South Dakota

We went to South Dakota last week with my parents. We had a blast. The kids were so funny all week. I will have to sit down and think of all the funny things that they said. We stayed a night at my brothers house. We had cake and icecream there for Hannah's birthday. We don't get to see Lance and Crystal often so its always nice to hang out and visit. The next day we headed out early towards Rapid City.

I can't believe how pretty the Black Hills are. I have heard that it was pretty but it was amazing. We were up there the week before the Sturgis Rally so there were motorcycles everywhere. Connor loved seeing all of them. He wanted to ride everyone that drove by us.

Here are some of the places we went to see.

FLINSTONE VILLAGE

Very cute for little kids!!

CRAZY HORSE

Interesting but I will probably never see

it finished in my lifetime.

VISTITING WITH LEEANN!

I haven't seen her since HS graduation!

It was so fun to visit for a little bit. I miss her already!

BEAR COUNTRY USA

Way fun to see all the animals there.

And they all come right up to your car.

OLD MACDONALDS PETTING FARM

Very Cute!

HILL CITY/ STURGIS

Connor climbed up on my dads back to watch the motorcylces

driving by. He loved to see all of them. It was so funny!

He is still talking about them.

SITTING BULL CRYSTAL CAVERN CAVE

Really cool to climb down 400 ft underground.

MT RUSHMORE

DEVILS TOWER

Its coming along!!!!!!!

They should be done framing by Friday!

Karren Family Reunion

We had so much fun over the 24th of July weekend with our Karren family. Although it rained most of the time we all had a blast. We missed Wes, he was home putting in the septic tank at our new house. It is always so fun to see cousins and hang out and visit. We didn't see much of Hannah or Madison, they were off playing and having a great time. Almost everyone was there and that can be hard to accomplish with such a big family. I can't wait for next year!

Happy Birthday Princess Hannah....

Today my other baby girl turned 5! Wow I can't believe she is five and will be starting kindergarten. She had a fun day and got alot of fun presents. I will post more on her little party later and also our "Karren Family Reunion" at Flaming Gorge.

Happy Birthday Hannah Banana! We love you so much!

Yearly Pictures

I decided to try to take the kids yearly pictures. I am happy with some of them but I think I will still have someone come take them. I didn't like any of all 3 together and I couldn't get a good one of just Hannah. They turned out ok. I liked alot that I took of Madison. She is very photogenic.

The house is coming along....

I have totally been slacking on posting picture on the house. It is coming along smoothly. They started framing 2 days ago and will be back Monday to come finish. We now have power, water, a framed garage, poured storage spot in crawl space. Next week they are framing, pouring garages, sidewalks, & patios. YAY! I am getting so excited. It is so fun to go down there and see where things are going to be. It is a little more real now that there are a few walls up.

Rest in Peace Daisy Mae

We lost Daisy either last night or early this moring to a vehicle. Wes found her down on the highway. This is one of the hardest things I have had to tell the kids. This is a very sad day for all of us. Daisy would have been a year old this coming Sunday. She shared a birthday with Hannah. While I was comforting the girls, I don't think Connor knew why they were crying but he even tried to force a cry out. We love and miss you daisy!

Exhausted Swimmers

We have been swimming almost everyday this week. It has been a blast. The weather has been perfect. Except today was a little too hot and I got fried! I haven't had a sunburn for a long time! Hopefully it will be tan tomorrow. Anyway, the kids have had a blast. They had all been so tired by the time we get home. Connor actually fell aslepp one day before we even got home and we live about 1/2 mile from the pool. He slept for 3 hours that day after we got home. I don't have any pictures of them swimming just my exhausted Connor snoozing. I thought I had one of Hannah but I don't. Madison REFUSES to take a nap so no pictures of her either.

Disgusted................

Hannah is absolutely disgusted that we have a coffee table and we don't drink coffee. Who would do such a thing??