And she's gone...

Just like that and in a whirlwind Anne came for her shortest trip ever. She arrived on Friday morning and probably as I write this, Amy and Kenny are dropping her off at the airport. She came to be in Jennie and Jason's wedding and that's about all she did. But it was fun and I hope she visits again soon!

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Preparing...

Had my appointment at the travel clinic today in Sioux Falls. Three shots and two prescriptions later (and 1 booster in 6 months) I'm set for Kenya!

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Mini Vacay

We took advantage of this long weekend and a wedding in Rapid City to take a mini vacation. We decided to take the newly finished Corvette for a nice ride across South Dakota. It was actually a much nicer ride than either one of us thought... those bucket seats are nice and comfy! We headed out at 2 on Thursday, we checked to our hotel once we got there and ate at Chili's. Yum!

Had to take one with the Vette!

On Friday, we decided to hike Harney Peak in Custer State Park. Here is the trailshead for Trail number 9 leaving from Sylvan lake. A little under 7 miles roundtrip.

We're going where? That was Chris' reaction when we got to this spot on the trail where you could see the lookout in the far far distance.

Yep, that's where we are going...

And finally at the top! Chris taking in the view.

Lovely view!

We packed in lunch and enjoyed it from the lookout tower.

A nice picture in the lookout tower.

The plaque on the lookout tower.

Us with the lookout tower.

The 'tunnel' up to the top. Just after taking this picture on the way down, I ran into Lindsay O. from college. She and her husband were also out for the long weekend. It was so random to run into her, but good to see her again!

The tunnel on the road to Sylvan lake. So neat to drive through, only 1 car at a time though. Chris had fun driving the Vette on this road since it was so curvy and it drives like it's on rails!

We still had some time to kill on Friday afternoon, and I had never been to Crazy Horse before, so we buzed down there to check it out. We watched the video about the carving of the mountain, then wandered around the facility for awhile before grabbing a quick snack. It was there that we saw Korczak Ziolkowski's (the original sculptor) wife, Ruth. Friday night the rest of the Grunewald clan showed up. We ate supper at the Firehouse Resturant in downtown Rapid City. It was a neat place to go and the food was pretty good.

Saturday morning the whole clan went to see Mount Rushmore. It's been awhile since any of us has seen the monument, so it was nice to see it again... and get a picture with my hubby!

We all enjoyed some delish ice cream at Mount Rushmore! Pecan Prailine, Strawberry Cheesecake, Cookies & Cream, and Mint! Yummy!

Then Saturday night, time for the real reason we were out there. Ashley & Tucker's wedding! We had a blast dancing the night away. Here's Michelle with the beautiful bride!

And I never get enough pictures of me and Michelle!

We headed back home on Sunday. On the way we stopped at Thunder Road outside Marion, SD to watch Kevin drag race. Unfortunately, he was already out for the day by the time we got there. It was fun to watch all the other cars still in the running though... Grabbed a quick shot of this car who liked to do 3 feet wheelies!

All in all it was a wonderful weekend with beautiful weather. Couldn't have been better!

Meeting Baby Addisyn

A week ago I was able to meet baby Addisyn for the first time. What a little sweetie pie! I think she is going to keep mommy Nicole and daddy Justin on their toes here before long!

Farmer man...

My husband is becoming a farmer... Starting to bale hay and alfalfa. This was 15 mph on the way home from the farm.

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Ah Ha! This post has been on my phone for a couple weeks now... and I finally got it to post! (kept telling me about some error with my pic). Anyway, so happy it finally worked!

5 years and Counting

Friday was our 5th anniversary! Holy crap! Where has time gone? We celebrated by going out to the Kinbrae Supper Club for a delicioius supper. I was driving back from work in Fulda the other day and thought 'hey, we should go to Kinbrae for our anniversary'. So, that's were we ended up!

We both got the Drunken Beef which was absolutely delicious! I had to take a pic of Chris eatting the mushrooms that came with the steak though, as he never ever eats them (except when Bussey grills them).

Of course, this weekend was also Riverfest weekend. After our lovely supper, we stopped at my parents for some conversation and fireworks.

I played with my camera a bit and had fun taking fireworks pictures.

On Saturday we watched the parade with Jennie, Jason and their son Nate (we got lots of candy - hee!) Dad was in the parade this year and handed out candy for the firemen.

And of course my favorite band was marching - SuFuDu! Love how wacky they are and they are a drumline only band!

After the parade we went down to the square where I indulged in some wonderful funnel cake! Oh the joys of summer and junk food vendors!

Done Shingling

It only took us 2 weeks, but we are FINALLY done shingling! We have such a weird roof line with so many peaks and valleys, it really was a pain to do. It is a 12/12 roof line, which is a 45 degree angle. There were 2 layers of cedar shakes, plus a layer of asphalt shingles to strip first, then we resheeted, then reshingled. Chris put a lot of time into this project. I was up there a few times, but mostly I had to go work at my real job, and I made A LOT of food over the past few weeks.

Thanks to all those who helped us with this huge project! My parents, Chris' parents, Jason, Emily, JD, Stacy, Michelle. I hope I got everyone, sorry if I didn't!