Our first real family vacation!! Or a mini one

So we went to Rapid City, SD this weekend and had a blast. We travel A LOT, especially for people our age with kids our kids' ages. It is something we love though so we don't mind spending money on it or going through all the hassle of dragging kids through the airport and all the crap that comes with it. It dawned on me though that since Beau was born, we have not taken a trip that was not for Brian's work or to see family. The thought sounded outrageous to me, but I couldn't think of any exceptions. So, we made an exception this weekend!

Rapid City is only 4hrs away and full of things to do, especially for kids. We went to a free, outdoor, Christian music festival, which was why we picked this weekend. We couldn't stay for the awesome 3rd Day b/c it was too late but we did get to see Matt Maher and Neworldson, both of which we loved. The bottom pics are of the boys at the festival. There was a river behind the music and the boys of course had a blast playing it in. You can see that they were great entertainment for other music listeners.

We also went to "Reptile Gardens", which was Brian's favorite place. We saw a crocodile show and lots of snakes. Yeah. We also went to a fun outdoor playground built by the local Rotary group called Storybook Island. Great place to play. Baker said he wanted to move there!

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This is a huge tortoise. Beau hugged him and petted him and then just kicked his shell. Very embarrassing, but they let us stay.

Bob and Larry attended the music festival and we got to meet them. Baker is a huge Larry Boy fan and so he was so happy to see them. If you don't remember from my Vegas post, Beau does not like large stuffed characters. They scare him, so he just stayed in the stroller.

The best part of the trip though was SONIC. People, it is so sad to live without Sonic. I think we went 4 times in 3 days and the boys LOVED IT. Mmmmmm. Nothing like a strawberry slushee or a limeade and tater tots. Do not take Sonic for granted!!!!

Anyways, it was very refreshing and just nice to get away and be together!