We are back from our Fourth of July Vacation. We went to South Dakota with my parents and My sister Melissa. Russell had so much fun playing with his cousin Trevor. We stayed in a cabin located in the Black hills. It was so beautiful. My dad arranged for us to do so many neat things. We went to Badlands national park, Wall Drug, Mount Rushmore, Flintstones amusement park, Bell Fourche Rodeo, Devils Tower, Historic D.C. Booth Fish hatchery, and Reptile Gardens. Here are some pictures of our vacation:

Here we Hiked Devils Tower. It was one of the most amazing things that I have ever seen. In the middle of all these rolling hills and mountains is this really strange formation. It is sooooooo big. It is actually the inside of a volcano from a really long time ago.



We went to a museum that had all sort of neat Fossils. I couldn't believe how big this croc was!



I had to post this picture. It is the best smile Landon has ever had.



We went to this really old amusement park that had a Flinstones theme. It was really corny but the kids had a blast. Here is all the grand kids (except for Emma who was born July 3, 2008) with Grandma and Grandpa.



I love this picture I think Russell's look is classic. You want me to hug this thing?



This is when we are hiking Badlands National park. jake thought it looked just like Ferron. Here is Russell and Jake after they had climbed to the top of a big hill. Russell is saying Yeah, I did it!



Mt. Rushmore was really big! I love this picture of Landon. We had a lot of fun hiking around it and seeing all the history that had happened there.


Russell and Trevor Hiking in the Grasslands of South Dakota.



We watched Fireworks in Lead, an historic gold mining town. They had a great fireworks show over a huge open mine.



Russell had a blast playing with Sparklers for the first time. He did really good except for hand a sparkler to dad that was hot and Jake got a burn on his finger. But the kids had a lot of fun with them, Thanks Grandma!