Well the second segment of our whirlwind month of August is over and we had a great time! Saturday was spent tying in the plumbing for Ryan's shop so he can eventually move his office out there, short of hitting the main water line for the house with the excavator, everything went pretty smoothly. This wasn't too big of an issue however as we needed to connect the shops water to the house water anyway, two birds with one stone:) The girls had an amazing day at the spa, Kelli assured me she would have no trouble transitioning into a rich persons lifestyle! Sunday we all relaxed by spending the day under the sun and in the water at Williams lake. This place is a ton of fun and really convenient, being only 25 minutes from Jill and Ryan's. We went down the floating water slide, soaked up some rays, and took a paddle boat out to the middle of the lake and jumped off. Short of turning myself into a human lobster, it was a great way to finish out our weekend!
This week I'm playing in the Montana State Mid-am golf tournament. My brother Curt came over from Butte to play in it as well and yesterday we played our practice round with the tourney starting today. It's being played at the Missoula Country Club which neither of us have played before yesterday. This golf course is extremely old, it opened in 1916, and it sits along the banks of the Bitteroot river and is protected by tons of big trees that are older than the golf course itself! It's very tight and kind of short which I think will make it a lot of fun! There is a sign on the back of the 16th green giving some perspective of just how old the course is, the sign tells you that the 16th green was the first grass green in the state of Montana! If your a golfing nut who loves the history of the game, like myself, thats pretty cool!
After our practice round yesterday Curt and I decided to go out to my home course, Canyon River, and chip and putt a bit. We got out to the practice facility and instantly got into a game of the "Masters". The Masters is a game we used to play back in the high school days at Cottonwood in Glendive. You each get one ball, the wedge of your choice, and a putter. One guy picks the hole you'll you'll be playing to and then it turns into match play with the winner of each hole picking the next hole. It's a really good way to improve on your short game because your not just chipping a bunch of balls to different holes, you have to putt out so you tend to concentrate a little more. After falling one down through three holes, I made a move on Curt, winning five holes in a row and eventually beating him 6 and 5. I know thats a bunch of random golf lingo for some of you but it basically translates to we had a blast! It's always fun to do something like this to take your mind back to all of the good times you had as a kid, the practice green at CCC was easily the best video game we ever had!
Remember, do something that makes you laugh every single day!:)
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