We hadn't seen my Grandma Ruby and Grandpa Laverne in a long time--since before Brahm was born, so we decided that Spring Break would be a good time go on a little vacation. The only problem? We left 80 degree weather and Kansas, and drove to Wisconsin, where we encountered TWO winter storms. Sheesh.
We had a great time anyway, and lots of fun memories to go with it!
We ate supper in KC at Fritz's--that was so fun for the kids! Joel ordered food on the phone...
Then, they watched as the food was lowered from the train...
We stayed with my sister, Courtney, in KC for the night and had a fun night walking through her neighborhood. Brahm enjoyed ice cream on his special place...the counter!
The next morning we drove up to Owatonna, MN to see my aunt and uncle, and then on to Wisconsin, to stay with my grandma. We passed through beautiful sunny weather, and then came Minnesota--where they had just had snow and ice that morning!
Stopped at the border of Minnesota and admired the large Vikings....and the large cinnamon rolls!
No trip to Minneapolis is complete without a trip to IKEA and the Mall of America, although we probably could have thought twice and decided NOT to go on a Saturday. Talk about INSANE crowds...
The Lego Store...
A random airplane guy...
BUMPER CARS!!!!
This poor little guy did lots of watching his big brother and sister....just wasn't big enough for rides!
Riding Blue's Clues...
Semi Trucks!
And this little one finally fell asleep the last 10 minutes we were there. And then was good the rest of the day....:-(
Brahm finally got to meet Great Grandma Ruby!
And here is a (really bad!) photo of the kids with Great Grandma and Great Grandpa. He was moved to a long-term care home this last summer, so we were thankful to see him for a while!
We had to take a little drive down to Pepin to see the Laura Ingalls Wilder House in the Woods. We've been reading Little House in the Big Woods this winter, so it was a perfect opportunity to drive by it. Too bad there was too much snow to get any closer!
This was the crazy snow that we drove home in....15 hours of driving....should have taken us about 10 or 11....
We were so glad to get away, but REALLY glad to drive into warm temperatures and sunshine Monday evening!
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