We just got back from the Holland (my mother-in-laws side of the family) family reunion. We left on Thursday to go down to Hurley, NM. We were all going to stay at grandpa Cook's house. The house has 2 1/2 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths. Chuck brought our tent and sleeping bags knowing there was not going to be a lot of room. There were 12 people staying at the house the first night, which was manageable. We invited the other parts of the family over for a fish fry that night. It was fun. We set up tables and chairs outside and just made a night of it. It was nice to get to meet parts of the family that Chuck tells all these stories about. Then it was time to find a bed for everyone.

On Friday more family was expected in town that afternoon. We got everyone up and showered and Chuck, the boys and I went to the Silver City museum. That was fun. We bought the kids these cute hats that were animal heads. They were a big hit. Then we went and bought flowers and put flowers on all our grandparents graves. I have one grandma that is buried there and he has all four of his grandparents buried there. That is always emotional for me. So then we got back out to the house and the rest of the family had arrived. It was good to see Chuck's sister Desiree from Phoenix and her kids. I miss them and my boys miss them dearly! We got to cooking and had a big BBQ with the whole family again. Meeting more family. Video taping Brian playing the guitar. Watching the kids get to know the other kids. Eating some great food! It was a nice night. Then it was time to find a bed for the now 19 people staying at the house.

On Saturday the plan was to have a picnic with everyone out at Little Walnut. I remember going there as a child and it hasn't changed a bit! It was fun. Again, had great food and sat around talked to everyone. Listening to stories from way back when. They got some teams together and played some horse shoes. Then the wind started kicking up and a big storm rolled in. It rained for over 3 hours which crashed our plans and almost the tent. So we took our fun to the bowling alley. That was a blast for everyone! The kids loved it, the adults had a great time. It was a wonderful way to end the reunion. We shared addresses and said our good byes. And hit the road to home on Sunday morning. It was overall a great trip. It was fun to get to meet everyone and hear some funny stories, but like the end of every trip it is always good to be home!

Well since I have last posted we have been very very busy! We had some events with the Royal Rangers that had us tied up. We sponsored a "One Club" golf tournament and then that same afternoon we had a Fishing day at Farmington lake. Both events went great, we had good turn outs and I think everyone had fun! On Sunday June 8th, Chuck and I left for our one year anniversary... Its hard to believe it has been one year already. We left early early in the morning and took the boat down to Lake Powell. We got out on the water and did some fishing. I caught the first fish in about an hour. A small bass that we decided not too keep. Chuck caught one awhile later and that was it for the catching! The weather was beautiful. There was lots of debris in the lake with the water level rising each day. We decided to call it a day about 3 in the afternoon since we weren't catching anything. Then the fun began.....

We pulled up to the dock and Chuck told me to hold on to the dock cleat so we didn't bang the side of the boat. So I did... I'm holding the cleat. Well then the boat starts drifting away from the dock and I'm still holding on. And it keeps drifting. Chuck tells me to just let go but I didn't. I'm still holding on and the boat is still drifting away. Well I finally let go of the cleat but by that time it was too late. Chuck tried to pull me back into the boat but I just did a flip right off the side of the boat right into the water. Thank God I still had my life jacket on and there were no other boats tied up to the dock. Chuck couldn't get me back into the boat and I couldn't climb up onto the dock, so I had to swim my happy little butt down the whole dock and get out and walk back down the dock to the boat. Needless to say...... It sucked! I ended up with a horrible bruise that went all the way down my arm. It looked really gross. We had a quiet night from then on.

The next morning we got on the water ready to fish! There were lots of people on the lake, skiers, tubers, cruisers and boats with huge wakes! I'm not used to being on the lake with such big wakes and I was quite scared! We fished around Halls and didn't catch anything at all. Not even a bite! We tried up in Moki Canyon. It was beautiful up in the canyon for sure and Chuck got a couple of bites but never landed anything. So fishing was a bust! We called it a day and went back to the trailer. We headed for home the next morning and were excited to share our anniversary gifts to each other. I got Chuck a large print of the picture he had up in Time Square and the week before he picked out a new guitar he wanted. Chuck got me a beautiful diamond necklace.... I love it! Over all it was a wonderful anniversary and I am so very blessed to be married to this man.

The next weekend we went to a friend's wedding. It was in Hesperus Colorado and it was such a pretty setting. Mountains in the background, a cool breeze blowing, beautiful sunflowers and friends all around. We took my family to get ice cream afterwards in Durango, a sweet ending to a sweet day. So you are almost caught up now..... How's things in your world?