We just spent 3 days in South Dakota taking in the sights around the Black Hills. Our main reason for going was because Brayden has been asking for the last year or two to go and see "the president's faces carved in the mountain." So with his 5 day weekend, we picked up Aunt Stephanie (who served her mission there) and drove the 10 hours to South Dakota.
Since this trip was because of Brayden, I thought about ways to capture his 5 year old excitement and I decided it'd be best to give him my digital camera while I used my DSLR. That way we could have the pictures I wanted and also see what he was so excited about! For the rest of the posts from this trip, you'll see our pictures as well as posts from Brayden's pictures. Basically a picture overload!!
With Mount Rushmore being the main reason for going, we headed there first. We took in the view from the observation deck, headed below to the vistors center and museum, made a few purchases from the bookstore, and also helped the boys complete their requirements to become "Mount Rushmore Junior Rangers." This was easy to accomplish for Easton. We just helped him fill out the 4 page preschool booklet but Brayden being 5 years old was just in between the age brackets for each book! (2-5 or 5-9) Being our inquisitive child, he of course picked the older one! So it took awhile to fill in the blanks, complete a crossword puzzle and word search, and let him write and draw about his experience! But with only help from Google on one answer, we helped him finish it and the boys got sworn in as Junior Rangers! Brayden was SO proud of that badge he wore it all day and told basically everyone we came into contact with until we got home that he was a Junior Ranger! (The waitresses, rangers at other places, and the senior missionaries at Martin's Cove all heard about it!)
Here's some of what he took during the first part of our visit at Mount Rushmore:
There's lots of silly faces from him and those of us he wanted to take self portraits with!
He loved this picture of the guy hanging off by Washington's nose and Easton happily obliged when he asked him to stand by it for a picture!
He enjoyed comparing it's height to other monuments and sights.
The Sculptor's studio was closed for the season so this picture of what it looks like had to do.
Aunt Stephanie
Stephanie and Brayden
Easton with his Junior Ranger badge on his arm.
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