family homeward bound We started heading home this morning. We decided we'd stop about halfway home for the night. On our way we visited at the Pioneer Auto Museum. This place was very
family reptiles and bears... oh my We stayed at a campground in Rapid City because of all the different kids attractions. Our campground turned out to be right next to the two I wanted to go
family sightseeing day Wednesday we hit the popular South Dakota sightseeing spots. First up... Mount Rushmore. I really need to get the girls to wear sunglasses again.... at least for pictures. Next stop.
family a birthday celebration Emma and I started our Tuesday with a horseback ride through the Black Hills. Afterward Braden and Olivia met us for a 4 hour UTV ride through the Black Hills.
family on the road to south dakota Our very first long road trip in the bus was to Mount Rushmore and South Dakota three years ago. Mount Rushmore in 2017The Wall - 2017What's crazy about this picture
kids happy birthday emma! One day you're in labor for 28 hours... 2013201420152016 - this was also the year she had strep and we had to go to the doctor on her birthday201720182019The next
kids that's it! This was the second year in a row that we made it to all 20 parks in our city. The girls didn't really like this one, so we didn't end
kids 1 more to go We're so close! I had planned to go to the remaining 2 parks on my list today. Luckily while we were at the first one I remembered Olivia had soccer
kids blueberry picking I'm not a huge blueberry fan... unless its in something delicious like muffins or pie. But man... blueberry picking is so much better than strawberry picking. 3 pounds of blueberries.
family cheese curd festival The midwest doesn't play around when it comes to cheese curds. Since they couldn't have a traditional cheese curd festival this year they did a drive through one instead. We
kids 2 parks to go Emma has swimmer's ear, so the doctor said no going underwater for 5 days. Yeah... that's going to be impossible. Luckily today was in the 60s, which meant it was
kids duck pond We had a lot of inedible bread... which meant it was time for a visit to the duck pond. After we ran out of bread we took a walk around
places we've been deer petting zoo This is one of my favorite places to visit in the summer. We didn't make it there last summer, so when the girls asked this morning what we were going
family last day We got it all in for our last day of camping... petting zoo, pool (all day!), mini golf, ice cream, candy bar bingo and s'mores. 2 PM every day is
family thunderstorms It was forecast to thunderstorm all day. It was the perfect excuse to head home for a little while and get some kitten snuggles. Turns out the forecast was wrong.
family busy monday The morning started off with a visit to the petting zoo. The rest of the day was spent at the pool. The diving board was very popular with both girls.
family water park camping This is one of my favorite camping destinations in Minnesota. The last 3 years we've stayed here a whole week. A whole week is really long and by the end
kids who wants to see more kitten pictures? We don't have much going on this week... except kittens. We're going to be fostering these kittens for a couple weeks until they can be adopted. I'm already realizing how
kids bye bye butterfly Yesterday our final monarch butterfly hatched. The other day I was checking on things in the yard when I saw a monarch laying eggs on some of the milkweed we
kids kittens And just like that my phone is full of adorable kitten photos... Gus reminded me of Ethel this morning. She always loved to sleep with her head hanging over the
