was asked to join a bench dancing routine (where we used benches in a dance routine) for the Follies. We danced to Step in Time from Mary Poppins. It was fun to get to spend some time with these fun ladies for a few months. We started practicing the end of April and meet twice a week, up until the last couple of weeks where we met almost every night. We performed on Wednesday and Thursday night. We went as a family Wednesday night and then Thursday night, Christian was out of town for work, so the boys went out the grandma Asay's house with the rest of their cousins while I was at the Follies again.

We danced in a black light which was great because no one could tell who we were, so if we messed up, they couldn't pick up out!

 Thursday night while Christian was out of town, the boys and I had planned to sleep outside in the tent. It decided to get windy late in the afternoon, so we decided to not put the tent up before we went to the Follies. By the time we got back from them, it was dark and I wasn't wanting to put a tent up in the dark by myself. So, we decided to have a camp out in the living room instead and we'll camp outside another time.

The boys after their camp out in the living room.

Friday morning, we got up and did some things around the house before we headed over to Powell to hang out with my mom and my sister and Jabin who had flown in the night before. They played outside on 4-wheelers/razr, played bad mitten. We helped my mom hang a bunch of pictures and things up in her house also. We headed back to Lovell in time to pick Christian up and head over to family fun night at the park.

Jabin took Travis and Carson on a bike ride around Powell. Travis has been asking for a while to go on a long bike ride with everyone, so he was super excited to go.

Family fun night was busy and the kids had lots of fun. We ate dinner first, and then went around and did all the games. Some of the booths started running out of  prizes before we were out of tickets, so we didn't end up getting to do all the booths.

Carson doing the limbo.

 

They had a bunch of props to use in a photo booth that was super cute!

 

Landon going down the giant slide.

 

 

Saturday morning, we got up and got ready to head to the parade. Christian had to work in Worland that morning, so we met us there shortly after the parade started.

Stetson, Kandace, Carson, Chloe, Travis and Landon all lined up on the street waiting for the parade to start.

Yay for candy!





Our parade group: Kase, Paige, Britt, Daniel, Kandace, Stetson, Grandma Asay, Matthew & Ian, Charlene and Chloe, Ranee, Grandma Dorothy, Travis, Me, Christian, Carson and Landon.



On that Monday, we went over to Powell to do a little crafting. My mom wanted to make pallet flags, so we each made one. The boys painted a nice sign too. I'm still not done with mine, but I'll get it done before the 4th!

Baseball Pics.

Travis 2015

 

Carson 2015

Last game

Carson finished up his baseball season last night. They played a Greybull/Basin team and lost 14-2. I'm not really sure what happened to them, but it was not a good game! Oh, well! Carson really enjoyed it this year and I think that he learned a lot now that it's a faster pace and more intense. He says he wants to play again next year. We are excited to have our evenings back now and are ready to move on to water skiing season!

He beamed  in the theigh with a pitch and got to take his base. We checked out his leg last night after his game and he had a pretty good outline of a ball.

 

Carson's baseball print. He took it like a man!

Playing 3rd base.

 

Our last week

We were able to finish swimming lessons. The boys enjoyed their time in the pool and were super excited for the last day when they get to dive for money. Landon was able to get 14 cents, Travis found 28 cents and Carson dove for 55 cents. All three of them passed their levels! Good job guys!

 

The boys and I went to Billings last week to run some errands and have lunch with Emily and her kids. While we were shopping in Old Navy, Travis comes up to me and says, "Look mom. I'm Jabin!" He's too funny!

 

One night this week, the sun set was beautiful! This picture doesn't do it justice!

Landon has consumed LOTS of sunflower seeds during this baseball season. He loves them! He still hasn't gotten it down, but is getting better. Travis and Carson both finished up their baseball seasons this week. Carson has his tournament this next week and after that, we will be done.  We are looking forward to having our evenings back!

 

We got the tub set in the basement in preparation for sheet rock. On Friday, a trailer full of wall board showed up at our house and was unloaded into the basement. They will start hanging it Monday and it should take about 2.5 weeks to get it hung, taped, mudded, sanded and textured! I am SO excited and was even more excited as I watched 3 high school aged boys unload all 100+ pieces of wall board down the stairs knowing we weren't going to have to do it!

 

Friday and Saturday, Carson attended cub scout day camp here in Lovell. Their theme was taking flight, so they got to learn all about helicopters, drones and got to ride in a tethered hot air balloon. Saturday, his group went to the fish hatchery, swim at the pool and jump in the bouncy house.

 

 

While Carson was gone to camp, I took the littler guys to the whale pool (Carson is too old to go now). They had fun playing with cousins in the water!

 

I went as a leader Saturday to day camp. I hiked with the wolves up in Cottonwood Canyon. While Carson and I were gone, Christian and the two younger boys went and helped grandpa chase some cows. They found another horny toad that was a lot littler than the last one they found.

 

 Saturday evening, we went over to Powell to have dinner with my family to celebrate my dad's birthday/father's day. We ate at El Tap and then went to my mom and dad's house for dessert and to hang out. It was the beautiful night spent out on the patio!