Faith's Monumental Visit to South Dakota

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When I received my niece, Sydnee's graduation announcement in the mail, I thought it might be the perfect opportunity to visit my brother and his family for the first time at their home in Spearfish. I also thought it would be the perfect opportunity to see Mount Rushmore, which I had never seen before!  My nephew in Nebraska was graduating that same weekend, and my sister Dawn and I tried to put together a plan where we could go to both of their graduation receptions. I knew though, that Faith would feel left out and would want to go, too. I also knew it was going to be difficult to find someone to look after Faith over Memorial Day weekend.  Our finalized plan involved Dawn traveling to South Dakota with me and Faith and then her flying to Nebraska by herself. Faith and I would then drive back to Bismarck by ourselves.  3 adventurous travelers  I must admit, as the trip got closer, I started to get a little anxious about how Faith was going to do with so much drivi...
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Our Easter Weekend

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I know this is a bit belated, but I thought I would at least post a few thoughts along with some pictures of our Easter Weekend.

It began on Good Friday when I took Faith to the library where Easter Seals had some fun activities planned for the morning. Faith called it an Easter Party. She saw some of her friends and had fun dying eggs. 

She also played BINGO for the first time ever! She kept saying "BINGO" even when she didn't have a BINGO. I think she just liked everyone's reaction when she said it!

Faith with the Easter eggs she dyed

Faith liked putting the grass in her bucket

It was a very good thing we got out when we did because as Faith and I headed back home it began to rain which later turned into snow. We had been planning on going to church that evening but decided not to go out in the cruddy weather. Saturday was bright and sunny, so we celebrated by going to the China Star!

On Easter Sunday, we actually made it to church by 9:30 a.m. I think it is the first time we have ever made it to church that early! The sermon was very good and although it lasted about 1 1/2 hours, Faith did great through the whole thing.

After a pit stop at home it was off to a delicious dinner with some friends. It was wonderful and Faith especially liked the fudge swirl vanilla ice cream that she had for dessert. I couldn't resist the cheesecake with raspberry sauce and Rob tried something new - wild rice pie.

After yet another pitstop at home, it was off to do some serious kite-flying. Faith had picked out a Buzz Lightyear kite and couldn't wait to get Buzz flying! The wind was a little strange as it would blow then suddenly stop then blow again then change directions. It made it a little challenging to keep our kites in the air. 

Buzz did great at first but after a few crashes he just didn't want to stay up in the air. It was great fun, nonetheless. We'll have to get Faith a new kite and go kite-flying again.

At one time, Faith let go of the green handle and since Rob was wearing rollerblades, I was the one who had to go running after the kite!

Kites flying high!

All in all, it was a very nice and blessed Easter weekend as we celebrated the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior!

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