We're Still Here

A miscarriage, a baby, starting the MBA program at BYU, another shoulder surgery, bought a house, a hip surgery and moved to Minneapolis for the summer are just a few things that happened since the last time I posted. I know it has been a while, but I thought I was blog about our summer adventures while here in Minneapolis - one to remember all the fun things we did and two for our family and friends who want to know.

The Drive.

We heading out Thursday, June 12 for our long 19 hour drive. We packed as much as we could fit into our little compact car, but still couldn't fit everything. :)  Our first stop was Cowboy Donuts in Rock Spring, WY. One of Dallin's buddy from the MBA program started this company and we had to see what it was all about. Not sure what Hadlee loved more the donuts holes or running around.  

The only other stops we made were quick stops for food or to fill out with gas. Hadlee did AWESOME in the car! She only slept for about an hour but was happy the whole time. Dallin and I started playing a game during the drive – counting the dead animals on the side of the road – we lost count there were so many.  We really wanted to visit Mount Rushmore National Park before heading to our hotel in Rapid City. We started heading toward Mt. Rushmore around dusk, I just got done saying we should be careful and keep are our eyes out for deer, when a deer jumped in front of our car. Dallin was super claim in the situation and slammed on the breaks missing the deer by inches. My heart was racing for the next 20 minutes. Once we got to Mount Rushmore we took our time taking pictures and letting Hadlee run. As we left the park we saw six deer on the side of the road eating, so of course we had to stop and get a picture.  

Friday the 13 we finished our drive to Minneapolis. It was pretty uneventful – Hadlee had another great day in the car. Our apartment wasn't ready to move into till Saturday so we spent the night in a hotel. Hadlee enjoyed getting her energy out by going swimming then cuddled up next to Dallin to watch some Baby Einstein.