May 20th Storm

If you are new to my blog you will find out that I LOVE storms.  I will post many pictures during the spring and summer of the amazing storms we have here in the Northern Hills.  On May 20th we had a cool storm.  It looked (and smelled) like hail so we put the vehicles in the barns.  Surprise, surprise - the hail amounted to nothing worth talking about.  I think we'll go ahead and put the vehicles in the barn every storm!

 This cloud was looking very suspicious.  It did look like funnel for a bit, but by the time I got the camera it decided to behave. 

 Those are HUGE rain drops!

 I really love when you can see a storm moving across the sky.

Rain to the north and clear(ish) skies to the south.

That appears to be a wall of rain!

Bear Butte

I continue to be in awe of the beauty of Bear Butte!

South Dakota Sky

Bear Butte in April

This is why we can't have Easter egg hunts outside.  It snows in April.

Isn't Bear Butte beautiful at sunrise.

March's Moon

The moon on March 30th was beautiful!

Bear Butte - Sunsets and Fashion Accessories

Sunsets are always my favorite time of day.  I know I've said that before.  I'm normally not awake for the sunrises, but I'm sure I'd love them too.

These pictures are from June 8th.  The sunset that night was amazing.  I just couldn't catch the true color with my camera.

 Here it was starting to get darker and the colors were more vibrant. 

We don't have many trees around our place so seeing deer is a rare treat.

This picture was from June 10th.  I love how Bear Butte is always changing looks and uses the weather as fashion accessories. 

Storms!

Storms from the middle of May:

May 17th

May 18th

May 22nd

May 31st

Notice the line of rain falling by Bear Butte.

The line of rain moved just a bit.

Easter at the Bestgen's

 Blase's Minion egg

Let the kipping contest BEGIN! 

 The last egg standing without both ends cracked belonged to GIANNA!

THE WINNER!!!

We told her she had to do dishes.  She wasn't buying it.

Then 30 of the eggs were made into deviled eggs - which were pretty much gone by the evening. 

 A WHOLE bunch of kids went to check cows with Peter.

 Luke and his kids, along with a few cousins, played baseball.

 Some serious game playing happened during the day.

 Watching them play cribbage with such big cards was so funny.

More than one card was dropped.

 Ben - love that smile and those eyes!

Sweetest bunch of cousins!

 Grandma laid a blanket on the floor for a "boat".

 The little girls were all over this idea!

 
Kiara has her puppy go swimming in the water.

 Grandma told her to not let her puppy shake off the water in the boat because they'd all get wet.

 So of course Kiara did it.  Of course.

 Grandpa Roch was the "rock" the boat hit.
Yes, we are that corny.

 Gianna and I went over to our friends' house for bit.  I ate reuben poppers that Cris made.

I also had one bite of jalapeno popper that was delicious but too hot for my tastes and drank a couple glasses of wine.  I also had a piece of pie and our lovely host, Ana, sent me home with a plate of pie for the others.  Gianna played with her friend, Mary Helen, and had a great time.  They were planning the next time they got to play together before we even left.  What a great way to end Easter.