Maddison's Baptism

Our neice Maddison got baptized and we were able to go share her special day with her. We had such a great time and then got to hang out at Scott's with the fam and eat some lunch. Thanks for invinting us Maddison.

Rich County Fair and Rodeo has always brought so much fun and many memories to this small little town of ours and this year was no different. We started out by looking at all the exhibits and ribbons in the fair building; they offered a coloring contest for the kids while the parents looked around and would announce the winner at the rodeo. Kennedy won the coloring contest and picked up some cash and a coloring book (I never saw the picture and we didn't get it back). Pat and Bart ie..Dirthead Services decided to put a "float" in the parade this year and asked the cousins to ride on it and throw candy. It was so much fun to see, I know my grandparents would have been so proud. We are lucky they are living close. We also had a chance to catch up with Mark and Joan, Jolie and the twins-Madi and Cooper. Madi was not at all interested in the parade or the candy but in eating dirt off the ground. Cooper is just like his Dad and when he saw Pat driving the semi he got so excited. We had such a fun day. I took Kennedy to the dance that night and she tore it up on the dance floor until after midnight. Uncle Roger is still carrying the flag after all these years, hopefully more to come.

Working with Darren

I was able to go to work with Darren for a couple of days and we had the greatest time, it was like a vacation for me. We went to Dickinson North Dakota and some of the country I got to see really was pretty...there were fields and fields of sunflowers and Darren let me stop and take pictures and just look around. It was amazing. I also had to experience a truck stop shower, I am defintely not cut out for that, I was kind of scweemish! Darren was so good to me and made sure I was comfortable and having fun the entire trip. We stopped at Devli's Tower on the way back and did a few touriste things. It was fun to see what Darren does for work and be able to relate to some of the place he talks about now. Thanks honey I had a great time.

Baby Lola

I am doing things a little out of order, my mind is on overload as I look back over the last year, Chad and Brynn welcomed a beautiful little girl into their family on July 26, they named her Lola. Lola has more hair than any baby I have ever seen, she is beautiful.

4th of July

Darren had the 4th of July off for the first time in a few years so we were excited to be able to celebrate together. Kennedy wanted to ride her horse, Sid, in the parade so Dad brought the horses and they rode together. Kennedy was grinning from ear to ear and she looked like she was having a great time on her horse riding with her "pa". Kennedy and Dad won 1st place in the parade and won a check for $30.00

More Disneyland pictures.

Still California Trip

We were then ready to hit Disneyland, but I had to make a stop along the way. I love love love Food Network and so everywhere we go I look up a place to eat that has been on there. I had researched a place that was on Diners, Drive-In's and Dives and had chosen Studio Drive-In. We were starving and couldn't wait to get there. Luckily we had Darren's lat top so we had access to GPS, it was still sooooo hard to find, and after about 1 1/2 hours we finally made it there. I was so excited. We sat down and started looking at the menu and it was normal normal food. I decided that as long as we were by the coast I would have fish and chips (I normally don't eat fish) but decided it was the right time to try. WRONG. I wish I would have taken a picture of the fish they brought me, but I barely made it out alive and without puking. It was an entire fish that had been rolled in batter and thrown in the deep fryer...nastiest grossest thing I have ever seen. I must admit thought that the milkshake that Darren and Kennedy split was amazing. We still had to stop at McDonald's to get a burger. I was then told that for the rest of the trip I was not allowed to choose where we got to eat. This was not the first incident that something like this had happened. Onward and upward and ready for Disneyland. It was such a fun place to be and I wish we could have spent much more time there, although Darren was a good sport, I think he was ready to go after about an hour. I think it was all a little girly for him, but I don't know what he expected, he was with 2 girls. We got to go down Princess Avenue and got the autographs and pictures with 3 princess, got our faces painted and looked at little fairy costumes for a while-the fun just never ended. We then got to tour Mickey and Minnie's houses and so many other things. The rides at Disneyland are not very scary, but Kennedy was still a chicken, and yes, she was still forced to ride. Mean parents I know, but I guess somewhere you got to get your kicks while you can and it was kind of funny to listen to her howl and then get off and say it wasn't that bad. I know deep down she enjoyed it. I think we took Kennedy at the perfect age, things were still mysterious and magical. I am going to post more pictures of Disneyland just because I loved it so much.