Needles Highway

We did a little sight-seeing while at the Hills for the Noem reunion.

My mom lives out there so we stayed a few extra days and spent some time with her and roaming around the Hills while she was at work. Chad and Me

Jeremy and Stephanie, climbing rocks along Needles Highway


Chad climbed the rocks on Needles Highway with Courtney.
Me....I just watched and took pictures, it is safer that way!

Chad and me....a pit stop along the Needles Highway

*It was the evening of this day the we heard about the kid that had been bitten by the rattlesnake in the Hills and about how many rattlesnakes have been spotted this year out there....YIKES!

Harley riding at the reunion

Uncle Larry had his Harley at the reunion. A few "choice" people were allowed to ride the Harley.Sharon (Chad's mom) getting a ride from Uncle Larry

Uncle Larry giving Chad some instructions....it had been YEARS since Chad had driven a motorcycle.

Chad....getting to drive!

Breakfast at the Cabins

Saturday morning the the aunts and uncles from East River made breakfast for everyone. I took my camera and snapped a few shots at breakfast.

Uncle Rollie and his grandchildren, Lucy and Simon

Uncle Larry and Grandson Jayce

Cousin Rich with his niece Eloise

Aunt Sally, Aunt Avis and Al...flipping pancakes to waiting plates.

Brad, Rob and Bryon, catching pancakes.

A game of "Family Feud" was held on Saturday after breakfast. It was a team of the sibling vs a team of nieces/nephews. The questions pertained to things on Grandpa Cliff and Grandma Betty's farm, traditions, foods enjoyed by the Noems, traits of Noems etc. It was a fun game and I learned even more about the Noems and we all had some good laughs.

Family

A few pictures of family at the family reunion.Our family....Stephanie (Jeremy's girlfriend), Jeremy, Courtney, Chad and Me

The Noem siblings with Uncle Leroy and Aunt Rozella....
Harley, Avis, Larry, Leroy, Rozella, Win, Sally, Al and Rollie



Al and his family....(except Kassidy and Kristi)

Al and Sharon and their boys....

Bryon, Chad, Al, Sharon and Brad

More pictures to come.......

I am back!

We are back from the family reunion/vacation! We had a great time and I took lots of pictures but a little too tired to do anything with them yet tonight. I will post some when I get a chance.

Fencing

Here is what happens when you have had LOTS of rain and it's probably a little too wet to be fencing.........

You get the tractor stuck trying to get across the creek!

Jeremy came to his rescue with the "bigger" tractor and pulled him out....but we still had to finish the fencing.

Reunion

This weekend is the Clifford and Betty Noem family reunion (the 7 children of Cliff and Betty and their children and grandchildren...no great-grandchildren yet). Cliff and Betty are both gone now but the siblings have continued with the reunion (it was actually started years after Cliff passed away). This reunion is usually alot of fun as the Noems are a pretty fun bunch of people. I was blessed to have married into this fun and loving bunch of people!

This years reunion is being held at Hill City in the Black Hills. We are all staying at a cabin site and gonna do lots of laughing and reminiscing. There will be close to 70 of us there so it should be a good time!