On July 13th, we packed up the van for a First time family get-away since the restaurant opened! Friday night we stayed with our friend Ron and our old friends/neighbors stopped by. Craig and Brenda along with Rollin and Diane. IT was so nice to visit and see you all.
On Saturday, friends Pat went to school with in Montevideo have a lake cabin on Buchanan by Ottertail and invited us to stay with them. They live in St Cloud, so it has been a while since we have seen them! It was so good to catch up! Here are the kids, Jaci and Julieanna and then Kaitlyn, Matt and Zach. We had a great time. Thanks guys!
Then we headed
just a couple miles down the road to Blanch lake. Marlow and Janet are firends that live in Rapid City SD and stay for one week on the lake in MN. They invited to stop by and catch up. Pat worked with this gang at JC Penney's years ago! (sorry, I was still in Junior High!) Marcy (origianlly from Underwood) and Jeff live in Texas, Darcy (originally from Battle Lake) was a roommate of theirs and DeeDee (originally from Elbow Lake) also worked there. It was nice to see them and meet some of them for the first time. Amazing how it all worked out to meet on the same weekend!
We headed back to Fergus Falls and stayed with Ron and headed home early monday morning. Thanks Shawn for holding down the fort!
Jaci and Elizabeth
On July 31st My Mom, Sister and all the kids headed West to Medora. It was the first time for all of us except my Mom. Beautiful Country!
More Photos of the National Park. If you get a chance check them out. They pop out of nowhere that is for sure!
On July 25th I headed to Houston, TX for the annual PartyLite Conference. Here is a photo of the city from the Toyota Center Saturday evening. Candy, from Fargo, joined my team in May and this was her first conference. She had a blast and took it all in. There are some awesome new scents and the last Snow globe of the series!
On July 13th, we packed up the van for a First time family get-away since the restaurant opened! Friday night we stayed with our friend Ron and our old friends/neighbors stopped by. Craig and Brenda along with Rollin and Diane. IT was so nice to visit and see you all. 
just a couple miles down the road to Blanch lake. Marlow and Janet are firends that live in Rapid City SD and stay for one week on the lake in MN. They invited to stop by and catch up. Pat worked with this gang at JC Penney's years ago! (sorry, I was still in Junior High!) Marcy (origianlly from Underwood) and Jeff live in Texas, Darcy (originally from Battle Lake) was a roommate of theirs and DeeDee (originally from Elbow Lake) also worked there. It was nice to see them and meet some of them for the first time. Amazing how it all worked out to meet on the same weekend!
On Tuesday we were able to spend the night camping (for the first time) along the river. We spent the whole day together on the 4th and the crew did a great job at the store with out us!
Sunset on the Missouri 
The Missouri River divides Bismarck and Mandan. South of Bismarck is an area where the marine corp of engineers allows people to use sand trails and the river for recreation. We put in Pat's brother's jet ski and had some summer fun. Here is Pat and Zach enjoying the river!
