Minnesota 2011

We made our yearly pilgrimage out to Minnesota this past week. It was fun-filled for sure! We drove through the night on the way out which was nice for the kids, but tough on the parents! On the way home we decided to take it slow and drive through the day. It was a LONG drive with three little ones, but we survived. In Minnesota, we visited with Aunt Sandy and Uncle Jerry at their home in Plymouth. We stayed in a hotel and spent a lot of time at the pool. We also visited the Mall of America like we do every year for rides, Build A Bear, and Rainforest Cafe. This year we went to Como Park Zoo instead of the Minnesota Zoo so that was something different. They have carnival rides and a splash pad there so the kids had a lot of fun! Trevor went to a Twins baseball game with his dad. We ate at Dave and Busters so the kids could play games one night. And on the way home we stopped to visit the Jones clan in the U.P. It was a busy and fun week. I took over 600 pictures so here are a few of them to illustrate our trip.

Early morning breakfast stop

Brothers

Mom, Dad and Carson

Heading to a Twins game

Daddy and kids at the zoo

Teacups

Camden and Dad on the roller coaster

Enjoying the splash pad

Momma and her kiddos

The kids with Grandpa and Grandma Tkach

Mom and Camden on the carousel

Carson at the Mall of America

Enjoying some rides

With Diego and Dora

At Lego Land with Grandpa

Making their Build A Bears

Washing their bears

The kids with their Build A Bears

Crazy kids

Showing off their tickets at Dave and Busters

Swimming at the hotel pool

Camden enjoying a swim

Lauren was swimming all over the pool by herself

Camden playing with Uncle Jerry

Aunt Sandy and Carson

One of our many stops to play at a park on the way home

Carson learning to sit by himself

Playing with our friends in Manistique, MI

Mighty Mack (my pictures at night did not turn out too well)

Stopped to take pictures

Daddy and his kiddos

Having fun in the water