Trip to Lovell, 4th of July, Mtn. View, and a Wedding

We had a crazy summer this year! Between, work, weddings, softball, and reunions we were running like crazy! We got a couple weeks off work to take a vacation so we headed up to Lovell for Mustang Days. I had never experienced it before so I told Michael that we should go. We got up there on Friday afternoon and just had a fun time at the park hanging out with Michael’s family at the family fun night. Michael and I took Kyri to get her face painted she was a trooper, we just got a little firework on her cheek. Michael ended up getting a Harry Potter scar painted on his forehead it was funny (with his dark hair and glasses and stick wand he looked like the real deal haha). Then we left the teenagers there so they could have fun at teen night and we went to Leroy and Gails to visit and down to Minchows to let the little kids run around and dance. This was my first time to ever meet Michael’s sister Corrinna and her family so it was really great to go up there! The next day was the parade and then I spent the afternoon playing in a volleyball tournemant at the park. We ended up taking 4^th, we lost to the team that won, and so they made us play a consolation game, but we were ready to be done! It was so hot and I think everyone left with some sweet sunburns and farmer tans. We spent part of the next week up in Billings relaxing and playing games with Michael’s family. We played some Annie Annie I Over, and something about a Fruit Basket? And just fun games out in the yard. One day Michael, me,Ky, Michael Shawn, and Miranda went to the batting cages it was 103 degrees and I was ready to die! Then we headed back down to Lovell for the 4^th of July festivities. We went up to the mountains to Five Springs and it was so nice. The water was so high so that was a little scary with all the little kids but we had a lot of fun having a cook out up there. We took some family pictures the next day, but we were missing Matt and some of his family L Other than that everyone was there, it was so fun to spend time with all of Michael’s siblings. On the 4^th We went to Leroy and Gails and had lots of yummy food and then shot off fireworks. Lovell 4^th of July is really weird to me because they do the fireworks show the week before for Mustang Days and then everyone else shoots off their own stuff for the 4^th. I mostly have a heart attack when the little kids are setting off the fireworks but by the end of the night they settle in and watch the big kids set off the big fireworks so then I don’t freak out near as bad. We spent a couple more days in Lovell. We went out to horseshoe bend one day and the water was SOOOO high there wasn’t even a beach! The water was freezing and we only stayed out there for a little while. Stinkin Bradden thought it would be a good idea to wear white shorts with nothing under them in the water haha he was a little embarrassed when it was time to get out and go home! The next day we headed to Mtn. View to see my family. My cousin Stormy was getting married that weekend so I had a lot of family visiting from out of town and it was so fun to see everyone. My cousin Kylie told us she was going to have a baby so we are excited for her! It was great to see my Uncle Rob and his family since we don’t get to see them often and my cousin Bobby was able to come from Indiana with his cute little family for the wedding.I went to Stormy’s bridal shower with my mom, and then the next day was the wedding. Her and Jim are so great I am really happy for them! I helped my dad hay a little bit while I was home and I even taught Michael how to run the swather, but it was so wet! I can’t believe how much water was still running off and how much snow we still had in the Mountains! We went to church in Mtn. View with my parents and then it was time to head back to Laramie and back to the real world with no more sleeping in and no more lazy days. (Pictures to come!)