Camping

We went camping for the very first time on Sunday.

It was my birthday and hubby knows that I really want to start camping so he left the farm for a few days to make my wish come true. We were going to camp overnight Sunday night and Monday night but we were having such a good time we spent another night. We borrowed his parents camper (thank you so much Al and Sharon) and had a wonderful time! We are now looking at campers and hope to buy our own.

Jeremy's girlfriend Stephanie fishing and Jeremy looking on....he was our helper (and boy did we need his help, broke several lines and he was kept pretty busy fixing those for us).

Courtney....pretty proud that she put the bait on her own hook!

Celebration

One of our local small towns (Bryant, SD) held a 125th celebration. The weekend was filled with many activities, visiting with "old" friends and lots of fun.

The great-grandchildren of Clifford and Betty Noem (hubby's grandparents) that were around for the celebration rode on a float in the parade. Our daughter Courtney is in the front of the float in a green "gnome" hat and son Jeremy is driving the ATV pulling the float.

Hubby's dad Al and siblings Sally, Win, Larry, Rollie, Harley and Avis were all raised near Bryant, the town holding the celebration. Here are all the siblings on a float in the very large parade that was held.

Here I am with classmates and very good friends, Jodi on the left and Michelle (also a cousin of mine) on the right. We were best friends in High School and hung out in Bryant lots in those days. Michelle has since moved to Minnesota and Jodi to Watertown but I still do lots of business, go to church and spend lots of time in the town.

Me with cousins Michelle (left) and Staci (right). The were raised just outside of town and their dad was also raised in the area. We spent lots of time with them when we were growing up. It was great to have them back to help celebrate this wonderful small town.

Lots of fun was had by everyone.

I love this little town and LOVE living in this area!