The Mount Rushmore state

This weekend the boys and I traveled to Aberdeen, SD to see our friends in the Mount Rushmore state. Zachers was awesome in the car... for about the first 3 hours of the trip. :) Hey, that's better than I thought he'd do.

Once we got to Aberdeen, it was pretty smooth sailing. I was worried about Zach sleeping in the same room as us. Not necessarily for nighttime, but for the naps. To my surprise, he did great. The only trouble we had was the last night of the trip when he didn't get to bed until about 11:30 p.m. and it wasn't until Jamer took him for a drive that he finally fell asleep. I think he was having teething trouble. :( Poor little Monkeypants.

The weekend brought lots of fun times for us. We went to an Aberdeen Wings game (AAA hockey), we got to see ALL of the people we wanted to and we also got to take Zach for his first swim!

The first swim wasn't exactly what we expected. They had just cleaned and re-filled the pool, so it was pretty chilly. We had the place to ourselves, but it was pretty cold so we didn't stay long. A couple days later, we went again and it was like swimming in bath water. Zach loved it. He splashed and giggled the entire time.

All in all it was a great long weekend. We're happy to be home and sleeping in our own beds, but we sure do miss that Aberdeen gang.