Vacation to South Dakota

Hello from South Dakota

On the Road to Mt. Rushmore.

Our beautiful campspot

Mount Rushmore

What a busy three days. We left home on Monday, made it to Casper WYO, stayed overnight
and then headed for the black hills.

They are so beautiful ! We saw the Crazy Horse Memorial and then to our beautiful campground called " Hidden Valley Rv Park" It was so pretty. They gave us this beautiful spot by the creek and it had a deck and the cutest swing. I highly recommend it !!

Then on Wed we went to Mt.Rushmore and that is quite a site. The faces on the presidents are 60 ft tall ! They were carved out of the Mountain.
They are the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Thedore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. They are beautiful as is all of the Black hills. There were men working on the top of Roosevelt's Head !!!

We drove from there and went to Wall Drug, this HUGE drugstore in Wall SD. We then drove for a couple more hours and we stayed in Murdo ( somewhere in SD). We will be driving the rest of the way to Big Stone City for the family reunion. It is about 300 miles from here.

Enjoy the pictures, there will be more.

The Buttars

Megan and Trent met through Burke and Amy. Trent had gone to school with them. They became good friends and then became better friends and were married a year ago. Trent is employed by Overland West and Megan is a Surgical Technician at Davis Hospital. Trent brought a bonus to the marriage with a daughter Madisyn (11) and a son Tyker ( 7). Megan really loves those kids and they are a great family. Madisyn is a Soccer player and dancer. She will be in 7th grade this year. Tyker plays soccer and Baseball and enjoys racing remote control cars. As a family, they all like to ride 4 wheelers, and camp. They live close by also.

The Kohlers

Shawna and Bryce met in High School ( actually Jr. High) and got married 10 years ago this July. Shawna works at IHC in the billing dept, and Bryce is a Police Officer. They have two darling children Kaycee ( 6) and Cameron (3). They love to spend time as a family , camping, swimming, and keeping busy.

Kaycee is playing Soccer, Taking Tumbling lessons and will be in the 1st grade. Cameron is a Loveable little boy and loves to tease. He and his sister are real close to each other. He will be an athlete as soon as he is old enough. They live about 3miles away also, so see them often too.

The Christensens

Burke and Amy have 4 kids, Tyson (17) Kylee (16) Braden (13) and Hadlee (8). They are constantly busy running someone to a ball game, dance practice, to mention a few. Tyson will be a senior next year and is in to running track. Kylee will be junior and likes to dance, and plans on pursuing a career in the medical field. Braden is into Football, Baseball and Basketball and is going in to the 8th grade this year. Hadlee is a dancer too, and also takes tumbling. She will be in third grade this year. Amy still does daycare in her home and Burke is a sales rep for BG automotive products. They only live about 3 miles away from us, so we see them often.

The Harsha Family

Jeanie and Blake, Jake (11) and Ryker (3)Live in Palisade CO. Jake is in 6th Grade and Ryker will start Preschool. They love to spend time on their Horses and do Team Roping, and Sports. Jake plays All sports, and currently is playing Baseball. Kyler (20) lives in the Ogden area, works in construction and is attending Weber State University in the fall.

We miss having them around, but Love where they live. It is a smaller town and they really like it. It is only 5 hrs away, so we see them several times a year. Blake is a sales rep for a castings company, and Jeanie works for St. Mary's Hospital Blood Donor dept.

Happy Father's Day Robin

This Picture was taken with Robin and his four daughters on his 60th Birthday in March. He is so proud of all of them.