We have had a very busy, very successful Labor Day weekend. I'm pretty sorry to see it go. The weather has been beautiful, we got a lot accomplished, and we had a lot of good family time.
On Thursday evening, the kids went out to Jim and Barb's for the evening since they didn't have school on Friday. We dropped them off at the farm, and then stayed and ate supper and visited for a while. It was a beautiful evening to be outside. The kids were excited to be out on the farm, and they enjoyed driving the honda, spray painting, and playing at the new park at Lake Vermillion while they were out there.
On Friday evening, the kids stayed again at Jim and Barb's so John and I ran to Costco and Walmart to buy some necessities. We ate supper at Pancheros, and then we headed to the Levitt to see Tonic-Solfa. It was really fun to see that group again, and it was another gorgeous evening to be seeing some live music. We had a fun adult date night.
Saturday was one heck of a day. We woke up around 6:00 am to get packed up and pick up the kids on the farm by 7:00 am. Then, we headed to Huron to go to the South Dakota State Fair. We all had a really good time at the fair. We walked most of the fairgrounds, spent some time with the Hinners, saw Emma's projects, and got a lot of freebies. It was also "Thank a Farmer" Day so there was a free pork loin lunch. We also watched Gavin and Carter do their Robotics presentation, and then just had fun exploring the fair. The kids did really well with all the walking and crowds, but they were hot and tired by the time we left. Emma did really well on her projects. She got two purple ribbons, and two blue ribbons. She was pretty proud. We finally left around 4:30pm, and enjoyed some air conditioning and being able to sit down for awhile.
We ate some supper in Mitchell and stopped at Cabela's on the way home. We made it home by 6:30pm and got unpacked and settled back at home.
Sunday was a catch-up at home day. We went to church, and then we took Emma's bunk bed apart, which was quite the project. We took it apart, carried it into the garage, and then cleaned Emma's room from top to bottom before rearranging and setting up the room the way Emma wanted it. It was a pretty task, but it took up a good chunk of the day. John eventually moved on to mowing the lawn and cleaning the garage, while I finished up her room and also cleaned Elliott's. The kids also found a new neighbor girl to play with names Chloe, so they spent most of the evening playing with her. We ended the evening with a nice walk around the neighborhood on another beautiful day.
Today was a fun Labor Day. We started with a really good brunch of pancakes, eggs, sausage, and potatoes. Then, we decided to pack up and go hiking at Pallisades State Park. The kids really enjoyed the trails and climbing rocks. We had another really beautiful day, and we stayed at the park for a solid 2 hours and worked up a really good sweat. We stopped at Walmart afterwards for some birthday gifts for this coming weekend, and then we finally made it back home. At home we did some tasks around the house, ate some delicious Teryaki Chicken and then played some soccer with the kids in the yard before calling it a night.
We had a really, really busy weekend. But, it was so much fun. The kids really enjoyed themselves, and it was nice to do something different this Labor Day weekend.
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