About Memorial Day Weekend- better late than never!

Memorial Day Weekend actually had pretty lousy weather around here, but we managed to take advantage of Scott's 4-day weekend and have some fun together anyway. On Friday we drove through the rain and some pretty intense fog to a Glow-Putz mini-golf place. It took me a while to figure out what setting to use on the camera to get the best shots, and now I can't even remember for sure which one worked best! I think the first one was with the flash. And the second one of Andrew was the "night scene" setting, it actually turned out kind of cool, even though I had no idea what I was doing. The kids really enjoyed themselves, although they didn't really understand the whole waiting/taking turns aspect, they just kept hitting their ball until it finally went into the hole, regardless of whose turn it actually was. And of course they (Eden) also had a good time dancing to the music (sorry there's no sound- I still haven't figured out what the problem is, but I suspect its our camera).

does anyone know how to rotate this after its loaded onto the blog?

its not the greatest, but that's Eden dancing around on the right, Andrew's in the middle, but you really can't see him at all

We also made it to Sylvan Lake, in Custer State Park, on Monday I think. It was wet and cold most of the time, and Andrew protested in true 3-year-old tantrum fashion for the first 10 minutes (I almost turned around to sit with him in the van), but we made it all the way around the lake and the kids really enjoyed exploring the rocks with Scott. On the other side of this huge stone wall is the lake.

On Saturday morning, the weather was actually pretty nice and sunny, so we attempted to visit Old MacDonald's petting farm since we had paid for, but hadn't yet used our season passes. When we got their the sign said said "closed due to inclement weather" (a rather common phrase around here, even in the middle of the summer!). So, we headed back to town to Storybook Island. It was a little wet and muddy, but the crowds weren't bad. Andrew really didn't understand the whole 'posing' thing for this picture. Right about the time we were getting ready to go home for lunch, the "inclement weather" rolled in and they closed the park (lucky for us, not so much for all the people who had just arrived). All in all it was a great weekend!