We spent the first 11 days of this month on our annual trip to Minnesota. Because I took so many pictures and we did several different activities, I'm going reflect on this trip by grouping it into a few days at a time.
We arrived in Minneapolis on July 1st and went my sister-in-law, Vanessa's (pronounced Vaneesa) house. Her family moved to their current home four years ago, but this was the first time we were able to see it! Grafton fell in love with his cousin Riley's extensive Lego collection and the fact that he could play Lego Indiana Jones on a large projector screen in their basement. As for the rest of the family, we took a leisurely walk around the neighborhood, visited, and got settled in.
On July 2nd I went somewhere I had never been before........
In case you didn't know, Mall of America is the largest mall in the United States! When we first walked in we saw the huge Lego store and I thought we might never leave.
Mall of America also has a new aquarium with the world's largest collection of jelly fish. I skipped out on the aquarium and went to the American Girl store, but Vince took the boys and they loved it!
July 3rd we left Minneapolis and headed the 2 1/2 hours to Brainerd to spend the rest of our trip at my in-laws home. Uncle Ronnie made the trip with us and was a big help with the kids.
Grandpa Brown promised to take us to ice-cream every evening (there's a cute ice-cream shop at a neighboring resort that we go to). Seeing that we don't go on any main roads to get there, he even let Grafton drive!
After our long day of driving, unpacking, playing outside, and going out to eat, Grafton and his cousins Regen and Ramzee settled into their grandparents bed for a little television before going to sleep themselves.
This was a great start to our vacation!
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