trip number 1

Our 3 week vacation has begun. First stop, Sheridan, for rodeo weekend. 

Our trip to Sheridan started a little rough. Elliott locked my keys in the car while we were loading up, then we were stuck in construction, which added extra time in the car for us, plus it was raining for the first 1/2 of the trip, but we made it. 

Friday, we got up and headed downtown to the parade. We aren't professional parade goers, so we didn't save our spot in the shade the night before, and were stuck in direct sunlight instead. It was still fun. Hot, but fun.

After a restful afternoon, Joe took the kids fishing and to dinner and I met up with Jenny and Gwen for some Sandford's dinner. Yummy fried pickles. :)  

The next day was my 10 year reunion picnic in the park. It was nice to see so many people I haven't seen in years, and of course we had to get some ice cream at the ice cream stand. It was just as awesome as I remember it. 

It was super hot in town, so Gwen and I took the boys out to the lake.

You guessed it, rock skipping. :)  

And swimming. 

It was the perfect way to cool down and enjoy the beautiful day. 

I took the boys to the rodeo in the evening.  

It was a full house, and super hot, but it was fun to hang out with my boys. 

We were going to leave Sunday, but the kids really wanted another round of fishing, and I wanted to join them. So we spent Sunday just hanging out and then went fishing. It was nice and relaxing. 

Ethan caught the first fish (and about a dozen more after that). 

Elliott has no fear. He loves the worms....... 

And the fish. He caught a couple. This was his first! He was so happy. 

I had Ethan remove the hook from his own fish. This picture was right before the fish wiggled and he screamed. LOL. 

He got the next one by himself though. :) 

Monday, we drove to Billings. We stayed the night with the Childers Family (thank you all), ate great food, the kids swam, and had some great laughs. 

On Tuesday, Erica took us to the airport (thank you), and the trip from HELL began. We made it to Phoenix almost 3 hours late, with tired and hungry kids. My mom is the best, and met us at the airport with a nice cool car, and food. It made it all better.

We are safe at our second destination of our vacation, and had a great first day. Pics to come soon.