Today was just absolutely beautiful. After many days of heat and very high humidity in the Sioux Falls area, the temps and humidity were much lower. Everyone was up on time and ready to leave the house by 9:45 a.m. Dave preaches at a little country church, so we needed to be there a little after 10:00 a.m. for the Sunday service.

Since the day was so nice, after lunch we decided to explore of couple of the beautiful parks in the area. Our first stop was McKennan Park. The guys were planning to throw the football around while Amy and I looked at all the beautiful flowering plants. That idea got squashed as there was a wedding taking place in the park. We didn't think they would have appreciated a football flying around. I could see why people would chose to have their weddings in this park--the flower beds and lawns were spectacular and not a weed in sight.





From here we drove across town to another park the kids new about. There we ran into another wedding, but that one was just finishing up. The kids finally managed to throw the football and run off all their excess energy. Grandpop had to be content just sitting on the sidelines watching most of the action. We told him he is on the Injured Reserve List.


When everyone was finally worn out, we loaded into the van. After a quick stop for gas and another at Papa Murphy's for pizza, we returned home. We spent a pretty low key evening. The kids had to get to bed a little earlier as they start school tomorrow. They really have an early end to their summer. Our kids up home don't return to school until after Labor Day. John and I will be hitting the road early tomorrow morning with a few planned stops along the way.