Summer Trip: South Dakota

We headed on to South Dakota to visit my Grandma Della Mae. Unfortunately, she landed herself in the hospital before we got there, so we took over her hospital room and wore her out!  Surprisingly, Oscar only hit the nurse-call button once. Grandma is the toughest little lady with an incredible sense of humor - even after a rough surgery.  My Aunt Colette and cousin Brandi were there too to make for a great visit.

The minivan with the door open was our rental car.  This is what we walked out to after spending a few hours in the hospital (one of the kids had the keys on the way in and must have hit a button). 10 days worth of luggage for 5 people, my purse, laptop, etc. were all still there and untouched. Ahhh to live in a place where people treat each other right.  I miss South Dakota dearly!
Since it was lunch time, we had a quick parking lot picnic.  It took Oscar all of 2 seconds to pour out the entire box of goldfish.. and another 2 seconds for the girls to join him in stomping on them.  Rental cars are a great thing!

Our next stop was the Niederauers in Sioux Falls.  George is such a fun and busy boy - Oscar is just like him, just a year and half behind!  And Ainsley is an absolute sweetheart who let our kids steal toys from her the entire time without a peep.  I'm hoping the next time we are together she'll fight back a little more.

Will and Connie on our double date night out - a great way to finish our trip.  Well it would have been - we actually finished our trip with Lainey vomiting in her cousin's carseat again as we were pulling up to the airport to fly home... and then came home to a very warm house with a broken air conditioner.