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...

2011 Christmas Moments

Though it wasn't a white Christmas - not too many people minded considering the astronomical amounts of snow we have received the last three winters - it was definitely a Merry one! Following are some photos of some of our special moments this Christmas.

Our Happy Birthday Jesus cupcakes that Rob and Faith delivered to
Faith's teachers and therapists at school. 



Our little family

Faith enjoying a special visit from Auntie Barbara and Uncle Todd

Faith's new hat!

Faith finally reaches December 24th on her LEGO Advent Calendar!

Faith's personalized cupcake painting to match her cupcake room!

Riding along with Todd and Barbara on the way to Watford City.

The Lawlar family on Christmas Day

Happy to have Barbara and Amber join us as sisters!

Funny boys - Donnie trying to take a picture of the inside of Preston's mouth!

Me and Dad - 2 NDSU Alumni who will cheering for the Bison
to win a national championship in January!

A beautiful Western North Dakota sunset - the perfect ending to a wonderful Christmas Day!

We truly hope everyone had a safe, wonderful, joyous, peaceful Christmas this year and will have a very blessed New Year!

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  1. Wow - Faith, you are really growing up! It looks like you had a fantastic Christmas - and I hope the new year brings with it all yours dreams and wishes Xx

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  2. Hey Cari, it's Tes, I read your blog on Mom's computers. Neat pics and little story to go along with them. It was so nice seeing you and Thank You for the gifts you brought for the boys. They played with those Legos all day!

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