This morning we went to church in Rapid City. There are no Anglican churches in Rapid City, so this time we went to one of the local Lutheran churches, and found a sense of family there. People welcomed us with opened arms!
Sunshine and the boys made instant friends, and even Kiara put aside her shyness for a second and talked with some people.
Some folks had lived in Rapid City their entire lives, some people had kids in college in Brookings, all love living in South Dakota and welcome families moving in.
Living in South Dakota means likely joining up with the Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church, and we are wrapping our minds around that.
We were planning to go to the Hills Alive concert in Rapid City at night, and until then, we had a lot of laying around and doing nothing to do. The kids raided the s’mores supplies and ate Ramen noodles while we took naps. Parents of the year!
A realtor here gave us info on a few properties to look at, so we headed out to see some possible areas we might like. One was near the airport with possible water on the land. There were cows and prairie grass farms everywhere, and cute little farm houses. Any of these could work well. I remember the time I sold a landlocked piece of property in California, just 3 acres, to a couple who had money to burn, and the selling price was $350,000. Here, 20 acres of bare land goes for less than that.
Rapid City has several open spaces where people gather for all sorts of outdoor events. This state in general does things outside in the summer, presumably because you are shut up inside for 3 months of the year while it snows. Unless you have snowshoes and a snowmobile. Then life never stops.
Kiara and Sunshine almost immediately headed as close to the stage as possible since they knew and liked the singer Mandisa. We arrived just in time to hear her, and not a second sooner. I think the girls would have like to spend the entire weekend at the concert. Maybe sometime in the future they can do that.
This is what the boys thought of the entire affair.
We finally wised up and handed the boys some cash. They came back with funnel cake, water, and cotton candy. Such a healthy snack! Did I mention that we are parents of the year?
Atticus did find some friends to play with. He could make friends with a family of jackals. We timed it, and from the time I sent him off to find a group of kids to occupy his time, it took him 14 seconds to be involved in a football game. Judah and I were amazed. It takes Judah 58 seconds to solve a Rubix cube.
It takes Atticus less time to make friends than for Judah to solve a Rubix cube. There must be use for those kind of skill in the job market!
Before the night was over, Judah and Atticus were high up in a tree, and other boys were trying to follow. Some moms let them, some did not. No moms told my boys to come down, no helicopters came hovering around. Blessed South Dakota.
It turns out that Brandon has the flu, so his disinterest in the concert was somewhat less disinterest and more general malaise. This is going to get fun fast!
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