When talking with different faithful readers of the blog...they stated they liked the pictures the best....so here are more pictures with very little words.
What a great evening! This hotel was fabulous! The first picture is of the front of the hotel where you drive to check in.
On Friday night we stayed in a great hotel. The Mt. Rushmore Presidents View Resort. We decided to get a Whirlpool Suite so that we could be in a "hot tub" and the kids could be sleeping. It was alot of fun...the first time we filled the whirlpool, we filled it with luke warm water so the kids could get in, we also added some bubbles!
We were blessed! 10 months ago today we were driving to Houston Texas to meet our beautiful little princess! Our life is forever changed by her beauty! I cannot believe that it has already been 10 months, how quickly life changes. I know that it was a long road, but every single moment of it was worth it for our little girl!
This was the kids on Monday....tired!!! Cranky!!! My kids like there regular life, their schedule, and everything normal. They did their best to be happy to be home, but the lack of naps this past weekend really got to them about noon! Boo was so tired he just leaned over in the saucer, Princess just cried and cried in her bouncer! I LOVE BEING THEIR MAMA!
We ate lunch with Handsome's folks, and before leaving, had to wake the kids up again! They sure were having a rough day!
It did steal the groom for just a second to get a picture. I think this could possibly be my favorite picture of Farmer and myself ever! It is a real smile on his face, and he doesn't always smile for pictures. I have heard reports of Farmer telling people on Saturday that it was the best day of his life! So glad to hear that! Many more to come bro! I have to say he is one of the most handsome guys, of course My Handsome gives him a strong run for the title though! I do have to admit my dad is looking pretty good these days as well. He got a haircut for the wedding, and he is dropping some inches. I think he is looking younger these days!
It was a beautiful day, hot, but beautiful. We arrived at the church at about 2 pm. Just in time to see my brother's best friend T show up for pictures. We didn't think he would be able to make it to the wedding at all, and he made it in time to get into his tux and be IN the wedding. I know that was very special for my brother! I wasn't able to get the best pictures of the wedding, but we did have some of the best seats in the church. We were the guest book attendants, so we were in the foyer until the wedding started. We decided with the children we probably should just stay back there. Handsome ended up taking care of the kids so that I could watch the entire ceremony with no interuptions...he is soooo sweet! The first picture is while Sandy was singing "How Beautiful" just after the lighting of the unity candle. The second picture is the exchanging of the rings. (I think Wife is putting Farmer's ring on.) The next picture is of Handsome feeding Boo before the wedding started. The fourth picture is of Pancames and Princess, can you tell mom is really excited about her son getting married?
The last picture is of Handsome with the kids during the wedding. He is the best daddy in the whole world! I also have another picture, but I couldn't get it on the blog, but it is of Aunt W with three of her grandchildren across from my husband. By the end of the wedding we had two of my cousin's wives, my aunt, my husband, and at least 8 children at the back of the church!
This is the only picture I have from the rehersal that turned out. I do have to share that before rehersal we went to my parents farm and both the kids were able to have their first 4 wheeler ride. Can you imagine that with Pancakes and Mama around we didn't manage to get a picture of either of them? I can't believe we missed that!
This past weekend was my brother's wedding. The kids didn't travel as well as we would have liked them to! We started out at 5:30 Friday morning, and arrived to Brookings about noon. Boo slept, but Princess never did. We only stopped one time! We were pretty happy about that. We were able to spend some time with Handsome's parents before heading out to the farm.
Sundays are always big days at our house. These pictures of the kids are proof! Handsome is usually the most tired at the end of the day, as he gets up the earliest, studies for a while, prints the church bulletins & prayer lists, makes sure the church is ready, gets himself ready, and makes sure I am up and going in time. I only have to get myself ready and then pack the diaper bag and dress the kids. All of this happens before Sunday School starts at 9:30!
Handsome teaches Sunday School
then he goes on to preach for the morning worship service. We usually either do something simple, or run to McDonalds for luch. We come home in hopes of getting the kids to take a nap at the same time so we can MAYBE have a nap ourselves.This particular Sunday, we were able to have a little one before having to get ready and meet up with some friends. We spent a few hours with friends, and then we went out for a weekly date around 8:45 pm! The kids were starting to go down hill, but we did manage to pull everyone together so Mama & Daddy could enjoy their meal for an hour! Once we arrived back home, we were able to get Princess into PJ's, but Boo was just too tired, he slept in his clothes. We couldn't help but take a picture, Boo doesn't sleep with his behind sticking in the air often, but it sure is cute when he does! As you can see, with Princess, she just stretches out and goes to sleep! What a day!
On Saturday one of Handsome's co-workers, also friends, invited us to his house for supper. They live near Deadwood, very close to the Roo Ranch. It is an absolutely beautiful place, they also have three horses. Jr, Rosie, and Annie. His wife found out how much I love horses so after supper we saddled up Rosie and Annie and went for a ride. The guys looked at some of his different projects around the place. Once we finished, we asked the guys to bring the kids down and they were able to have their first ride. They both really seemed to enjoy it. Boo really liked it, even though he wasn't feeling very well that night.
The first picture is of Jr. He is a mustang and was really good at getting people's attention. The next picture is of Mommy and Princess on Annie, an arabian. That is the horse I rode most of the time. There is a few pictures of Handsome on Annie with Boo, and I on Rosie. It was a great time. I had forgotten my camera, so they were nice enough to take some pictures and get them to us. We had a very enjoyable time. She said I can come back and ride with her any time! Yeah, I am excited!
Mom got the swimming pool all ready on Saturday, but we had some visitors stop in and the day slipped away. The kids were all dressed in their swimming suits and everything. So we decided to keep it up and we would have this kids swim Sunday afternoon, that didn't happen either. So, the pool was dumped out and we will hope to use it next time! It would have been a great day for it, at around 100 degrees outside.
It is too funny how Princess looks when she gets out of bed. I just really cannot help but take pictures of her. She really enjoys the camera now, and is happy to smile or laugh. She is just too much fun.
July 10th ~ Farmers birthday! On this particular day, Princess was thinking everything in her sight was hers, particularily her brother's hat. She just kept taking it off of his head! I thought it was funny, Daddy thought it was cute enough to get out the camera! So here she is cheezin it up. She cracks me up often!
Boo has really not been feeling well these last few days. Friday night he was very uncomfortable and turned an ashen gray color. Yesterday I didn't go to church because we were having some troubles. Boo was very white and very sick. Handsome & I actually ended up taking him the to Emergency Room. They told us there was nothing they could do for us and to just wait on the tests results from last week. Every doctor that sees him knows there is something wrong with him, but they do not know what to do about it. Yesterday he had a fever, was not keeping anything down, and slept alot! I just got his blood work and MRI results and everything came back normal. Please keep him in your prayers, we are trying very hard to find answers so we can start helping him!
Grandpa & Grandma went home. We were very sad about this, as we were hoping that they were going to be able to stay until Sunday! After they left we all just spent a lazy day at home. We ate lunch, took naps, watched a movie, and went to bed! I really couldn't believe I actually was able to talk Handsome into it, but he really did take it easy! It was about 110 degrees outside though! 
On Thursday we went to Mt Rushmore. Mom and Dad learned why I have a diffiicult time getting things finished, as it took us until 3 PM to get there and we started getting ready when we woke up! We only live 65 miles from Rushmore!!!!! The kids will not remember their first look at the faces, but we have pictures to help them! We were very thankful for the double stroller and the single, it was very hot that day and B wouldn't have been able to walk, and we wouldn't have wanted to carry the kids all over! We were sad that Daddy didn't get to join us, but we did have Grandma & Grandpa to help!
