Wyoming Rodeo

A couple days before the 4th of July, we went to the Cody Stampede Rodeo.

Abby was here too . . . but off playing with cousins during the picture time :(

Austin stayed with Nana at her house along with some of his little cousins that were too little to enjoy sitting at a rodeo for hours :)

I still can't get over how young some of those girls look doing the barrel racing . . . I would be so scared to go on a horse that fast . . . but I guess if you grow up riding them it isn't a big deal.

Family Reunion in Wyoming

Ben's mom turned 60 last month. So the whole family headed out to Wyoming for a party!

Ben has 10 brothers and sisters . . . and 7 of them and their families were there!

Such a fun time.

Abby Turns 11

Abby turned 11 last month.

She had been planning her party for months!

She did a good job too. It turned out so fun!

She wanted an "evening party".

So we had it in the evening. We served hamburger and hotdogs, had a huge slip n slide going on, along with a sprinkler under the trampoline.

Then we came inside and watch 16 Wishes (I usually don't like Disney Channel movies very much . . . but this one I totally recommend watching!).

Later we had chocolate cake with strawberries and peppermint ice cream. You actually can't buy peppermint ice cream right now . . . at least not anywhere I could find.

So Abby and I just made our own.

Happy Birthday Abby!

Shadow Mountain

Abby was able to go to Shawdow Mountain this year.

It is a two night/3 day camp for fifth graders.

Here is a picture with her and her pack.

I guess she was a little embarrassed about having such a big pack . . . and wanted to take a suitcase? Camping?