South Dakota!

South Dakota is by far my most favorite place on the entire earth. I was so stoked to be able to go back this year and take Carter and Savannah to all my favorite places! This year we went with my family and our family friends the Nelson's!

The first day we went to a diner for lunch in Hill City.

Next we went to Bear Country!

When we went into the gift shop, Savannah came up to me with this bear she had found and said "We buy this Mommy?" It was so stinking cute I couldn't say no!

That evening we went to Rapid City to play some Mini Golf! The last time we were here we discovered this Miniature golf course and it was the bomb.com so we had to go back!

One of the employees there came out and gave Savannah this Pirate hat and a bag that had an eye patch, pirate and flag in it! They also let her pick two golf balls to keep! They were awesome! It made the whole experience even better, we will definitely be returning! :)

The next day we went through Custer park! The view of the Black Hills is gorgeous!

At one point we stopped to feed the donkeys!

Selfie with the Donkey. These two are weird...

Buffalo!

Next we went on Needle's Highway where you drive through very tiny tunnels and eventually you come to this rock formation that looks like the hole in a needle!

The tunnels! Only one car can go through at a time. 

Next: Mt. Rushmore!!

Next we went to a Pizza place in Keystone for dinner. They had this map up where you could put a pin on where you're from!

Ours is the small mint colored pin!

The next day we went to see the Badlands!

Then we stopped at Wall Drug. It's basically a mall with tons of different Souvenir shops!

This is where Papa bought Savannah her adorable Moccasins! Thanks again Dad! :)

The next day we went to Sylvan Lake and went on a hike all the way around it!

For those who don't know, Sylvan Lake is where they filmed part of National Treasure 2!

Later that night we went to Keystone again for dinner and did a little more shopping!

Savannah loves her new sweater!

Savannah loved this loft where Aunt Emma and Grace slept in our Cabin. Whenever we were there she would demand to play up there. It was adorable. :)

We LOVED South Dakota and can't wait to go back!

Well that was our trip! We had a blast and thoroughly enjoyed our time with the Nelson's and my family. :)

Trip to San Diego!

So this year for the 4th of July we went to visit family in San Diego! My Uncle had the opportunity to go through the San Diego Temple and we were all invited to join him so we went with my family for a quick getaway! 

The first night there we of course had to go to our favorite Sandwich shop!

Happy 4th of July Y'all!

We got to spend the 4th at Mission Bay!

Savannah had a blast playing in the sand! We were even able to collect more seashells for her collection!

We had a BBQ while we were there! 

We were in the perfect spot to watch the fireworks at Seaworld!

The next day we went to the San Diego Temple! It was gorgeous and is definitely one of my new favs!

I love my Eternal Family!

Next was a stop to our favorite Taco shop in Lucadia!

Then of course we had to stop at the t-shirt shop. For those of you who don't know basically the only shirts my family will wear are San Diego shirts from this shop. They're the best!!

This is the restaurant my Grandpa used to own. We come here every time we're in town! We love the BBQ pit!

My delightful plate of food. I took oodles of pics to send to Jacob to make him jealous. ;)

Well that was our quick trip to San Diego! It was a blast and we have a lot of fun every time we go. I can assure you this won't be our last trip there that's for sure. :)