No drama today, thank goodness. Only one stop - Lake McConaughy in Nebraska. My little water babies just wanted to be in the water all afternoon. They would have stayed over night if we had a tent!
We did have a little excitement (if you want to call it that). About an hour into our trip, the cords came loose on our luggage rack and everything went flying down the freeway. Luckily all the suitcases are tough and survived all the banging around. Not so lucky for my big tub containing all my "toiletries" (make-up, shampoo, curling iron, blow dryer, etc). It SHATTERED!! And several cars behind us proceeded to run over all my stuff despite their best efforts to avoid it. I'm just glad none of it went through their windsheild. So we spent about 45 minutes playing frogger on I-80 salvaging what we could.
This is all that's left of my BRAND NEW blow dryer. It was the worst hit. We did salvage a few things, though pretty much everything is covered in road rash. So a trip to WalMart and $200 later we were back in business.
After following our very confused GPS around Rock Springs for awhile, we finally found this nice little park to have lunch. It has a water play area (Gateway style) that the boys had a blast playing in - mostly Jarod cuz he's my water child, but we did convince DJ to at least get his feet wet.
There was even a gigantic slip and slide set up for the kids to play on.
Jarod was soaked! 
This is Jarod's new puppy. Who can say no to this cute little boy face when he is begging for his very own puppy? He even cleaned up dog poop for two weeks without being told so he could prove he was "responsible enough" for his very own dog.
Hershey is a Cockapoo/Shi Tzu mix. He is a little fur ball who will only get to be about 10 pounds or so. He is such a good little puppy. Sleeps 10 hours a night. Plays with the kids all day.
Can I tell you how hard it is to find a small black dog in the house? This pic doesn't really show, but he kind of blends it really easy. We looked for 15 minutes before we found him here curled up in Jarod's clothes. If he hides in just the right place, he blends in with the shadows.
He thinks he is Mr. Tuff guy. He always hassles Jo ey. Joey is very patient and gentle with him, but he will knock Hershey over if he gets too pesty. Here he is playing Tug of War with Lindsie's hair. His little "growl" and "bark" are so cute.
Two cute little dogs all cuddled up.
Oh man. I am tuckered out!
Wow, that is some DEEP snow. Can I tell you how hard it is to walk in snow that is waist deep? We didn't end up walking very far from our snowmobiles.
I didn't get these pictures in order. Oh well. 
This is my friend Bob. We built him right by the river. I would guess he is still there, but pretty buried in snow!
Some very attractitve head wear! But what a cute couple!
Do I look awesome or what? Who says I am old . . . (shut up Jason)
