Vacation

So we recently returned from what turned out to be a rather tumultuous vacation. We traveled to Mt. Rushmore, which I have to say I was a little disappoinnted with. It was very cool to see the presidents faces. Call me old fashioned, but I am one of those people who likes to see things finished (with the exception of house projects of course, I LOVE having all those unfunished. Just for those of you who were wondering.) It just seemed sloppy to have these half finished faces up on a mountain, being called complete. Then we visited THE CORN PALACE PALACE PALACE PALACE PALACE Palace (That was an echo by the way) ::hint:: to those interested in going, take pictures from the car, and keep driving.) However, while I sound like I am being a whiner, and let's face it I am a little bit, I fully endorse visitingthese and other such kitschy tourist locales. The kids had a blast seeing the places, they thought they were the bees-knees. I am in sort of a funny mood tonight, and can't be held fully responsible for the loopy things that may pour forth from my keyboard. Then we headed north for a week that promised sun, sand and relaxation. We had almost none of those things. It started raining almost as soon as we got there. Mid-week we found out that Allen's father had passed away, so he flew home to plan the funeral, and after we were finished up north we met him in Madison before proceeding South to have the funeral in Benton, Wisconsin. We cannot say that there was no sun though, and there was plenty of sand, and bugs, and I had lots of fun tubing and cruising on the boat with Larry and Bev. I do love the temperate weather of the north, and stargazing. So I did a little enjoyed a bit of those things, just without Allen : ( I realized that I love LOVE riding around on the lakes that is possibly my favorite part of going North.

Anyway, we Finally got to Utah about two days later than we expected, and had lots of fun seeing everyone at the reunion. It is so great to get everyone together. So hopefully we will be able to do it every other year from here on out.