Summer is here ~ a time for us to take a deep breath & enjoy life. We look forward to road trips in the motorhome, continuing to progress on our lengthy list of home improvement projects, spending time playing outdoors & lounging in the sun.
Aamie’s Birthday
We celebrated my mom last night. My sister & I both made a batch of soup and bread, a few snacks, and our mom’s favorite strawberry cream pie. It was simple.
My mom’s long-time friend, Lisa, delighted us all when she made a surprise visit to wish mom a Happy Birthday! It was great to see [...]
Keeping Busy
While Abbie has been away at camp, James & I have been keeping ourselves busy doing lots of experiments!
We have grown Magic Rocks in a variety of colors! Grown bacteria in our kitchen-made petri dishes.
Dissected an owl pellet to find a mole skeleton
Bubbles are always a summer treat. James kept busy pretending the sudsy water [...]
Friends Visit!
We were welcomed home with a wonderful surprise… The Holt Family!
We attempted a plan earlier in the spring, but we just couldn’t get things worked out for our paths to cross this summer. Funny how things that are meant to be, fall into place.
We enjoyed an amazing, fun-filled couple of days catching up: laughing-singing-dancing-swimming-wave jumping-eating-drinking-relaxing-smiling-dreaming-it [...]
Close to Home
Our 18 day road-trip comes to a close as we travel back into our home state.
Our final night of travels was spent in Pasco, Washington where we enjoyed a delicious meal of chili-dogs & talked about our most memorable moments of the trip.
James set up a store and we all were invited one at a [...]
Mt. Rushmore
For many years I have been looking forward to this day! I have always wanted to see Mt. Rushmore. I have high expectations and I was shocked to say, I was not let down… rather, blown-away by the beauty, the skill it took to build, the size of this giganormous monument. It was truly breath-taking.
We [...]
Watiki Water Park
Our drive the next day was short as we planned to spend the day playing at an indoor water-park in Rapid City, SD
James was loving the water, but nervous about the slides at first
Once he went down with Abbie, he realized just how exciting the slides could be!
and he was off to slide and slide [...]
…and more driving
The next day we spent the majority of our time looking at this:
and doing this:
We said good-bye to Minnesota and hello to South Dakota
We stayed the night near Chamberlain, SD on the Missouri River
and ate Josh’s famous grilled chicken quesadillas for dinner
Mall of America
We eagerly agreed to power-drive to Minnesota. We weren’t so eager to get home though, so we made a few stops along the way making each day’s drive worth our while!
The first day we drove through Minneapolis/St. Paul
on our way to Mall of America
Once inside, the kids went straight to the Nickelodeon Amusement Park,
where [...]
Lake Vermilion
Our time with Bill & Erin was amazing.We packed so much fun-in-the-sun into 5 or 6 days.
It was the perfect summer vacation.
**Abbie took this photo at 5ish am – her goal was to see a sunrise on the lake – Bill said it was the best**
Jim (Erin’s Dad) taught Abbie & Chandler how to [...]
Lake at Last!
Even with the loss of another hour, we powered through and arrived at Bill & Erin’s house on Friday, July 2nd somewhere in the 9:00 hour! We were hot and tired, so after big hugs – we piled into the boat and headed for a night swim in Black Bay! Refreshing
We spent the the next [...]