So Brandon did Graduate. Yeah!!! and it was fabulous. Best part of the night was the class history given by Brandon, Dakota Hyggen, Tieler Maki, and Ryan Dovel. They did a great job of singing a song that represented each of their classmates. People kept coming up to me after telling me they never knew Brandon was so funny and talented.
We headed to California for the 4th of July to celebrate Grandma and Grandpa Tanner's upcoming 50th anniversary and Bill and Ashley's wedding. On the way we stopped at Tera and Wades to visit and see Dustin. It's always fun to go to Shoshone Falls and Jeff had never been. Bill and Ashley's wedding was beautiful. We added 3 new cousins to the family, Connor, Julia, and Braydon. For the 4th we all went to a family reunion at Sunsplash water park. IT was a great day full of fun. Riding the go karts, playing in the arcade, riding the waterslides, and great food and family, topped off with some fireworks.
We were also able to visit with Great Grandpa Ping which was very nice and see how he was doing.
Stirling days came next. It is always a highlight of the year. It is a celebration of a little town and we love it. Maddi entered the cake contest and won for cutest cupcakes. We didn't run the 5k this year but we still got up early and helped out. The parade was great as usual all 10 minutes of it... but we love it.
The highlight of the day was a dignitaries lucheon that is held every year. We were invited because Jeff is on town council. They invited Grandpa Don because he was the parade marshal this year but what he didn't know was that they were honoring him with a plaque and award celebrating the diamond jubliee of Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne. The award is given to people who have contributed much to their community and his name was unanamously submitted.The mayor was the one to present it to him and He was so surprised and excited.
Our next adventure of the summer was a weekend in Kalispell at a cabin filled with animals, and by filled I mean FILLED!!!. Oh and not real in the I'm alive sense but real as in REAL stuffed. It was a little overwhelming when we first arrived but the gentleman that lent us his cabin is a lover of big game hunting. Yes that is a giraffe on the wall.
We had fun exploring the antique shops and craft fair and hanging out at the lake. It was fun to spend time with family.
A weekend in Vegas is always fun. We stayed at the MGM grand. The highlight is always hanging out at the pool but the food is always good and the shows too.
We saw a BeeGee's group and my favorite was Cirque de Soleils Love. FAbuLoUS!!!
Our next adventure of the summer was our Penguin getaway to Calgary with girls. It included a stay at a fun hotel with a waterslide. The girls each got a pair of penguin slippers and a waterbottle and we got tickets to the zoo to see the new penguin exhibit. We had dinner at whitespot and a great time exploring the zoo. And what trip to Calgary would be complete without shopping so we headed out to Iron Mills shopping center too.
The rest of the year was full of visits with friends and family. A temple trip with our Young Women's group to the open house of the new Calgary Temple, and then being able to be part of the dedication of the temple through a satellite broadcast. What a wonderful opportunity to see and hear the prophet speak.
Jody and I had a busy season of craft sales with a trip north to Lloydminster. A city that is half in Alberta and half in Saskatchewan. We were a big success there. We also went in the Big Christmas craft sale at the Lethbridge exhibition and our very own Stirling Christmas Craft sale.
Christmas is always fun with family getting together. It was nice to have all of our kids home and to have Mom and Dad spend christmas eve at our home. It was fun to spen Christmas eve at the Barn with all of the Daryl and Carol Nilsson family and see cousins we haven't seen in a while.
Are't pictures a wonderful thing.
They help us remember things that otherwise might have slipped through the cracks in our memories. And just by glancing at them feelings, thoughts, smells and everything that we experienced at that time can come flooding into us.
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