Minnesota

To begin our family vacation we headed up North and over East to go and visit family in Minnesota. It was about 19 hours of driving. But we had a great time visiting Mike and Dana's family (Rob's brother).

It was pretty scary when we stopped in North Dakota and the family got chased by a gigantic buffalo.

Then Addison almost got eaten by the Wampa at the Star Wars exhibit in St.Paul.

You know these pictures of being attacked might be more believable if Addison wasn't smiling all the time.

Here we all are at the Stars Wars exhibit in St.Paul at the Science Museum. This was mostly for Parker's benefit. But as you can tell by the next picture I think the older "boys" enjoyed as well.

I'm not sure what Mike and Rob are doing in this picture. I believe they are trying to seek wisdom from old Yoda. "Help them, it will not" says wise Yoda.

Then it was off to the Children's Museum. Children of all ages as Mike and Rob joined in all the fun.

This picture speaks for itself.

I did already mention this was a "Children's" museum...right??

"THE BEACH"

The next day we headed off to spend the day at a nice man-made beach they have near Mike and Dana's home. Here is Parker taking it easy in the water.

Parker and Lauren.

Jessica and Addison.

Addison in her favorite "rainbow hat"

Well, this catches you up on the Minnesota part of our trip. Tune in next time as we continue on down the road to Nauvoo, Carthage, and Winter Quarters.