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sunflowers
Who knew South Dakota had so many sunflower farms?
mitchell, sd
We don’t really have any plans except to see Mount Rushmore and watch the solar eclipse in Casper, WY. On our first travel day we made it to South Dakota and stopped to spend the night at a campground in Mitchell, SD. We stopped about halfway through to stretch
and we're off
tomorrow's the day
We've been doing trial runs all summer for our big trip to Mount Rushmore and Casper, WY. Today we loaded up the bus. The bus is spending the night in our driveway so we can head out first thing in the morning. When Emma was going to bed
back in the saddle
Braden has had a flat tire on his bike for a long time. Yesterday he finally fixed it. Emma was happy to be back on her bicycle built for two.
dakota county fair
Today was our annual warm up for the Minnesota State Fair.
parents night out
The last time I dropped Olivia off at parents night out was in December. It was the second time I tried to leave her, but she cried so much they called me to come get her. I figured it was time to try again. I talked about it all day,
park hopping
We still have a bunch of parks on my list to visit, and not that many days of summer left. Today was the perfect park day, so we went to four.
20 months
She went to the bathroom, got the stool, then used it to climb up onto the dining room table.
valleyfair
We've lived here for three years and never been to the local amusement park… until this week. No surprise Emma and Olivia loved it! The amusement park also has a water park and a Rita's Italian Ice.
party day!
Emma has been super excited for months about her birthday party. It took a ton of work, but Saturday was the day! I forgot to take pictures of everything, so I only have a couple.