On May 1st, after helping with the Germans
from Russia food stand at the Rugby museum,
we drove to Jimmy and Kelly's in Killdeer.
Check out the temperature change from our
April snows!
We drove over Lake Sakakawea and
saw the inlets to the Garrison Dam.
Then we zipped through Zap
Something new to us in Zap...fracking sand
Cashing in on the fracking theme...
Zap City Hall
on their addition to their home.
The kids surprised me with flowers
Grace made "Dump Bars"
for Andrew and Mary Kate's
birthdays
Naptime
for Mother's Day
Alstroemeria...they last forever!
for Andrew and Mary Kate's cake
Andrew turned 15 on May 4th
Mary Kate didn't seem to care that she
was celebrating her first birthday on May 6th.
of the rockets from Boca Chica near Brownsville.
After we came home, we had to view Starship XV
on our TV.
and I spent almost two hours in the pool
with the girls. Needless to say, I was
asleep by nine that night!
After our swim, we walked to the A & W behind the motel.
The A & W was closed to indoor eating, but we could order
at the drive-through. Only problem was that we walked
from the motel and the drive-through would not
recognize bodies. So, I walked back to the hotel,
got the car, picked up Bob and the kids,
and we drove through to order. Then, we were
able to eat at the table outside the restaurant!
in Waterloo, dedicated to the five Sullivan brothers
who died in World War II.
The brothers insisted on being on the same ship.
When the ship blew up, four brothers died immediately.
100 men survived the explosion, but by the time help
arrived, only ten were left, but not the fifth brother.
A plea for Women's Suffrage
Matthew, 12; Annika, 11, holding Mary Kate, 1;
Grace, 10; Cecelia and Lydia, 9; Luke, 5.
Ari and Mary Kate
One for each ear?
Rub-a-dub-dub: three girls in a hammock
Trina was hoping that her peonies would still be
blooming for the Grad Party on Sunday.
Relaxing on the front porch while
some of the boys played ball.
The family across the street said the kids could
swim in their pool. They have quite a menagerie
of really cute pool toys!
The swimmers return for supper!
Growing up...
some of the Pringles we gave her!
