**Disclaimer: this is
going to be a long one
August was another incredibly busy month! We had 2 trips and
2 sets of visitors, van trouble and the start of school.
Let’s just say it: I am an awesome wife! No really, I’m awesome and I’m really good at
gifts. I think I have a knack for
finding and thinking of things that are unique and cool. That’s my intro for the beginning of August
and Aarons’ birthday.
Last year Aaron was deployed. The year before that he was on
a plane headed to water survival school in Florida. I decided it was time to celebrate and
celebrate right. I had recently been
talking to Landon Rasmussen and he mentioned that he and Shadley had ticket to
see comedian Brian Regan in Ft Collins on Aug 8th. That got me thinking. How cool would it be to surprise Aaron with a
trip down to Colorado to visit the Rasmussens and see Brian Regan?
**Let me insert that I am also REALLY into surprises!).
I wanted to do this on the sly so I called
the clinic and got Aaron’s schedule cleared without him knowing, called Poon
(37th commander) and got the leave paperwork finished and then
packed us all up. To throw him off the
trail I brought in lunch to the clinic as the “big birthday to-do” then waited
for him to get home. I had to get home
first so I could load the van and get the kids home (I pulled them out for a
half day). The clinic stalled Aaron for
another 30 minutes and then he came home.
We told him to change and get in the van. I had already gone to Common Cents to get
drinks and gas up the car. Then we all got in and started driving. I made it to Hermosa before he started asking
questions. I had a birthday card filled
out that he was getting the gift of “Leave” for his birthday. It was so much fun!! I really outdid myself. (We even stopped at The Pizza Place in Lusk
for the worlds best pepperoni pizza for dinner).
*Sweats Ville Zoo:
*Present time:
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| Knife Belt! |
While we were in Ft Collins the big kids planned and
executed a wedding for Jonas and Ainsley.
They all dressed in blue and purple, Alex played the piano, Luke read a
scripture, Quinn officiated, and Sydney and Lily did decorations and Camryn
made the wedding portraits. It was
amazing how thorough they were, having never been to a wedding before.
*The wedding:
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| Bachelor Party playing H-O-R-S-E |
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| Wedding Portraits |
We got home and 2 days later my Uncle Jeff and Aunt Pat
passed through on their epic summer road trip.
*Mt Rushmore
*Crazy Horse (and lunch at Alpine Inn – not pictured)
*Ellsworth Plane museum
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| B-1 |
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| B-52 |
Because it sounded like fun, we planned a trip to Park
City.
*Independence Rock:
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| D V Herbert July 8, 1897 |
*Martin’s Cove:
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| Sweet Water River memorial in view of the Cove |
*Tye Dye night:
*Family Fun Center:
*Alpine Slides:
And for the most awesome ending to a great trip, I hit a
deer with our van. It was terrible!
*Stupid Deer!!
Reports came home on the first day of school that Camryn had
gotten in a fight. I still have never
gotten the whole story but what I can piece together is that a 1st
grader called Camryn a baby and she pushed (and yelled?) back. I will probably never actually know but it’s
a great story all the same.
*First day of school:
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| the fighter |
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| Camryn, Ainsley and Jayda Bhonenkamp |
Seriously? Will the
fun ever stop? Cami and Ethan came to visit. This time, we went to Devil’s Tower and then
a great Mexican Restaurant where the wait staff actually only speak Spanish!
*Devil’s Tower and Guadalajara’s:
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| At Guadalajara's in Spearfish, SD. Amazing Mexican food! |
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