Mattmiller/Hollister visit to NE

Rick, Carol and Grandma Dorothy came out to NE to visit for a few days before Kylie started school. They got here Wednesday and had to leave Saturday, so it was a quick trip, but filled with love and fun. :)

On Thursday, we girls went to the salon to get our toes all done up. :) It was nice. I haven't gotten that done since before Sidney was born I think! My toenails actually still look as good as they did that first day......what is it about pedicures that make the polish seem to last forever? But manicures never last as long? Hmmm.

Anywho.....here are pictures from the salon. :)

 



Selfie with Sidney

Selfie with Kylie

Sidney wondering when on earth is it going to be her turn?!

I sent Kylie over there with my phone to get a

picture of Sidney getting her toes painted.

This was her first salon experience. :)

I love that you can't see her in the chair except for her legs sticking out. :)

 

Kylie's turn....at least you can see the top of her head sticking out. :)

 

drying her toes!

 

On Friday we went up to Rapid City so that Grandma Carol could spoil the girls with some back to school shopping. :) Kylie got tons of new clothes and some new shoes....got all ready for school. Sidney even got a pair of shoes, an outfit, some jammies and a new jacket. They both got spoiled good.

We also stopped at Cabela's for the boys so they could pick up a couple more things they needed for their WY hunting trip in October!

Kylie also got her ears pierced as an early b-day present.....but I'll make that a separate post.

 

I didn't really take many more photos. But here are some from the last night and day. It was so hot while they were here we didn't really go out and see anything. Just hid in the house! :)

 

trying to pop a water balloon on her head.....it was a lot harder than

you'd think!

she eventually got it...

playing with water balloons grandma and grandpa filled up. :)

 

Itty bitty water balloons....they just enjoyed throwing them on the ground

and making them pop that way. :)

 

The night before they left, Rick helped Mike put together the girls' new bunk bed. I'm still not sure what possessed us to agree to getting a bunk bed....I'm still learning to like it.....but they seem to be cool with it and Sidney transitioned well from her crib-toddler bed to the big twin bed. :)

The only picture I have of their bed....

with Terra checking out all the slats!

 

Morning snuggles with great grandma

Breakfast!

Grandma Carol let Kylie pick out whatever she wanted as her

birthday present....she picked out one of those fairies that you

can fly around with your hand. :)

 

 

hanging out

Kylie reading to everyone

Great Grandma and the girls

Grandma & Grandpa & the girls

 

It was a wonderful visit and can't wait to see everyone again. :)



Dawes County Fair

I took the girls to the county fair this year......and I don't know if I want to go back next year....
It was pretty sad and even the kids rodeo was focused more on little kids that own horses. :( They did do stick horse races, but it was just my girls and one other little boy who had stick horses.
We did go watch the pet companion show and the goat show because we know a couple little boys who were showing things (who we got the kittens from).

We tried to watch the youth rodeo one night, but not even halfway through Sidney threw a giant fit about which bathroom she had to use, and I gave up and called it a night. :)

Unless Kylie wants to show one of the kitties in the cat show next year I'm not sure if I'll take the time to go to much of it....but anyways....here are pictures from our visit this year.

Sidney getting shown how to do the barrel races

Run Back!

She loved doing it!

Kylie's turn at the barrel races

The family that had the other little kid doing stick horses also had their older

kids doing the races with one of their horses. They asked if Kylie wanted to ride him

for a min. So their mom walked the horse around for Kylie for a couple minutes and

let her sit on him for a little while.

It was really nice of them!

Sidney doing the goat race. ---pretty much you ride your horse up

to the goat, and you are suppose to grab the goat and get the tie off

his tail....they held the goat for all the little kids to make it easier on them. :)

Got a video of Kylie getting the tie

 

The girls waiting in a trailer full of straw with all the other kids.

There was a bunch of coins dumped in with the straw for the kids to find.

Looking! It was SO dry and dusty and there was straw flying everywhere.

Neither girl lasted long...but they each got a few coins though.

 

 

After going home and cleaning up from the little kid rodeo...we changed and went back to eat supper and watch some of the youth rodeo....until Sidney threw her fit that is.

 

This kid.....

I only have pictures of Kylie eating.....oops. :)

 

enjoying cotton candy....I think she forgot she's had it before.

 

I shared with them.....it was delicious....

but so was my funnel cake!

 

 

 

MN Vaca - Part 2

Well, the last couple days of our week long trip were spent in MN at my grandparents house. It was nice to be back there and spend some time with them.
The girls enjoyed spending time with them too and seeing some new things.

We got rained on during our s'mores attempt and ended up making them inside. :)
We got rained on while picking cherries, but the 6 of us managed to pick 5 lbs of them anyways. (so my grandparents can make some wine out of them!)
The girls loved the giant tire swing, the giant teeter-totter, all the different birds at the bird feeders, yelling at the squirrels that were in the bird feeder and the so cool stairs that go straight into the basement.
I got to watch my grandpa bottle some wine, which I hadn't seen yet, so that was neat.
It was an extremely short visit, but it was fun.


Here are a bunch of pictures from our time in Wadena.

The naughty squirrel

 

 

I guess my grandparents picked this up in Wall, SD when they were

out visiting...but Kylie thought it was the neatest thing since, according to her, "looks

just like them!"

 

Sidney watching great grandpa prep bottles for wine

Filling bottles with wine

 

Sidney loved sitting out on the deck and playing with all of great

grandma's pine cones. :)

 

nothing's better than fudgesicles on a hot day

 

 

we 3 girls also loved watching the helicopter spray the potatoes

that were across the road.

refilling the tank

more playing with pine cones

riding with great grandpa out to the cherry trees

 

helping pick!

She was so proud of herself for picking so many berries. :)

 

 

Good Morning

Heading home!