vacation day 1

We had a nice drive to S.D. we stayed at my moms the night before so it only took us 6 hours instead of 8 and a half. This is what we saw on the drive there.



And this Yes lots of corvettes as there is a corvette rally in Spearfish every year.




WE checked into the hotel at about 2:00 which was nice considering that check in isn't till 4:00. We than took the kids to the fish hatchery and the park we had a great time. By the way if you ever feed the fish expect your hands to smell like fish food for a couple hour after words( yes smart arses I washed my hands!)They have massive fish there and I thank god that my husband doesn't fish! The kids loved playing in the creek. I tried to keep the monster dry but he loves the water and as such this is nearly impossible! He was completely wet from head to toe!


I realize now that I took alot of things for granted when I moved like how beautiful it is there. For example because people here don't swim in lakes or play in the creek (the creek runs though the park in the town where I grew up). Some of them play in the lake HOWEVER THESE PEOPLE OWN A HOUSE ON THE LAKE. Which I will never own unless I win the lottery or think of a better get rich quick scheme. Here is a picture of the creek.



After the creek we went to my grandmas and grandpas (we'll call them G&G from now on)
my aunt was there and took the kids for a walk in the north forty ( an expression that means way the hell out in the middle of now where. D-baby has a sickness like her mom in that she LOVES rocks and the monster is just plain crazy. My aunt comes back into the house laughing and catching her breath! "The monster took off running and hes not easy to catch!" (they all think I'm feeding them a line when I tell them he's a quick little thing with a bit of orneryness in him!)"And D_baby is trying to bring the mountain side of rocks back with her. LOL" She wasn't lieing they had to make two trips to get all the rocks back to G&G's house. WE took home a five gallon bucket of rock plus prob another 5 gallon bucket that wasn't in the actual bucket.
Needless to say D-Baby and I are in rock heaven! I'm pretty sure my aunt is the one who started it all.

WE then went back to the hotel. Will post day 2 later!