The Old Fashion Photo....or 2 ....or 3

Well, we are still visiting family in the Black Hills. The weather has been more like April than June, so we have been limited on our days that we can go outside to play! I still love playing tourist with my kids and being lead around by which ever family member draws the short straw for the day....... but we have had to modify our activities because of all the rain.

One of the things I really wanted to to while we were up here was get an old fashion photo taken. Just happens that is something we can do on a rainy day...... First time up in Keystone we had Marc and Cassie get a photo. It was so fun to see those two all dressed up. Cassie loved her dress and wanted to buy it..... Marc loved holding the guns and a whiskey bottle...... but complained that they didn't even put anything in it. I don't think he was hoping for whiskey...... just to look like he REALLY had some whiskey. After all, how tough is a cowboy that has an empty whiskey bottle?

Well after Cassie was done charming the photographer and Marc was done charming all the bystanders, we ended up with some really cute photos.
Now it continues to rain more and more ever day. Marc and I got to go to Deadwood on Saturday with Rhonda and Hali. While Cassie stayed home and watched her grandparents. Not only was it rainy, but very chilly on Saturday....... and since we are not big gamblers we had to find something fun to do in Deadwood. First Rhonda came up with this great idea while I was looking in one of the many gift shops. We should all get funky hats to wear while we walked around Deadwood....... after all it is raining. Really we had a blast with this, and I think Marc has decided to wear his for all special occasions.
I guess we got so into the dress up thing and our choice we limited to do in the rain so guess what we did?????? We had an old fashion picture taken!!!!! The place was really busy, and we had to wait, but it was so much fun. Marc was such a good sport. He was game to do pretty much whatever we wanted, but when the girl was trying to dress him and couldn't find a jacket to fit the length of his arms she called him "orangutan arms". All in all we had more fun getting ready for the photo than having photo taken. It just did not compare to the place in Keystone...... and there prices were outrageous!!!!!

The next day my brother-in-law Marty got back into town, so we decided to head back up into the hills. Mom stayed home to cook..... and Dad to watch mom cook. (He says this does not happen often and didn't want to miss it!) The kids and I went with Rhonda and her family. All plied in my new Suburban!!!!!! (So that is what all the seats are for.) Of course it was rainy and we had to look for indoor activities. We went to the National Presidential Wax Museum, which was very interesting, but then we went looking for something else to do. Hmmmmmmmmmmm, I have heard these old fashion photos are fun to do!!!! I know you are so thinking NOOOOOOOO! Step away from the studio. But no, we wander on in and get all excited about a new idea we have. After all now there are 6 of us, and who knows when we will be together again. We had a great day, and the photographer was the same one that was so good with Marc and Cassie. All in all we had lots of fun even though it rained. And now I have some great photos to add to my wall at home!