mount rushmore and little house on the prairie

Okay... I had to share a pic or two with you of our trips in SD this month. We tell the kids that they are getting in on some pretty good field trips! :)

One stop we made this month was to Mount Rushmore. Benjamin thought it was the bomb and we're thinking maybe we'll go back sometime in the winter?? We went there the Saturday before we spoke in Lead, SD.

Another weekend we spoke in Watertown, SD and decided to swing down to the Little House on the Prairie in De Smet, SD. We're not that far in the books, yet, but you still get the idea! :) The kids had a blast there making jump ropes, corn on the cob dolls, petting kitties, and riding ponies! We did recognize some of the things from the books, too... The kids loved seeing Pa's fiddle and of course, the covered wagon...


Both those churches were lovely places to stop, on top of getting to be tourists, too. We have enjoyed being a part of the SD churches. It's fun to be a part of a church family for a day. And always fun to get home to our church family, too. Now we're blessed to have two church families again... here in Williston, and back in Grand Forks. I love the church body of believers!

September crazies

Okay... so I just noticed there's not posts from me in the month of September! We've been so busy that my prayer request for my girlfriends was basic... sleep. Heh.

We've moved from Grand Forks, ND to Williston, ND, which is our hometown. My grandma (Bestamor) is living with my parents now since she'll be 100 in December! So we are living in her house. So this month has been a whirlwind of packing, moving, and finishing cleaning the GF house (check out is tomorrow).

On top of that, I have begun homeschooling! Whoo. I think things are going pretty good so far. We're getting a little bit of a routine going so that helps. We did one week here in Williston, one in Grand Forks, the next here... so that's been kinda wild. Yesterday the kids and I just got back from our last visit to our Burdick Court house. Kev is there tonight finishing cleaning and has a work meeting in the morning.
Kev's work has agreed to let him work from here and go back when needed, which he's thinking might be every other week... It's great that he got to keep his job and do that... but that, too, adds to all the craziness! He's still trying to get his thesis done and wrap up all his ministries at VCC. And he's gone out on the last two weekend itineration trips by himself... He's been in GF while we've been here most of this month! I think he'll be back for most of next week and we're hoping the month of October is a little less crazy for the Crawford family!!

So if you think to pray for us... we need sleep! :)

We're looking forward to October and to settling into more of a routine for the whole family.

On the up... we've been LOVING the fall weather and colors and just being outside. Some of the trees around here are just gorgeous.

And Kev would probably tell you his up... he got his motorcycle license! Now he can say to me, "Wanna ride my hog?" Heh. My dad has been lending him his motorcycle as well as a buddy of his back in GF. My wild bike riding Kevy bear!


There's the month of September in a nutshell for you... Now I'm going to bed!