Flying Kites in Chadron

Dance Party Video

Home Again

Here are Ryan and the girls enjoying a good book.

Jane is the one on the far right. Helen likes to put her baby and teddy bear in tummy time too. They don't complain nearly as much about it as Jane does. Probably because Helen is nice enough to put blankets on her friends. This is Jane living it up, she sure is fun these days.
Helen has come a long way in her kite flying ability as you can see below.

Our big challenge right now is teaching her not to walk towards the kite while holding on to the string. I have a sinking suspicion that one day we'll have to get the kite out of the tree she casually stolled up to. The weather changed this week and Jane got to try out one of her new pants/jacket outfits.

The Traveling Party

The end of August passed in a whirlwind of long drives and family fun. We've got a ton of pictures to share, so here are two slideshows to enjoy.

The first is from our trip to Waterloo, Iowa for Brice and Breann's wedding reception and dance party. We have some good video footage too, but that will have to wait.

The second slideshow here is from Grandma and Grandpa Hackett's trip to visit us in Chadron. It was a great time to have family come and see us, and we'll get the video up soon too.

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