One of Those Days!

Ever have one of those days where you are battling it out. You vs. a wasp while in your garage. Your choice of weapon is an unopened package of spaghetti. And just as you are about to go for the killer blow.......the package of spaghetti opens up and goes flying through the air landing all over your driveway.

Bekah vs Wasp.

Bekah 0
Wasp 1

Still Behind

I am starting to very slowly catch up with blogging. One bite at a time right?

Hannah is now seven! We had a little tea party for her and a couple of her favorite friends, in which I forgot to take pictures. But one thing I thoroughly enjoy is taking the "birthday" pictures. I was being fed up with paying for my kids pictures professionally, in which my kids would just sit there and cry. So for the past few years I took over and I don't want to brag but mine are way better!

Here is where I started age 4


Here she is age 5


Age 6 with her Fancy Nancy Doll


And finally age 7.


She is definitely growing in both grace and beauty! Love you my Hannah Banana!

A Reminder.....

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." Thank you Jim Elliot for the reminder!

So Far.....

BEHIND on blogging....grrr! Lord willing, after school starts back up next week things will slow down for me to start blogging again. For those who follow.....stay tuned, good things are coming!

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!