Greatest Show in the West....

First trip to the Medora Musical and it did not disappoint!  As a matter of fact, they liked it waaaaay more than I thought they would.  Ryker wants to get season tickets next year and go every Wednesday and Sunday (kids nights) and he wants to do the backstage tour.  Who would have thought?

 

 

They got to go on stage during the show and sing the Star Spangled Banner with the cast.

 

 

They really liked it when it got dark and they lit up the hillside.

The next day we hit up all our favorite tourist spots in Medora.

We rolled through the Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

It was hot and had already been a long day.  The bison were hiding from us and there was a lot of road construction slowing down the drive.  Needless to say, Kya was not thrilled.

There were quite a few horses, but she complained that they were too far away.  She needed a nap bad!

 

When this guy falls asleep, it means we've been going too hard for too long.

 

 

There they are, but they were pretty far away. 

Ryker woke up on our way out of the park wondering when we were going to see the bison.  Maybe next year if you can stay awake long enough.

Stole Ourselves a Baby!

After Keaton's baptism, we rolled back to Wibaux with one extra.

We had snow cones on the deck.  Little K, just liked the ice.

He watched Ryker and Kya pork out on popcorn while heading for the fishpond.  Don't worry Kara, I was sure to tell Ryker if he dropped any on Keaton to pick it up promptly so he didn't choke on it.  Just kidding, I was way more worried than Kara would have been.  Ryker got a lecture about the do's and don'ts of sitting next to Keaton every time he got in the car.

He was a awesome big cousin.  He sang to him, got him toys, rubbed his head, let Keaton hold his finger, and fed him bottles for days as we drug Keaton along on our adventures. 

This bike riding thing is exhausting!

Just give me the ball already Kya! 

I'm done with you teasing me with that ball.  I'll crawl when I want to!  I'm going to go pull this blanket off the big guy on the couch.

Breakfast on the deck

One of Cosmos' only trips to the top of the deck the whole summer.  He probably had to check out if the new kid was going to drop a lot of food on the ground.

Fishing on Beaver Creek with Colten. 

Or swimming....who knows.

Keaton is asleep in the tall grass behind me.  I didn't get many pics of his adventures because I was always holding him up or carrying him, but I assure you, he had a great time.  He barely got upset and went with the flow on everything we did.  He got to ride his first horse, sit on a pig, swim at the Wibaux pool, go fishing, go to the park, and the library, and a lot of other stuff I'm probably forgetting because I didn't take any pictures, but best of all, he gave Ryker and Kya a chance to be big cousins and babysit.  They loved it and I'm pretty sure he did too.

Then she showed up to take him back and ruined it all!