it's a work in progress: Road Trip: Family Style (Part Two)

Okay, so the rest of the times are all made-up because I was driving and didn't want to tell Husband to write down everything that was annoying/pleasing to me because 1) I would look super crazy and I like to limit that and 2) He totally would not have cooperated.... But you know what?? It totally didn't matter. The kids were awesome and well-behaved (Can I get a "Whoop-Whoop"??). We arrived in Jamestown around 11am. Brandon woke up as we neared the Buffalo...

Here's my girl -- she dressed herself today and put on boatloads of jewelry, so she could be pretty for "Grandma 'Raine." I thought the sign was hilarious.

Brandon thought it was funny too. Here he is holding Rufus the Puppy.

I had only been to Frontiervillage (Frontier Village?) once before. I remember it not being spectacular, but I definitely did NOT remember it being CREEPY. Please check out the tranny mannequins that my family is posing next to...

One cool thing was that there were HUGE horses giving rides down and around the buffaloes. We didn't go on those, but Brynn did give the little ponies a whirl. We paid our $3 to have her walk in a circle for 2 minutes --- she walked to the pony, freaked out and refused to go on. Then a girl about 1/2 her size got up there and put B to shame. She then decided that she could do this, and she got up there with her fatherly escort.

Here's my girl, already turning heads... (immediately following this picture, Jeremy felt the need to confirm that it is indeed a boy buffalo).

Brando got a bit fussy at this point as it was time to eat. We met my mom and stepdad at McD's for lunch (they got on the road a full hour after us, but had miraculously caught up) and Brando had his first chicken nugget. I was pleased and grossed out at the same time.

After lunch, I remember saying "OMG -- we only have 99 miles to go! Even if the kids start to freak out now, we only have to listen to it for an hour!!" Luckily, it was not a jinx and all family members (except for yours truly) ended up napping until Bismarck. Yippee!!

We rolled into the capitol city about 2:30 pm on Saturday and stayed until Monday morning.

Here are some "bonus-pics" from our return trip through Jamestown on Monday:

I told Brynn to stand by her brother and smile. She immediately went to sit down and struck a pose. Um, okay...

She wasn't scared of the ponies this time!

We had to tell Brynn that this was a girl cut-out for her to pose...

One of my favorite pictures... Jeremy was trying to hold up both kids, and I kept waiting for Brynn's head to get stuck, but we just HAD to have this picture. I'm not sure why...