Mini-Vaca in Minnesota

We spent last weekend in Minnesota with family. We actually had 1 rehearsal dinner, 2 weddings plus receptions, and one 80th birthday party/family reunion packed into a few days and sprinkled with lots of extras. Here is only a quick sampling of our 250 pictures that we took. It was super hard to choose only 10 photo's to share!!

We were able to spend some time at my mom's sisters' house. You can tell that we took full advantage of the pool (with diving board) and the sun. The boys (and Brian and I) loved launching ourselves off the diving board and into the 88 degree pool. Everyone had such a great time and even got alittle sun-burned, but it was totally worth it!!

Tyler, Haley, and Jacob enjoyed this floating "rescue boat."

That evening was capped off with my cousin's rehearsal dinner on a dinner cruise boat. We cruised around for 3 hours, enjoying the sunset and the regatta sailboat race going on in the background.

The next evening was the wedding. The 3 bears sure do clean up nice!

The boys put on their best smiles for cousin Alyssa. Also, they were so excited to wear a tie...just like daddy. (I wonder how they will feel about ties in 10 years :)

We blew off some steam at the Mall of America. The boys enjoyed the Nickelodeon Theme Park. Do you see us...drooling at the thought of riding all those rides? The boys could hardly wait to get in and go!

If you look in the middle (5 seats back) you will see Jacob and Grandpa Andy and in the seat behind them are Uncle Tom and Tyler.

Look at those "pure joy" smiles :)

This was our second wedding reception. By this time the kids were pro's at the dance part. Here Tyler (yellow), Jacob (orange), and Haley are catching the "Saturday Night Fever!" We have some really good video's that will be shown to their dates before their first dance.

Our weekend was capped off with Grandma Robben's 80th birthday party. Here Haley discovered that she loved walking in the sand and keeping the beach ball from flying into the lake.

We had such a wonderful time, filled with more memories than I can recount. Thank you to all the family we saw, it was great catching up with everyone!