A Few Things

Well, it's been a few days.  There hasn't been much going on here, but we've had a little fun.  Like I said last time, the girls were at YMCA camp from Tuesday-Friday. They had the best time.  It has been really hot up here (for South Dakota) so they walked to the pool every day and enjoyed swimming.  In fact, we are headed out to the pool in a few minutes.  It is really hot up here (should be 97 today), but should be back in the 80's tomorrow.  I know, it's not Texas hot, but there was actually a lot of humidity yesterday, so it really felt like home.  In fact, we did something yesterday that we have never done before.

Never in my life have I purchased a window unit.  You know, we're from Texas, where everyone has central A/C.  Not the case up here.  We looked at 3 different stores yesterday, and finally found one at Lowe's.  There is only one small window in the apartment that goes up and down. All of the other windows slide, so you can't put an A/C in those.  Believe it or not, it really works.  Yes, it's small, but with all of the windows and doors closed to the outside, it is actually cooling off the apartment.  Who knew??

Yesterday we spent the entire day in Rapid City.  We took the girls to see Madagascar 3, and we really enjoyed it.  Jason also got the oil changed in the Jeep.  This is something he has only done ONE other time in his entire life.  Jason likes to change the oil himself.  But, when you are 1300 miles away from home and don't have everything you need, you pay someone.  In fact, the mechanics laughed at us because our Jeep Cherokee is only 2 wheel drive.  Now that doesn't mean anything to me, but apparently all Jeeps in South Dakota are 4WD.  They said that only Jeeps from Texas are 2WD.  HA!!  

The other day, Julia and I tried a Spinach smoothie. It is basically my Peanut butter-banana smoothie with some spinach added to it.  I actually enjoyed it, and I really couldn't taste the spinach.  Julia enjoyed it at first, but then decided that it wasn't her favorite.

Julia also spent several hours making a straw house.  I bought some straws that were so cheap that it was hard to drink the smoothies.  So I found some better straws and let Julia use the cheap ones to build.  She is so creative and just loves to make things and always puts forth so much effort.

We all played basketball the other night, and somehow I got a shot of Jason in mid-air!

The girls have also been riding their bikes.

Julia has also found a new interest in bird-watching, just like her Daddy.  They are looking through a bird book.

Yesterday, we also bought the girls new baseball gloves.  They are both practicing throwing and catching, and really enjoy it.

Well, we are headed out to the pool.  I hope you are all staying cool during this heat wave.