2024 Summer Road Trip Dickinson/Medora

On Sunday, we drove from Fargo to Dickinson.

Along the way, we stopped to see the World’s Largest Buffalo Monument.

There was an old time frontier town.

Harper checked out the church

and rang the bell!

In Medora, we went to the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

Harper was a big help with the tripod 😁

While driving though the park, a huge herd of bison

crossed the road right in front of our car!

There were at least 100 of them!

We saw lots of prairie dogs too.

TRNP was really fun!

That night, Harper was very excited to 

have the hotel pool all to herself!

2024 Summer Road Trip Sioux Falls and Fargo

We started our road trip on Friday night.

Driving through Council Bluffs, we had to

stop at Fazoli’s for dinner!

We saw the most beautiful rainbow!

Harper’s tummy was full and it didn’t take

long before she fell asleep.

The next day, we explored Sioux Falls.

We started with a trip to Flyboy Donuts!

Then we checked out Falls Park.

The waterfalls were so pretty!

Harper loves Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives so we ate at one of the featured restaurants, Look’s Marketplace.

Harper picked the chicken lo mein.  It was so tasty!

We did some shopping and checked out the downtown Sculpture Walk.

On our drive, we hit so many bugs that we had to stop at Walmart and buy wiper fluid.

When we found out that the World’s Largest Dilly Bar was 10 minutes from our Fargo hotel, we had to venture into Minnesota to see it!

When I was a toddler, my family used to go to DQ for Dilly Bars until one day I announced, “I hate dilly bars!”

We skipped the ice cream

because we wanted to check out 

Scoop n Dough Candy Co.  

They have lots of flavors of edible cookie dough.

We got a flight of cookie dough with 8 different flavors!  Our favorites were peanut butter cup and lemon cookie.
We spent some time relaxing in the hotel pool.

The next day, we tried another Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives restaurant called Pounds.

Of course, Harper picked the Mac & Cheese which she

said was “the most delicious food I’ve  ever eaten!”

Ashley’s sandwich was so huge, she had to employ Guy Fieri’s famous hunch.

We had such a great time in Fargo!

Art Show 2024

Tonight was the art show at Kearney Middle School.

Harper had several pieces in the show.

This was her flower of life

radial symmetry project.

She also had a Van Gogh design art history project
and a landscape oil pastel project showing the sunset.

During the art show, Harper was chosen to work at the

Positive Messages table where people could write or draw encouraging messages for the students 

who will be new at KMS next year.

I was very proud of her artwork and also because

Harper was chosen as Student of the Month for April!

Great job Harper!

Spring Break 2024

We started off Spring Break with 

a girls night out with Meghan and Sicilia Donze.

We went to Rush Funplex and 

had dinner at 54th Street.

There was bowling

and mini golf

a giant foam pit

and go karts too!

During Spring Break we decided 

to try the new Duck Donuts.

It was fun to watch them make our donuts!

The weather was nice, so we hit the park.

We got ready for Easter

and celebrated cousin Todd’s retirement from Ford.

Aunt Christy and Ashley were here for Easter!

Harper loved her new Nikes in her Easter bag.

Harper has been wondering “what they have to eat at Waffle House”

so we spent the last day of Spring Break 

checking it out 😂

Now Harper knows all about Waffle House!
We didn’t get to travel for Spring Break, 

but we still had lots of fun!

Harper’s 13th Birthday!

We made it home from Cancun with plenty 

of time to celebrate Harper’s 13th birthday!

She opened lots of presents

and we sang Happy Birthday!

I hope all your birthday wishes come true!