The Brock Family Reunion

We recently spent about 5 days in Hamilton, MT for a family reunion and to witness Dave's cousin's wedding. We had such a great time!....well, most of us. We arrived Friday evening and on Sunday morning Derek woke up with the stomach flu, then it spread to Taylor and Dave. They spent the rest of the week under quarantine in these cute cabins.

We each had our own cabin, which was plenty of room.
This is the view from our front porch. Beautiful!


Here's a photo of Dave, his brothers, and his father playing frisbee golf.

Hamilton Community Park

Monday, August 6th. We found a nearby park for the "boys" (all grown men) to play ball tag. I think they annoyed a few of the mothers that had small children on the playset. Oh well. Aunt Janene and Cousin Campbell. This is her neice, but I think they look a lot alike.
The boys were super excited to play inside a real tank that was parked next to the playground.
Derek said that next time he would like to drive one that still moves. Good luck with that Derek.

Hey, I was excited too. I've never been in a real one before. :)

Happy Birthday Brock Grandkids!

Grandma Judy gave the kids a group birthday celebration one night at the reunion.

Jason and Meaja gave Derek this scripture case with Book of Mormon included. Perfect idea! A few minutes after opening it he was still thinking about it. He turned to me and said "Mommy, I love it!"

Cousin Emery.
Apparently Jason wanted the frosting from the cupcakes. He chose an interesting way of getting some....off his daughter's elbow. :)
Thanks Grandma Judy!

The Kubb Addiction

Our brother-in-law, Devin, introduced us to this game from Sweden. It's very simple..knock down the other team's blocks...but it's very addictive.

The Last Night of the Reunion

The Pohleys (Judy's sister and family) invited us over to their house for our last night in Montana. They have a beautiful log home (as seen in picture below) on 13 acres of land. Yes, so ideal. They got out their shotguns to let us try some skeet shooting.

Jared was the only one to hit the clay pigeon with the difficult shotgun. Jay (Dave's uncle) got out the easier shotgun so the other brothers could have a chance to feel good about themselves. :)

What a man. All he needs is a truck and a dog.

I got one!! I was so excited to hit a pigeon. I actually enjoyed shooting a whole lot. (By the way, to anyone that thinks I am not showing...click on this picture to see the full size image and look at my belly. Then try to tell me to my face that that is how I normally look. I better not! However, I think it's a cute little belly.)

Taylor could barely hold the gun up.

A little boy's dream! But no, we didn't let them actually shoot the shotgun.

Later, the Pohleys let us take their two atvs out for a ride. SO MUCH FUN! It brought back all sorts of memories of riding with my dad and brothers. I took Derek and Dave had Taylor on his 4 wheeler. Derek kept yelling, "I'm like Lightning McQueen!! I'm getting bugs in my teeth!!" or "go faster Mommy!" It was a fun night to end a fun reunion. I am so grateful that the boys were feeling well enough to enjoy the last of the activities. I can't wait for the next Brock adventure.

Master Brock, P.A.

Dave graduated with his Master's Degree on July 25th. We are so super excited! He's been in school all of the 7 years that we've been together. This will be a change for us to have him out of school. What will that feel like to actually make money??

The graduation ceremonies were held in the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia.
Dave and a couple of his good buddies.
It's official! Documented proof!
( I have nothing to say about this picture...actually I do, but it would only be negative so I'll just pass on making the comment. But I will say that Dave looks good.)
Ow! Ow! Quiet the model. I thought he was very handsome in his hood. They let him keep all this garb, so I'm sure it will be making special appearances at different family functions. Look out.

I'm disappointed with how the pictures turned out. Hopefully we can get better ones from friends. Oh well. Thanks for looking! And thanks to those who are making comments!! It encourages me to keep this blog going.

One Last Day in Philly

We had one last day in Philly before Dave's graduation. We figure that we'll have no reason to return to Philadelphia, so we made one last stop to our favorite or unseen sites. (I can't figure out how to take off the underlining. Sorry.)

This is my favorite place to get a Philly Cheesesteak. Oh how I'll miss them!!
Dave never made it to the museum where Rocky ran up the steps. I finally showed him the site. You've got to see the video footage of Dave running up the steps and jumping around like a boxer. Classic.
Here's a shot of us at the top of the steps, overlooking the city.
We thought it was funny that this dog was memorialized. Who knows why. I guess we should have read that plaque on the ground.
At the end of the day we attended a dinner and dance hosted by Dave's school. It was pretty fancy. One of those dinners that used all the utensils. Minus my double chin, I think this is a cute picture of us. It was a fun night, especially since I didn't have to cut anyone's food into little pieces and threaten to take away dessert if they didn't eat. I guess that will come later as Dave ages. :)