The wind blows in Burns, WY!! We slept in Boe's back bedroom and one night we had 60-70 mph winds. We thought the house was going to blow away!
The next morning Dan was up on the roof attaching new shingles. Come to find out, their homeowners insurance guaranteed the shingles only up to 40 mph winds, so Dan became a roofer! He must have done a good job because, even though the wind blew most of the time we were there, I don't think he lost any more shingles.
The wind kept picking up their trampoline so Jill, Terry, and Dan went and took it apart. I thought it was going to blow them away before they got the job done. The movie pictures I took of it are really something!
Kamber had her 8th birthday on January 5 so we got to help get ready for it. She wanted a karaoke birthday party (she got a karaoke machine for Christmas) so we found some shiny fabric and put together some hip-hop dresses.
Jill decided to put one on and practice with Kamber. Again, the movie pictures are much more entertaining than these snapshots! They are both pretty good singers!
Dan's mom and dad, Dave and Aris, came for Kamber's baptism. They invited us to go with them up to Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota since we had a couple of days before the baptism. We jumped at the chance since we had never been there before. We had a fun trip and got to know them better.
Our first stop was at Crazy Horse. It is on an Indian reservation.
The Indians are carving Crazy Horse, sitting on a horse, out of the mountain. They only do as much as they have money for, and then have to wait until they raise more money. It is taking them quite a while to finish it, but it will really be something when it gets done.
As we round the corner, coming to Mr. Rushmore, there is a profile of George Washington. The first few hours of dark in the evenings it is lit up. They say it is quite a site!
As you go up toward the mountain, there is a column of state flags--one for each state and the date that state joined the union. It is pretty impressive.
We found the Idaho state flag.
All of the trails that take you up the mountain close to the carvings were closed so we weren't able to go up them.
It was amazing to be there at Mt. Rushmore, after having just seen pictures of it all our lives. Here are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. Each of the eyes of the Mount Rushmore presidents are 11 feet wide. Each of the noses are about 20 feet high. Each mouth is about 18 feet wide. The total carvings of their heads are about 60 feet tall and it took 14 years to carve them.
About 90% of the rock was removed with dynamite blasts. In the museum you could push the plunger and simulate a blasting of different parts of the mountain. Terry felt like he was part of the creation as he blasted away!
We stayed one night with Dan's sister's family. Here are Aris and Dave with Candy, Dash, Sport, and . We thank them for their great hospitality!
Kamber had her birthday party. We made "microphone" cupcakes for the occasion.
The girls sang karaoke, wearing all of the hip-hop costumes! They got bling rings and stylin' sunglasses!
The reason we stayed so long at Jill's (2 1/2 weeks) was to be there for Kamber's baptism. I got to make her dress after she picked out the fabric. She looked really cute and Dan did a great job baptising and confirming her. We are really proud of her and were so glad to be part of her special day.
We were ready to get back to our little Condo and I am sure Jill and her family (especially Boe because he gave up his bedroom to us for all of that time) were ready to get back to their normal life. We had a great time and, with a little help from drugs, Terry and I flew back to Arizona!
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