Summer Trip: July 20, Day 1

We left early the morning of the 19th and drove from South Bend to Mitchell, South Dakota. We stopped at a motel and went swimming, ate dinner at DQ, bought water bottles at Walmart (I'd left ours in the fridge!) and slept pretty well that night.

The next morning we drove to Grandpa Wing and Grandma Jan's house. The girls loved playing outside, riding in Grandpa's bobcat, and sitting on the back porch. It was beautiful!

Hurrah! We can run and play!
Megan and Veronica outside at Grandpa's house.

Zoë getting a ride in the bobcat with Grandpa Wing.

'Nica playing in the dirt after a spaghetti dinner. Yum!

Can you see she's got it all over her face?
(Spaghetti and Dirt.)

Miranda just had spaghetti on her face.

'Nica loved playing in the dusty dirt.

Megan was glad to get out and run around, too.
She's only a little mad that I wanted to take her picture.

Megan loved riding in the bobcat with Grandpa!

Miranda had fun going for a ride, too.

Huh?

Giant dandylions! I know that isn't what they're called, but they are HUGE!
And hard to blow...

Maybe Megan has more hot air?

Yes, I got to drive the bobcat.
'Nica wasn't sure at first, but was happier when she got to sit on my lap and ride around.

The girls are all ready for bed.
Hard to believe these are the same pink nightgowns they wore when we went to Utah two years ago. 'Nica's jammies are ones I sewed for Zoë when she was 18-months old.

Nica took a while to warm up to Grandpa Wing.
By the end of our visit, she really snuggled in with him.

Megan loved teasing Grandpa with Moo.
Or was this Moo Too?

A quick swing before bed. It was so beautiful to look at all the green trees, watch the birds, and look for wild animals.