Have You Ever.....

Been to the world's ONLY corn palace???








We have!!! Betcha y'all jealous!

Rushmore!

This was actually our second time visiting Mt. Rushmore. The first time however was not a good experience. It was November, cold, and dusk. Hannah was about 3 months old, we were there for a total of 5 minutes! This time it was HOT! We have all four kids with us and it was crowded. We went hiking around the Presidents Trail. It didn't seem like a bad idea at the time except for on the way back there were about a million stairs, which I had to carry Phoebe the whole time! Yowza! Didn't get too many pictures because I was sweating too much and about to die!

Wall Drug

From my house it is 1,220 miles until you get to Wall's Drug in South Dakota. What is Wall's Drug you may ask. It is only the largest drug store in USA. Hmmm, you might be thinking, "I have never heard of it". And you wouldn't unless you were driving on I-90. You see, Wall's Drug ONLY advertising is road signs on how many miles it is away from a certain destination. On I-90 alone there are signs stretching from Montana to Minnesota. Craziness. We love it there though, it is a nice area to hang out for the day.


Behind the row of shops they have a back yard area that is fully equipped with water spouts everywhere popping up with the music being played,




Here is Phoebe experiencing the spouts!



"Hey! Come back here!"




there is also a stagecoach to ride in,



a mini Mt. Rushmore,



and a large Jackalope.




I would say that this is a must go if you are ever traveling with kids. Definitely worth the trip!



I will post more about our trip in the coming days. Overall we really had a great time!

Prosthesis pt. 2

We went back in to Seattle Children's for anther fitting. Lots of measuring and cutting, measuring again, more cutting...LONG appointment. Isac seems to love it there, always seems to be in good spirits, he just wants to chomp on everything! We should be getting the final prosthetic on July 8th and it is then we will be educated on how to use it and how often. I can't wait for the final product although I am sure that Isaac will have a few black eyes from not being use to it. Here are the most recent pictures for you to enjoy.









"Hi Mom!!"

oozing...

Sometimes Phoebe just oozes out sweetness! Don't you think?

When it all gets to be too much!

I am a big planner. Which is probably why we have basically been packed for a month now for our upcoming trip. I have been picking up food as well for the past few months so that I am not depleting our grocery budget for June all on our trip. You know, just a few things here and there, especially if they were on sale. Last night I started pulling out the non refrigerated foods to pack up. OH MY GOODNESS! WAY TOO MUCH! Where did all this food come from?

We have the salty and cheesy category.




Hear comes the chocolate!




These is our healthy snacks!



Breakfast foods!







And last but not in any way least the misc foods!


mmmm.....homemade granola bars!




CRAZINESS! Do you think that is enough?


Next post will be all the fun activities in our van!

Wahoo!

Did I tell you guys that we are taking off on another Wandering Wentlings" summer? Well, we are! On Tuesday we will pick up the kids from their half day at school and head directly east. Hoping to hit Spokane by dinner and then Billings by breakfast. The ultimate destination is my in-laws in northwest Ohio. This will be interesting considering that Phoebe and Isaac have never been on a road trip....not even to Idaho. Furthest they have been is to the airport, take that back, Phoebe has been to the ocean. ANYWAYS, we will have a very full minivan because my mom is coming with us. That means we will have 7 passengers in our 7 passenger mini van!! This is how memories are made right?!

I cannot begin to express how much we have been looking forward to this trip! We try to head out there every other year but because I was pregnant with Isaac last summer my obgyn forbade me to go. So, this is our year! We are also going to stop at a few eateries that were featured on our favorite Travel Channel show "Man v. Food". Yeah, I know we are food dorks. Looking forward to many picture taking, memory making good times!