Day 3 - Minneapolis

Day 3 we spent the first half at the children's museum. It was fun until about an hour into it...suddenly hundreds of kids showed up...and it was so crowded. Oh man...sooo mannnyyyy kiiddss.

 Cuties :) They were all super happy.

 Isn't Jacob's smile just so contagious. I can't look at him without feeling how happy he was to be at the children's museum. Love that boy.

After a quick nap at the hotel we headed to Lake Harriet to meet Greg's cousins. Alan, Alecia and Nora. It was such a joy to be with family. I cannot believe we haven't made the trip to see them before. It was so fun to joke and be with them. At Lake Harriett We began by seeing the little elfs house! What a funny little door! It was in the very bottom of a tiny tree. You can write letters to the elf and he will write you back. We are going to try it.

 We went to the sculpture gardens.

 Aren't they cute!

Poor Nora came down with the flu and they spent quite a bit of time taking care of her. Once again we went home super tired. We still had enough energy to swim....but the kids looked like this the entire evening!

Perhaps my favorite times of our vacation or those quiet tired times when you are trying to sleep and 4 kids jump in your bed!

 Kate would not keep her feet off Sabrina's face.

 Ha Ha! Funny Clara and her hair.

Day 2- Minneapolis

This day we spent at the Como Park Zoo & Conservatory. It was completely Free & 100% AWESOME! The zoo was fun. It had giraffes, gorillas, zebras, lions, and many other wonderful selections. We enjoyed it so much we forgot to take any pictures. I loved the Conservatory especially. Every cold place should have one. I think flowers are therapeutic to long cold winters. Maybe Greg and I can build one in our side yard ;) A Very small one.

 Next we went to St. Paul's Cathedral. It is the third largest Cathedral in America. It was really cool. It lacked pictures of Christ but I suppose most Cathedrals do. It was interesting to talk to the kids about the differences of Mormons and Catholics. The kids really understand our gospel and see how what we do just makes sense. It was nice to see their testimonies of the truths that we believe in.

 It was huge. Greg and kids are standing by the door on the left.

 Greg liked this window the best. It was a good opportunity to talk about who holds the keys to the priesthood in our church and how they are living people.

 In the basement of the cathedral they have a replica made of legos. Cool!

 We were so tired of the activities of the first half of the day we had to sleep in the car for awhile before we could continue. Greg drove us to our beautiful temple and we took a cat nap. It was closed for cleaning so we didn't get to do a session. After spending so much time at the Cathedral it was nice to see our temple and think of how sacred it is inside.

 As if that wasn't enough we headed out to the Minneapolis museum of art. It was 2 gigantic floors of art displays. Once again it was completely free to the public. Target's first store was built in Minneapolis and as a thank you they completely fund the art museum. It was an interesting experience with little ones. Katherine only set off one alarm :)

 I had photo bombers that kept jumping in the picture! Funny kids. The dog was Greg's favorite part of the museum.

After this...we went home...ate dinner...and CrAshEd. We found ourselves too tired to even swim.

Day 1- Minneapolis Trip

For spring break 2014 we decided to head to Minneapolis and see some of the sites there.  On the way we found a place worth taking pictures of!

I had no idea that Clara had her own city. Yay for her. Too bad it wasn't the prettiest of places...just your average small town...but still fun.



The first place we went to was CHICK FIL A! Followed by hours at the Mall of America.


Chick Fil A is always a favorite. I think the pictures speak for themselves.

The Mall of America was fun. We saw a lot of cool things...got taken by the green eyed monster (If your a Bearstein bears fan you will know what I am talking about) and scored some awesome tickets at the amusement park. Thank you to the nice family who decided to give us all their unused tickets. We had a blast!

 The Disney store was of course a big hit! We didn't take pictures of Lego land or the American Girl Store. The kids loved both of them.

 You can always tell when it is time to go. Katherine is our ticking time bomb.