Landon's 5th Birthday

Last weekend Landon had a birthday party at the Big Timber Water Slides.  It was a great weekend for it!  Big Timber was a great meeting place since there's family in Butte, Bozeman, Billings and all of us around Judith Gap, Stanford and Lewistown.  We all met at the Frosty Freeze for lunch before hittin' the slides.  Libby got to have special cuddle time with Aunt Dauna, so Tim and I took advantage of that!  Besides all the little kids, I think the ones having the most fun were the big boys-- Shawn and Tim!  Hardly saw them all afternoon, they were too busy making big splashes!!  I managed to make a few splashes too!  It was a great birthday party.  Might have to make that a tradition!!

Libby and Aunt Dauna

Uncle Dale and Tim

Tim and his boat!

Aunt Corinne even tried it out!

Gathering for some birthday cupcakes!

Jody and Connie

Shawn and Tim



Camping at Black Sandy

Last month was our annual Mauws family camping trip.  This year we went to Black Sandy on Hauser Lake.  This was Libby's first camping trip!  We met Carol over there on Thursday and set up camp.  The rest of the clan started showing up on Friday.  It was a very hot weekend.  We were very thankful to have electrical hookups so we could run the air conditioner!  Libby and I had to hang out in the camper quite a bit and cool off.  The weekend was spend just visiting and eating, just like any other camping trip!  Bob had brought a keg for the get-together!  He had a customer that wanted to do some trading so Bob furnished the beverages for the occasion!  It was a pretty fun weekend.  Got to go out on the boat a few times.  Libby got lots and lots of loves from her aunts!  Hopefully we will be able to fit one more camping trip in before summer is over.  It seems to be going by pretty quickly.  School starts very soon!  Enjoy the rest of your summer!!

Setting up camp

 Carol getting in some squeezes

Sitting by the fire

Libby and Aunt Colette and Aunt Carol

The gang

Libby and daddy sittin in the shade

Colette partying hard!



Fourth of July

We had a very nice Fourth. Mom and dad came over and spent the day with us. Joni, Shawn and the boys joined us for a BBQ then Jeff, Kim and Savanna joined us for fireworks. I think Libby even liked to watch the fireworks with all their pretty colors.

A Day at the Waterslides

Last week we finally saw some hot weather!  And what better thing is there to do when it's so hot than to go to the waterslides!  Joni and I and a friend from the Gap headed over to Big Timber for the day.  Our cousin Jessica and her kids met us there too!  I think everyone had a great day.

Scenes From Libby's First Bath

She really enjoys her baths!

All cuddly cozy in her towel

Awww, too cute!

 

Whoops, she peed!

(notice the spot on my lap)

Carnival

Last weekend the Booster Club was busy with the carnival.  We had it all!

Football Toss



Dunking Booth- Brrrrr!

Cupcake Walk

Ring Toss

Plinko

Homemade Cotton Candy

We also had a Hoop Shoot, Fishing Game, Dinosaur Dig, Face Painting, a Bouncy House and many many other things!  It was so much fun.  Everyone had a blast-- even the adults!  The Junior class set up some concessions too.  It was a great way to spend a few hours and get the community together.  Can't wait for next year!

Easter

Libby is asleep and I am awake!  So thought I would post a really fast blog!  I think you all have seen all the pictures of Libby so thought I would post about Easter.

We had Easter dinner at Aunt Daunas.  It was great because the whole family and we haven't all been together since our wedding I believe.  Jake, Jessica, Ian and Greta have moved back to Montana so it was so awesome to see them again!  And it was the first time that the family got to meet little Greta!  Welcome back McNeff family!  We are so happy you are here!

This was also Libby's first holiday and her chance to meet the rest of the family.  As usual the food was awesome and the weather was quite nice!  All the littlest cousins had a blast playing outside!  It's funny to think how these generations keep going by!  Joni, Jessica and I used to be the little kids.  Then it was Jay, Justin, Shelby, Stevie and Shania.  Then there was quite a gap and then it was Landon, Laine and Ian.  And now we have two little girls to add!  It's so fun having these little ones get together!

Here's some pictures from our day:

 Landon, Laine, Ian and Koltar

 Darvin and Justin keeping the boys entertained

 Ian and Landon finding some eggs!

 What's Easter without a little skeet shooting??

 Grandma Jo, Libby, Me, Greta and Jessica

 Koltar, Laine and Ian enjoying Easter Dinner!

 Shawn and Laine giving Libby a little squeeze

 We were getting in on the bubble action too!



That's about all the time I have for now!  It's hard to find any these days, but I will try to keep up the best I can!