Old Stompin' Grounds

Friday morning, June 19th we got up, got everyone, including the girls, packed to go to Pierre and then on to Brookings for the weekend. We got to Pierre around 3, and stayed out at Tom's new home! What a great job he has done building, painting, and eventually making it a home! Gunnar got to see Uncle Cullen, and Nathan's cousin, wife, and their kids! It was a fun, but fast time together. We got up on Saturday to get a good start to Brookings. The girls, Libby and Jade, stayed at Tom's in Pierre, which made the trip a little easier! We love our girls to death, but it's funny how Gunnar is the most important person in our lives now! We made it to Brookings around noonish and met Mom and Dad for lunch at Pizza Ranch! It's the best one in the state, according to us-ha-so we had been looking forward to that meal for awhile! After eating, we got checked into our hotel, left Gunnar with Mom and Dad, and then headed to Flandreau where the wedding was in a huge Catholic church! Chet and Stephanie had a beautiful day to get married, and what a fun celebration it was!

After we stayed at the reception, and shared a few dances together, we decided to take a drive around campus, which is after all, where we met almost 7 years ago! Of course, this girl had tears as we drove past our Hansen Hall which is where we met, and started reminiscing about the good ol' days together. I was 18 when we met, and Nathan was 19. After that first couple days together, we both knew that some day we'd get married and have kids. We went past where we lived, the barn that spent SO many hours at riding, roping, and drinking with friends. We went past the park we had lunch and breakfast at a few times, ALL the places we ate at, the halls we had class at, the sidewalks we walked together, and all the other places that we spent time at together. Oh the memories! The campus is growing and changing just like everything else in life, so it was crazy to see how much money has gone into the campus in the last 3 years we've been gone! Here is where we met! I took pictures our dorm rooms, we both lived on the 3rd floor when we met in October of 2002. There was usually a sign reading Hansen Hall, but the letters were taken down, we were bummed!

We got back to the hotel room where Gunnar wasn't getting spoiled at, at all! HA! We had some yummy Casey's pizza ordered, and finally around 11 or so, we all went to bed. Thank goodness Gunnar slept good there, and I ended up getting a good nights sleep since he only got up once to eat!

Here is Grandpa Jerry with Gunnar! They had a lot of fun together!

Here's Gunnar with Grannie Annie, all snuggled in on Sunday morning! They look so cozy!

Father's Day was yesterday, and after getting everything packed up from the hotel room, we went to Perkins with my parents to eat! Gunnar slept, which usually doesn't happen when we go out to eat, so it was so wonderful getting to have a yummy breakfast with my parents! We said our sad goodbyes and went our separate ways. We had a long trip ahead of us, but had to stop at Pierre to get the girls and tell Nathan's parents Hi, so it was a nice break once we got to Pierre. We got home around 8:30 last night, and still feel like we've been hit by a train!

Our newest update with Gunnar is in the picture...Smiles for Mom & Dad!! :) On Thursday he will be 8 weeks old already! We love our little guy! I'll end with this, and if you are having a rough day, hopefully this will put a smile on your face!