butterflies everywhere!

If you like butterflies, I've got the perfect place for you to go. The Sertoma butterfly house in Sioux falls. It has tons of butterflies that will actually land on you. It is so crazy. On Saturday morning, I met a friend at the butterfly house. We have never been there so I thought it would be fun to take the kids there. We had to see the fish in the tanks first which is pretty cool too ( in 6 months or so they are going to have sting rays that you can actually touch). After the fish viewing we went in to see the butterflies. At first, the butterflies weren't really landing on us, but they were still flying around and kind of crazy. After you take their food away, they start to fly around more and land on you. There are some pretty cool looking butterflies and some that are just huge. There was one that had big black spots on it that looked like eyes and that one reminded us of a bat the way it swooped down and around. The kids had a blast running around and trying to get butterflies to sit on their finger. I was with Lisa Kats, and her daughter, Abby, was taking off her sweatshirt cause its like 80 degrees in there, when a butterfly landed on her and it kind of freaked her out so she swatted it..... lets just say the butterfly didn't look too good after that, but it was still kind of funny.
We had a great time just sitting there watching the butterflies!

On Friday after Ellie's half day of school, we headed to Sioux Falls for Sioux falls Christian's homecoming festivities. There was a parade that we watched with floats and cars and horses. Each class had a float or walked in the parade. Then it was craziness with inflatable slides and such and games in the gyms for the kids to play. We went to watch the boys soccer game and then later the football game. When I was in high school we didn't have football and sorry to say it shows now( they lost!). But as the school grows I'm sure they will improve.
Its kind of sad to go back to homecoming and have it not be basketball like it used to be when I was in high school. Times change and so does the school.
It was a good weekend and the girls had fun! This coming weekend is Mark's birthday(friday) and then its hunting season, and my parents 30yr anniversary, so once again we are going to sioux falls. At least that way I have something to do while Mark is gone in the woods tracking bambi!
Here are a few pics from the butterfly house!