If it seems like the posts have dramatically slowed.... it does to me too.  Here's the deal.  I'm doing everything I can to hold it all together.  Kids, driving, fixing the RV, visiting, touring, dog, eating....  By the time evening...

I turned to Evie {seriously}, "If those monkeys get in here, you are going to throw your ice cream and run like hell.  Got it?"  Evie, with large eyes {equally seriously}, "Yes mommy.  Got it.  If those monkeys come in...

"Aren't there big dinosaur things to do out there?" This was my mom's gentle, persistent way of asking for the 100th time when we were finally going to do some dinosaur stuff. I get it. North Dakota/Montana... exactly the right...