Amy and I talked this trip about how we used to take so many pictures during one of her visits out here and how few we took this time around....seems we have our hands a little more full and we're visiting a few places we have been before, not to mention neither of us has much time to write anything on our blogs about our adventures anyway! :) But even without a ton of pictures to prove it, we have a wonderful time with Scott, Amy, Abbey and Casey. They got a fairly good taste of how crazy our household is these days, but I think they enjoyed themselves despite all that!
We made a trip up to Storybook Land in Aberdeen and did the typical run through (only this time Reagan and Abbey literally ran through the whole place, hitting their favorite spots and barely giving the rest of us a chance to catch up, let alone take a picture!). They did sit still for a second on the carousel, so here's a few pictures of that (notice that Harrison finds he is way too cool for riding on a carousel horse, so he chose the bench instead!)
And, the much anticipated train ride around the park....
At the end of the week, we loaded everyone (and everything) up and headed west to the Black Hills. We took the long, scenic route (which was worthwhile and gorgeous but added a few more hours of "are we there yet?" and restless babies....Amy gets children's entertainer of the year award for playing a solid 45 minute game of Peek a Boo to entertain Casey and the twins!). But the long, scenic route took us through the Badlands, which really are amazing to see....
We rented a cabin out in Deadwood which was surrounded by woods, which led to very frequent sightings of deer, much to the amazement of the kiddos
And we headed out for the typical tourist spot....Mt. Rushmore. Unfortunately, it was the hottest day we have had all summer long, but we cooled off with some ice cream and then headed on our way.
The big kids had a chance to search for gold and then we went on a half of a tour of a cave (only half because Kennedy threw such a fit that we were asked to leave!!!! Oops!).
We enjoyed the rest of our stay at the cabin and the Palumbos flew out the next day. It was a whirlwind of a vacation but we had a blast. And, now, we are counting down the days until we invade Washington, DC in August!
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