The Minnesota Half of our Trip

John and I hopped on a flight from Chicago to Minneapolis and drove out to Rochester to see Summer, Paul, Noah, and Alex. We were so excited to see everyone.The next day - Paul took the day off and after Noah got back from Kindergarten at noon we headed out to a little town about a mile away and took the kids to an Eagle Museum.
FACT: An eagle can spot a little rodent running on a hill from several miles away their vision is so good.
FACT: Noah an Alex were both chosen to assist the museum director with his presentation. Noah got to have an up close and personal experience with a bald eagle.


FACT: If you try to take a family picture out in the bright mid day sun - you may temporarily blind the whole family (sorry about that)
We crossed over a bridge and we were in Wisconsin - (I've never been there before). We had lunch at a cute little creamery and got to taste the delicious Wisconsin cheese.

FACT: Even if your loose tooth and fat lip make it too sore to eat your sandwich - you can always manage to eat your ice cream.

FACT: Alex + chocolate ice cream cone = you guessed it - a happy, sticky mess.
We headed back home and took the kids over to our hotel that had an indoor pool.

The kids had fun - Noah even took off his water wings and was swimming pretty good solo. We're proud of you Noah!
We about wore Alex out so she just found a nice chair and a few minutes later she was out.
FACT: You can take pictures of Alex all day (we love all her funny faces).
FACT: If you try to take a picture of Noah he makes a run for it.
It was a great trip - my only complaint was that it was so short - we spent about 48 hrs in each spot. My consolation is that I will be back next month when Summer's baby is due and will get to spend more time then. Watch out Noah - I'll be back with my camera :)