Yea! We made it home! I lost my computer cord somewhere around Cody, WY, thus the lack of posts. We are so glad that our vacation is over! How sad is that? You hear about folks needing a vacation to recoop from their vacation and that's where I am right now. It's taken me all week to get caught up with the business items, i.e. billing, payroll, taxes, bills etc. etc. and my house is getting in order (thanks only to Lorna who helps me clean it). Notice I didn't mention that our trailer is anywhere near being in order... if the kids can't find something I just say "Check the trailer" due to the fact that it sits in our drive way in pretty much the same state as it was when we got home on the 3rd... Clothes everywhere, food still in the cabinets, camp equipment lodged in, everything sits waiting for me to have a few moments to unpack. I did however, remove Shasta's crate and put it in it's proper place in the laundry room in hopes that once in his old domain the barking and other annoying habits of practice during our trip would eventually fade away. I am happy to say that I was able to sleep in to almost 9 this morning without a peep from him. Thank you Lord! He did however give me a couple of black eyes and possibly broke my nose this week! Gotta love this dog! Things just keep getting better & better with him! I came home Tuesday night from a meeting at church and immediately set my things down, excitingly asking Shasta if he wanted to go outside... needless to say that he was a bit pumped up at my enthusiastic arrival, as I am the only one who brings him out, and he began jumping... and as I leaned over to pick up his leash his head came up under the tip of my nose jamming it into my brain. I'm pretty sure it hit my brain because the pain caused a complete loss of usage, and my only intelligent thought process after hearing a click was to scream "Oh my Gosh" about 6 times (such drama) as I felt my nose swell on both sides. So now I sit, my nose a lovely cast of yellow, swollen, and two dainty little purple smudges under my eyes... Not pretty... And it hurts to laugh or show any facial emotion... It better heal fast because VBS starts next Monday & I will appear a bit spooky onstage singing & dancing looking like I got beat up in a fight. So... I'm almost over it.
Okay so I have a few more photos from our trip... I didn't mention that my cousin Becky had joined us in Custer, SD... that poor girl witnessed the Shadd Family in it's full crankiness and frankly I'm amazed that she didn't run off in the middle of the night screaming (her bunk was over our barking Shasta... I'm sure only adding to the experience)... I might have if I had a car. Mike kept freaking out over the phone service, Koltin entertained about 200 people at Mt. Rushmore with a fit that lasted the entire hike around the faces... I did enjoy her selfishly... it was wonderful to have another female to talk & shop with! She handled us well. My kids were also impressed with the fact that she jumped right in when it came to taking funny nose picking photos & sliding down the waterslide.
No disrespect to Crazy Horse, but it was fun! The indian photo below was taken in Cody, WY at the Erma Hotel, and of course Hayden spotted a skate park in Custer, SD and had to do 'his thang'...
I have several more photos but I'm saving them for the Christmas card... ha ha ha!
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Ha, you unpack like I do! We still have our camping crap in the back of my car and Jarred's and it probably won't come out until the following weekend to re-arrange it for our next camping trip. Some of the stuff actually makes it into the garage but that might be pushing it! Mt. Rushmore is so cool, I can't wait to see it someday!
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