South Dakota Fun!!!

On the second day we headed out to Mount Rushmore.  We packed a picnic lunch and headed out.

 

 

 

There was teepee to look in, and we saw a mountain goat. 

It started to rain a little but we stopped for a picnic anyway.

We drove on Needle highway.  It is beautiful!  We stopped and played at Lake Sylvan.

 

We hiked around and saw a waterfall from the top and the bottom.

 

 

 

 

 

We also did some rock climbing.  The kids did really well with the climbing.

 

We also did some fishing.  Grandpa and the boys each caught fish.

 

 

We went to the County fair and enjoyed the tractor pull and catch a sheep.  The kids also enjoyed looking at the 4H animals.

 

Before School Started....

Before school started we had a great weekend.  Our home teachers came and one of them is a fire fighter.  He let the boys try on his gear.  They loved it!  We have great home teachers!

 

My friend Katie had a back to school bash.  We had a great time! 

 

She has a diving board.  The boys loved it!

 

First Day of School...

I am still waiting for my camera to arrive from Salina KS to post about our fantastic trip to South Dakota.  We had a wonderful time, so stay tuned.  ;)

Evan didn't care much one way or another that it was the first day of school. 


He is getting so good at sitting now.  I thought Evan was just extremely loud at Church, but it turns out he loud here too.  I just didn't notice it so much becuase everyone is loud.  He is quite the talker. 

After the boys left this morning we went for a little run.  Leah likes to go running with me.  She was very sad at being left behind, but I think she will see soon enough that there are perks to being home.  :)  She is dancing all over the whole living room without running into anyone else. 

My big boys all ready for school.  They were very excited.  Dallin already thinks he knows everything.  Joshua's best friend from his class last year is in his class this year, so he is excited. 

Dallin has the same teacher Joshua had for Kindergarten.  I really liked her so I'm excited to see how his year goes.  I told Miss B last year I wanted Dallin in her class, so she made it happen.  Yeah!  Love Miss B!

Joshua's teacher seems nice.  There is a big difference going from Kindergarten to first grade.  First graders each have their own desk, and they do not have a bathroom in their classroom like in K.  He is excited to see his friends every day. 

Michael dropped them off this morning, and said all went well.  I can't wait to pick them up and see how it went. 

Relay and Spray Park Fun

As you can tell Leah worked really hard on her 1K race.  ;)

The boys ran really fast and was under 4 minutes in the 1K.  They don't time it, but I just looked at my watch and it was around 4 min.

Lots of kids at the 1K race. 

I have an awesome husband who supports my running.  He even took the third spot on the relay team.  It is so hot to run in August, and there is a really steep hill on this course.  We surivived and had a good time.  Tony also ran, and Jenny got to watch the kids in the shade. 

This is my first year running with boys.  Usually I have an all girls team.  I was a little nervous this time around because I have been battling tendonitis, but it has been getting better. 

As usual in the summer we hit the spray park.  I took Evan in this time.  He didn't seem to mind it at all.

We also took Rylan.  He slept through the whole experience.  :)

 

Leah likes to get under the bubble and sing really loud.  I thought it was funny.

We are having a great summer.  It is back up to triple digits with heat index around 107, so summer hit us full force.  Cooking is now a chore.  :)