After work/school on Friday, we left for South Dakota. We tried taking the route that MapQuest instructed to. Through northern Nebraska, it was okay. There were a few oddities, but we were making good time. Then we came to the border and there was a really cool bridge we got to drive over...and then things starting going silly. I was extremely disappointed in MapQuest's knowledge of rural South Dakota! So after several turn-arounds, the road turning to gravel, then being washed out by a river, and the animals we nearly hit--two skunks, a LOT of deer, a chicken, a dog, and some brown animal that kind of looked like a beaver or badger or something...we finally made it to Scotland, SD in 5 hours! Jolie did so great (considerably better than me!)
We stayed at Josh's Grandma and Grandpa Buechler's on Friday night and on Saturday she prepared several amazing meals! The guys also did some housework and I'm not sure what happened exactly, but somehow a hole was drilled through the kitchen floor. :) Josh's Aunt Cindy and Uncle Kevin and Tyrel also stopped by which was super great, except that Jolie was super crabby because sleep was not on her priority list this weekend...at all.
Saturday evening we headed into the bustling town of Scotland and stayed with Josh's Grandma and Grandpa Pedersen. Apparently Josh's grandma was trying to fly and fell while working at the church that afternoon and we convinced her to get it checked out. So while Lori and Bernice headed to the ER, Jolie thought it would be best if she stayed up (and screamed) to support Great-Grandma until she got home...
Grandma Pedersen did return without any broken bones, but we were on watch to make sure she took it easy the rest of the time. This was no easy task because she also thought she needed to prepare a feast! Although we considered tying her down, we were able to convince her to do some resting as well, no tying required. :) Since we were all up so late, we didn't even end up going to church for Easter services, although you can bet we were all saying our prayers, thankful that Grandma Pedersen was ok!
So I still put Jolie in her Easter dress because I thought it was adorable! :) Of course I might be slightly biased...
The weather finally cleared up and we were able to head outside to do a little egg hunting. Although I think Jolie thought dumping the eggs out was way more fun than trying to find them!
We decided to try another route on the way back and it was much better (although the bridge between the border was not nearly as cool!). It took us only 4 hours to get back and we even picked up Mr. Petey who had been at Grandma and Grandpa Dibbern's house over the weekend. Although he had an awesome time, he was pretty excited to see us!
We are so thankful we got to see so much family over the weekend! Jolie was also very happy to show off all of her walking skills and I had help chasing her! Bonus!
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