livi goes to school

We decided to send Livi to mother's day out this year. She's in the 2/3 year old class with her cousin Cohen and her buddy Levi. We are sending her twice a week. So far I believe she loves it! She asks to go all the time. When I picked her up the first day her teacher said she had a great day but they couldn't get her to sit down for any period of time!! ha! I guess I should have warned them that she is a busy body!

Some pictures from her first day.

summer summer summertime

To say its been a busy one would be an understatement. We have been going non-stop around here at the Giddens household. So far this summer we have:

Celebrated a second birthday and got some really cute pictures taken of our cute little girl.

Went on vacation to South Dakota with NieNie, Pa, Aunt Amber, Uncle Jesse, Hannah, Cade, Aunt Abbey, & Uncle Chris. Where we saw:

The Badlands

Stopped at Wall Drug and found a really neat chapel.

Mt. Rushmore

Woke Livi up from a nap so she could play with the animals at Old McDonald's Farm.

Road on the 1880 Train

Spent another day in Hill City looking at the trains and shops.

We drove on some very narrow and curvy roads with tunnels cut out of the mountains.

We saw lots of these:

We went to the Mammoth Site and saw, well, mammoths.

We went to Prairie Berry Winery.

Woke-up every morning to this.

and this is just half of it.

to be continued.....