Wow, what a month! Our family trip to South Dakota and Nebraska began in July and ended on August 5th. We met Joe & Bev (Jodie's parents) and Sarah (Jodie's neice) in SD. Our many adventures include: Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, Custer State Park, The Badlands, and Pine Ridge Reservation. In NE we attended the 50th Anniversary Neihardt Day, honoring John G. Neihardt, Poet Laureate Emeritus of Nebraska. Jodie's sisters, Rhonda & Tonya, surprised everyone to attend this special occasion.
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| Standing on the arm of Crazy Horse Memorial |
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| Mount Rushmore |
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| John G. Neihardt's home/study |
We celebrated Micah's birthday, as a family, surprising him with T.G.I. Friday's seats at the Diamondbacks game for Randy Johnson's number retirement celebration. Baxter came up to say hi!
Our annual week in Flagstaff with Aunt Alice and Uncle Charlie was the second week of August. It was perfect timing because Micah wanted an America Ninja Warrior birthday party. We hosted it at Flagstaff Extreme and the boys had a blast!
We had lots of mini golf games, movies, cookouts, swimming, and great memories!! Thanks Alice & Charlie. :)
Matt started a "push-up contest" with the kids. Through the month they were to 'prepare'. The kids were to combine their number of push-ups to Matt's. The winner/s would get ice cream. On the night of their competition Matt did 50, Micah did 30, and Lilly did 80 (she just stopped because she could). It was crazy funny!!
Sometime in this month Micah had a growth spurt and is now taller than me (Jodie).
