We traveled to Minnesota for Labor Day weekend & enjoyed seeing family and a few friends. Paul and Jodi also made the trip, and we had a nice visit over breakfast with Josh & Debi in Bloomington. My mom requested that we take a photo with the 3 of us...here you go, Mom.
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| Sisters |
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| Elise wanted in on the girls' photo |
After breakfast with Carlsons, John's parents came to pick us up and treated us to a wonderful roast beef dinner. Elise woke up at 4:30am EST, and so here she was starting to droop a bit.
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| Sleepy girl with Oma |
We brought along cupcakes from our favorite little shop, SAS Cupcakes and shared with everyone...yum!
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| Cupcakes on the deck...smiles all around |
On Sunday, we visited the Minnesota State Fair & several others had the same idea...there were throngs of people! We enjoyed seeing the animals, eating the fresh cheese curds, corn dogs and the dairy milkshakes!
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| Nigerian goats - aunt Jodi wants these someday |
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| "Yum!" Strawberry milkshake |
Elise and Ethan also got to be farm hands through an interactive expo. They got their aprons, pails and had to collect corn to feed the animals, plant some corn, and milk the cows.
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| Getting ready to help on the farm |
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| A 'hands-on' experience |
I made some little t-shirts for all the cousins - and they all got the letter "e".
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| Cousins - all start with "E" |
It was so fun to meet up with my good friend, Sarah Jahnke. We met their family for a bit and got to reconnect!
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| College roommate, Sarah |
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| Jahnke kids & Elise |
The weekend went by quickly. I took a quick snapshot of Elise's special bed. Opa built it for her. Thanks so much Oma & Opa for hosting us for the long weekend!
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| The special bed for Elise |
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