Turkey Day in the Black Hills

The Zyrieks loaded up and headed out to Rapid City, SD for Thanksgiving with Gary's mom ("Gammy"). The girls were so excited and talked about the trip for weeks. Anna was thrilled that we had a trip to Mount Rushmore on the agenda. Caroline was just excited. Gary and I were ready for some downtime. What none of us were excited about was the 8 degree temps when we got off the plane!! The first two days were very cold with wind and below zero wind chills. It warmed up nicely by the weekend. We had a nice Thanksgiving meal with just the five of us. Gary and I headed into town to watch the Iron Bowl on Friday since Gammy does not get local channels (I even called Directv and tried to beg but still no dice!!). The girls saw "Tangled" with Mary during the Iron Bowl. Saturday was our trip to Mount Rushmore. Anna had learned about it during their postcard project in her 2nd grade class and was ready to see it in person. We had a very nice trip. Lots of good family time. Lots of naps and lots of smiles from the girls as they enjoyed Gammy. It was a great Thanksgiving weekend!!

6am is EARLY, but all are ready to go!!

caroline is ready for some snow!

a little snow was big fun for a bit for the girls

snow angels on the deck

gary and caroline on turkey day

playing around while the chefs prepare lunch
anna sharpening her dance skills with the new kinnect

gary during the first half of the iron bowl...stressful!!

the happy auburn fans AFTER the iron bowl!! war eagle!!

sweet girls ready for mount rushmore

the zyrieks at mount rushmore...showing some auburn pride

the girls became junior rangers at the end of our visit