Happy Birthday Harper!!!

I'm a couple days late, but Wednesday our little girl turned 2! I don't know where the time has gone, it's as though I can remember the day she came into this world just like it was yesterday.  

To celebrate her big day, and our wedding anniversary (yay for 3 years!!) we decided to make a trip to the zoo!

Harper loved the lions and tigers, along with the fish and monkeys. Her favorite was walking over this censored mat in the aquarium. 

She definitely was not a fan of the snakes or frogs! It was a great day and so fun to see her reaction to the different animals. Unfortunately it did rain the majority of the time we were there but we made the best of it! 

Harper has brought so much joy to our lives, I can't imagine any day without her. She is quite the talker these days and earning the "terrible two" title slowly but surely :)  I certainly wouldn't have it any other way though!! 

This weekend we will celebrate with a Minnie party!! 

Camping fun!

We got to spend this past weekend at the lake! We had lots of fun camping! Harper loved being outside, going for walks and to the park!  

On Saturday, we went to Riverboat Days, Yankton's celebration. Harper got to have her face painted like Minnie! She is a huge fan of Minnie!!!

Shay even got a matching face! 

That afternoon we went to the beach. Harper was crazy in the water!! I heard countless times, "let me go". She was quite the dare devil. I had hoped for a girl that loved water and she certainly does! Too bad our days of swimming for the summer are counting down fast :( 

We are enjoying a relaxing day at home before I work tomorrow night. Harper starts a new daycare so I have a little bit of anxiety over this week's work :/ 

We made cupcakes today and someone had quite a ball with the frosting. 

Vacation!

I'm a little late posting the rest of our vacation, since coming back we have stayed very busy. We had a great time in South Dakota! 

On the way out, we stopped at the badlands. Harper loved trying to climb the rocks.

We got to drive on some neat roads and see lots of animals! 

Harper loved the buffalo or "cows" as she called them, even trying to touch them! There were a ton passing on the road we were driving on, so we got to see plenty! 

Harper loved getting dipped into one of the lakes we stopped at! 

Of course, we had to go Mt. Rushmore! 

A few of us got to enjoy a helicopter ride as well, grandma and Harper had to miss out on that one. 

Harper wanted to ride on the horse, but once it started she couldn't get off fast enough, daddy was a good sport and rode with her!!

Thankfully, we hit nap times with our longer road trips perfectly! Harper did so much better with the car ride then I ever expected! It was a great vacation!