North Dakota 2010

We took our annual trip to North Dakota a few weeks ago. We always have so much fun there. It is such a small town with very little to do but we LOVE it. Dave's grandparents are so awesome! It takes us 2 days to drive there, so we find a hotel on the way which is boys favorite part. We let them jump on the beds and back and forth between the beds (they get spanks if they jump on our beds). We drove for 16 hours the first day! We like to get as far as we can on the first day because the boys are hard to get in the car on the second day. The second day was only 6 hours in the car...much better! We drive through a tiny town that has these huge things made out of scrape metal, they are awesome. We stopped to get a closer look and the guy who made them was there so we got to see lots of others he has made, they are awesome. Grandma and the boys. I love this picture, they were so happy to see them. Every year when we leave it is SO HOT and when we get to Bowman we are all freezing! At least this year we remembered to pack warm clothes.
Every year Gram makes Dave a Prime rib on the spit (grill). It really is so good.
Gramp's chair. Every time he moves the boys take over. It is amazing how much they love Gramps, they climb all over him! They try to both sit on his lap when he is inside. Sometimes we have to intervene and protect him.
Sam and Logan loved to watch the cows, mostly just watched them run away.
The neighbor's (1/2 mile away) daughter was home visiting, she trains horses and asked if Sam wanted to have a ride. We thought that meant she was going to give Sam a ride, but NO........ She just tossed him up there and told him to go! And was he scared.....NO, he kicked the horse and they took off! I thought I was going to have a heart attack! I am scared of horses, so I was torn between protecting my child and staying away from the beast! I'm glad Linda was there because I made her protect Sam while I protected myself! Don't get me wrong if Linda wasn't there I would have stood closer......Maybe! The girl (I forgot her name) stayed that close to him, but when he trotted her didn't run next to him. Sam loved it, he could have ridden all day!
We spent a lot of time in the basement. It was cool and the boys could make big messes and be as loud as they wanted.

We drove to Theodore Roosevelt National Park to check out so of the Bad Lands. It was really pretty, they seemed to go on forever.
Over about 2 feet there was an overhang that dropped to the bottom of the canyon. It didn't look safe at all and it went all across the overlook. Dave thought it fitting for me to stand over there, he thinks he is funny.
I'm not quite sure what Logan is doing, but it's a cute picture.
Dave's not even looking at the camera and still takes an awesome picture!
Dave stopped at a Prairie Dog town and they were trying to call them.
Navajo Tacos! Yummy.
A museum in Bowman. the boys see this dinosaur every year.

They boys 'resting' with Gramps.

Dave took Sam fishing out to Davis Dam.
Grandma Linda went too. Sam is still excited that she went with them.

Most of our evenings were sitting on the porch watching the cars on the highway.
All of us.
On our way home we drove down through the Bad Lands. It was so cool. It took us about an hour to drive around the loop. I didn't get car sick on the curvy road, that was our only worry. There were signs all over warning us about the rattle snakes but we got out of the car anyway, I just made Dave go first!! He is a good man.
Then we stopped at the Corn Palace. The whole outside of the convention center is decorated with corn. It was to cool and it gave us a good break from the car.