Reunion, Golf Tournament, and Swim Lessons

We have had a busy couple of weeks. Tylin had swimming lessons. She completed level 3 and did awesome. She learned a couple new strokes including the butterfly stroke and even did some diving, which I thought was pretty good for a 5 year old. She loves to swim and really enjoyed her lessons.
Also this past weekend we headed to Hamer for our Annual Reunion at my parent's home. It was great to get together with my brother and sisters. We had our Golf Tournamet on Saturday where we team up as couples and play a scramble. This year my mom opted out to watch grandkids and my sister Dawn played with my dad.
The weather was perfect and for only playing once since last tournament I didn't play too bad. Tony and I ended up winning. Yeah! We had a really yummy dutch oven dinner later and let the kids play outside.

It was a quick weekend but fun to be together.

Camping at Little Blue Joint Creek

We had a really fun camping trip last weekend. We camped by a creek so the kids were able to do some fishing.

Tylin caught 4 fish and Tanner caught 1, mostly because he was more interested in wacking things with his pole. They were both really excited. We roasted hot dogs and had smores. Tony and I were both trying to bring in some of our families traditions so I wanted to sing songs around the campfire and Tony told stories. It was nice to be away from the phones and tv and just be together. Everyone did well in the night and the kids even slept in until 8 which shocked me, it was great. Then we made breakfast, did some more fishing, went for a hike and then loaded up and went home.
The kids have been talking about our trip since we got home, so I guess we need to go camping more often.

4th of July Weekend

We had a really fun 4th of July. My parents and sister Dawn came from Idaho to visit. Tony and my dad golfed almost everyday, of course. We did some shopping and a lot of visiting. For the 4th we went all out with shirts, tattoos, and hair ribbons. It was fun. We had a yummy barbecue with smoked ribs and then we got to see lots of fireworks. It is so fun to sit in the yard and just watch all the fireworks all around the neighborhood. (aerials are legal here)We also got in a scenic drive, we went to Lost Horse overlook, it is from the Nature Valley granola bar commercial. It is beautiful. We also played some Tennis 2nd time for me and 1st for Dawn. It was pretty fun and the kids really enjoyed it, so I think we will be playing more often now. It was a busy weekend but a lot of fun to have my family here.

I am finally a blogger!

I have finally made a blog. I am new at this and it might take me awhile to get the hang of it, so bear with me. I love reading everyone's blogs so I thought I should start one so my family and friends will know what we have been up to. I am excited to get started. If anyone has any tips I would love to hear them. Thanks