It was hot for the most part so we spent some time at the pool. Thank you to our Minnesota neighbors Brad and Bobbe for letting us enjoy the pool!
Tuff's niece Shawnee came along for our vacation.
Tuff and Shawnee had fun with the underwater camera.
That's Shawnee behind the bubble mask.
Saturday, July 20th we went to a welcome home BBQ for my high school friend Rachel and husband Dan. Rachel just finished her medical residency in Grand Rapids, Michigan and is now an Emergency Room Doctor in Detroit Lakes. Congrats Rachel! So proud of you.
Dan, Rachel, Grace, Mary, Tuff, Rachel, Eli, Jeremy, Avery.
Me and the Rachels! Rachel Grove also made the BBQ to give Rachel hugs and congrats. It gets confusing with the Rachels, I know.
Below is Rachel Grove's little boy Eli.
Here he is being a good sport about Grace giving kisses.
July 21st through 28th we were in Bemidji at Ruttger's resort. We were there for the Birchmont, a six day match play golf tournament. We did not get many photos from the golf tournament but both Tuff and I played in it, as well as my Dad, brother Derek and some Staples neighbors. I made it to the semi-finals and lost and Tuff made it to the championship of his flight and also lost. Oh well next year maybe?
At Ruttger's indoor pool. The weather was a bit chilly up in Brrrrmidji (that is how the locals refer to Bemidji).
Video of Grace the jet ski:
Most of our neighbors come to the golf tournament and it becomes one huge family/neighborhood vacation. The kids kayaking at the resort.
That's Bo on top of "Saturn" as they like to call it. Beck and Tuff trying to climb up on the sides.
The Iceberg.
Finn and Tuff being studly on top of the berg.
I got a chance to follow Tuff during his championship match.
He was not playing his best game. Tuff found himself in the woods several times.
He also found himself in the sand.
Made for great photo opportunities.
Nephew Beck came along for some caddy help but to no avail. The match was tied after 18 holes. Tuff lost on the second extra hole in sudden death.
We also got to see a college golf teammate of mine, Brittany and family. I snagged a pic of the family (minus Brittany) watching Tuff play extra holes.
Brittany's husband Hoover, and daughters Kelly and Emma. They are expecting girl number three in September. The man to the far left was Hoover's former golf coach.
Fun stuff; Bemidji stakes claim as one of the homes of Paul Bunyan.
So quite naturally Grace needed a Paul Bunyan stuffed animal.
On our way back from Bemidji we drove to Brainerd (another town that stakes a claim to Paul Bunyan) to meet up with Brad and Krista. Krista was another golf teammate at the University of Montana and my roommate. She lives in Hugo, Minnesota these days.
Grace, Shawnee, Tuff, Mary, Krista, Brad.
July 29th-August 3rd. Some more fun around Staples. Tuff teaching Grace to putt.
The Monday following the Birchmont, I got a chance to play in a Pro-Am best ball tournament with my sister Dana and neighbors, the Israelson's. We shot 23 under but that was only good for third place. We wore teal, in honor of Tracy Lane, who passed just days ago from Cervical Cancer at the age of 31. Tracy was my sister Dana's college golf teammate and roommate and a beautiful individual.
Dana, Mary, Bill, Sarah and Emily.
And little sis Cydney was there playing on a team from Fargo. Cyd took second individually shooting a 74, getting in the money. She just squeaked one by me, as I shot a 75, which was good for nothing (but really good for me these days). Haha.
Sisters!
Grace and Oma at the local coffee shop in Staples.
One of our last days in town we enjoyed a tube down the Crow Wing River with Duff and the family.
That's Finn in the back of the truck with the responsibility of holding the tubes down until we reached the river. Yes that is an alligator floaty.
Bo getting hyped up for the tube (or just being herself).
Beck selecting his tube for the 1.5 hour float.
Getting a group photo opportunity.
Duff, Emma, Bo, Finn, Beck, Shawnee, Mary (Tuff taking picture). Bo wins best flex pose here with Shawnee taking a close second place.
Float or swim!
Finish the river float with a hot tub!
Before departing Minnesota, we took a trip down to the Twin Cities to spend a little time on Brad and Krista's pontoon.
Krista and I enjoying the giant float on Forrest Lake.
Later that day Tuff and Shawnee attended the Minnesota Lynx game at the Target Center. This was Shawnee's first WNBA game and she was pretty pumped about it. The pictures from the game are on her camera.
On our way out of Minnesota we stopped in Wadena for a Rach family (my mom's side and its pronounced like "rock") reunion.
We were told to wear a hat to the party. Aunt Joan took the price for best hat.
We drove from Wadena to Dickinson, North Dakota the first day. A lot of men were around town from the work in the oil fields.
Of course there was more fun with water at the hotel water slide.
We've been busy back in Billings. I'll get another update soon. Love you all!
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