Vacation, Day 1

We survived day 1! All the kids were great little travelers, including Megan! We left Mandan by 8:30 and arrived at Livingston, MT at 9 pm. We took our time, stretching our legs at New Salem (for a geocache), Medora, and Billings. The boys got t-shirts in Medora, thanks to Eric's bloody nose-it was easier to buy a new shirt than dig through the back of the van for the suitcase. We were all excited to go to Zoo Montana in Billings, and were disgusted to learn in the parking lot, outside of the zoo, that the zoo closes at 4 pm (it was 4:15). Thankfully a local who was also with disappointed children directed us to a fun playground, where the kids burned energy for an hour before dining at Denny's. The boys were super excited to see mountains for the first time on the way from Billings to Livingston. Megan was thrilled to see cows. We are all tired and ready for bed, and excited for what tomorrow will bring!

Tattoos and frogs

Amy, Jason, Laura, and I all enjoyed a mid-life crisis together and got tattooed at Dead Rockstar in Fargo. We are wild and crazy people! Afterwards, we had a BBQ at Laura's house, where the boys enjoyed playing with frogs.

Major Award

We received notification early this afternoon that Eric won a major award. He was the winner of a coloring contest at one of the local grocery stores. He was ecstatic.

Company

We enjoyed a visit from the Moody clan over the weekend. The kids had a jolly good time playing together in the backyard. We went to the Capital A'Fair yesterday, toured the Heritage Center, and enjoyed a pizza cruise on the Lewis and Clark Riverboat. Today we have very tired children, and a very tired Mommy.

Black Eye

Megan got her first black eye on Saturday. She had an unfortunate run in with her ring stacker toy.

Last Day

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."
-Dr. Seuss

Today was my last day at St. Alexius. Loved being a rebel-I wore open toe sandals, no socks, capri pants, parked in visitor parking, and vandalized St. Alexius property by writing "Lisa was here" underneath my desk. Enjoyed a hot evening on the river at Meriwether's Deck with co-workers/wonderful friends. I was wild- 3 glasses of Diet Coke and 2 glasses of ice water.

Child vs Tree

The tree won. Jonathan did his best to climb a tree today. He failed, and his punishment is shown on his back.






In other LaFleur fun, the kids enjoyed playing in the pool and slip-n-slide this evening. Our neighbor joined in on the fun for a bit, too.