Halloween!!! McKay in his Jumbo Plumber costume. Lincoln dressed as an American Indian complete with headress his father made, and Lauren and Justin. We are all at the trunk or treat our ward. Lauren and Justin planned for this weeks in advance. She and her mother made her costume and they had fun shopping and planning for their trunk. Do you see the witch stuck under their bale of straw??? Heeeee Heeeee Heeeeee

One of our stops in South Dakota was to Crazy Horse Monument. This monument isn't nearly done, though it has been worked on steadily for years. The Native Americans felt like they would like a monument to one of their heroes kind of like Mount Rushmore is to America. This monument is HUGE. Much larger than Rushmore. It was really inspiring to hear the story of the men and family who continue to work to make this a reality. They only work with private money, no federal money even though federal money has been offered. There was a lot of American Indian artwork and handiwork to look at it was interesting. I wonder if they will ever finish??? Time will tell.

In August 2006 we drove across the country to Utah to move Halley out to college. The only time I got my camera out was in South Dakota. Getting Halley set up in her apartment, helping her look for jobs and visiting relatives just was a whirlwind. Leaving Halley in Utah was really hard to do. McKay, especially had a hard time with it. It will be awesome to see her again at Christmas time. The guys have a camp scheduled in December and McKay doesn't want to go because Halley will be home and he doesn't want to leave with her home. Anyway . . . . . . South Dakota was the only place we remembered we had a camera:) We really enjoyed this stop. They have a really nice visitor's center and a great pathway to hike up and get a closer look of Mount Rushmore. It felt weird only having the two boys with us. Our family is shrinking.