Newman Grove Q125 & Kelcey's wedding

Kyle was on the rodeo trail all weekend  & the girls and I were on the go as well .  Actually we had a nice extended weekend.  The girls & I packed up Thursday morning and headed down to Mom's house.  It was very nice and relaxing on Thursday.  We stayed close to Mom's house that day and just enjoyed being there.  Erin & the kids came out to ride the pony.  The girls had lots of fun playing with them. 

Friday was the real start to the Q125 celebration.  There were several thing to do around town that day and we all ended up at the park for a BBQ.  I ran in to so many people I had not seen in years!  Some classmates, a previous employer, lots of family, friends and neighbors.  It was really nice to run into and visit with so many!  Jenae had fun meeting some of my classmates.  I am not sure what they all thought of my chatter box!  That night several members of the family gathered at Mom's house to start putting together the Forre Family Float for the Parade on Sunday.  Heather went to a lot of work to make it all happen.  It tuned out so beautiful! 

Saturday we got up and went to the carnival that my Aunt Connie was responsible for putting on.  It was through the church with matched funds from Thrivant.  All proceeds go to local mission work.  It is so much fun for the kids.  All prizes are donated and most of them are gently used toys, but the kids don't care!  They are just happy with all the new treasures they accumulate.  Many of which we will probably donate back for next year :-) 

We headed out about 12:30 that afternoon for Kelcey's wedding in Dunning.  It was nice to see all the Whitaker Aunts, Uncles & Cousins.  The wedding was very nice & Kelcey looked just beautiful.  We stayed for a little of the reception then made our way back to Mom's house.  She kept Whitney for me and I didn't want to leave Whitney with her too long!  Also there is not a great way to get from Broken Bow to Newman Grove.  Lots of turns and I am not near as familiar with those roads as I used to be so I really wanted to make it back to Mom's before dark. It was a big day of traveling and i think it kind of wore Jenae out with her broken arm, but it was worth it all to be able to make it for the wedding. 

Sunday was another big day.  I spent much of the morning packing up and organizing our bags.  We were back in town by 11:00 for day 2 of the carnival.  The parade was at 4:00 followed by the hamburger feed, dance recital, and talent show.  The girls & I pulled into home at 10:00 that night!  What a weekend!!!! It was a lot of fun and worth every bit of the exhaustion I felt yesterday :-)

The parade of tractors drove by my Mom's house.  It was so cool to see so many tractors on parade and so cool that they drove right by!  It was such a beautiful day!

Jaxson, Whitney & Jace at the BBQ held at during the opening ceremonies of the Q125.  Whitney thought it was so fun to sit behind Jace in the stroller.  Normally I can't get her to sit in a stroller. 

The crowd was HUGE at the park for the opening ceremonies.  You can see by the smile on Aubree's face that she was having a blast.  Not sure she knew anyone else on the merry go round, but she didn't care.

Jaxson & Whitney playing at the park.

Jenae was a little bummed that she could not run, jump & play as hard as the other kids.  A funnel cake help cheer her up.  Whitney & Jaxson sure were happy to help eat it up.

Everyone working hard to put the Forre Family Float together.

We finished off the night with snow cones.  It was a really fun day!



Jenae & Aubree with Kyle' s cousin Becky at Eric & Kelcey's wedding.

The girls waiting for their food at the reception.

Jenae, Chase, Aubree & Trey at the reception.

The bride & groom making their first appearance as Mr. & Mrs Eric Buck :-)



My cousin's Trevor & Michael at the kids carnival sponsored by the Shell Creek Church. 



Mom & Erin worked hard running different booths at the carnival.

My cousin, Heather, had a booth at the carnival doing hair stencils.  Herr she is putting Aubree's stencil in.  Notice Jenae looking at herself in the mirror. 

Brooke with her hair stencil.

Jenae's blue star :-)

My Mama & Little Whitney at the carnival.  Whitney was enjoying some cotton candy while "helping" Grandma run her booth.

My Aunt Connie felt bad that Jenae did not get to participate in some of the things the other kids did with her broken arm so she let her draw out the winning ticket for the carving made by John Williamson.

Me and the girls in front of the float.  Mom kept Whitney, it would have been a long ride with my sassy 1 year old to try hold on to.  In case any of you are wondering what the EEEE stands for it is the 4 E's (get it...Forre)

Kellen, Aubree & Brooke on the float.

Brooke, Cooper, Allyx & Erin on the float.

Jenae & Tyson on the float.

My Dad's 4 sisters. A wonderful group of gals!!  Never going to be a dull moment with you are with this bunch!

The parade had well over 100 entries in it.  We were 62nd in the parade and when we got done with the route several floats were just getting started.  The kids jumped off the float and ran over to started gathering candy from the parade entries that were just getting started. They all ended up with huge buckets full of candy!

After the parade there was a hamburger feed and the little dancers put on a little dance show.  They did such a good job!  My adorable niece Brooke is the little dancer the front center of this picture.  She did so good!!!  I am glad we got to stay and watch her!



Whitney thought the dancers were great & really would have like to climb on stage with them and shake her little booty!! 




Whitney and her little dance moves.



Whitney got a lot of attention from my Aunts.  She loved anyone that wanted to hold her.  I am pretty sure she would have happily went home with any of them! Here is Whitney with my Aunt Linda.

Whitney sitting with my cousin Jason's little girl Madison. 



Me and the girls by the float at Mom's house after the parade.  The flowers were already off the float so it is not as pretty as it was, but I didn't get a picture of it before the parade.