When I was making my summer plans I told Anna (my sister's oldest) that I was going to Minnesota to visit Carter's family. One moment I was going alone, and the next moment I had a travel companion. It was so fun for her to be with cousins, to be away from parents (at eleven years old, I think that's all they want), and to be the only Osguthorpe for a change. We had a great trip.
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At the airport about to get on the plane for Minnesota! The person taking it thought we were sisters. We actually had some commotion on our flight there. There was a bad storm in Minneapolis but we were about to land nonethless. We were abut 5 feet from the runway when the plane took off back up again. We had to continue traveling and land in Deluth to refuel before going back to the Minneapolis airport.
I didn't take a ton of pictures while on the trip, but I did on Friday. We went to an exhibit of replicas of the Nina and Pinta ships. They were made in Brazil (Salvador, Bahia) as this is the only place in the world that still practices the 15th century method of ship making. They've sailed all over the world and are now ported at the Hudson River in Wisconsin. |
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| Davis, Mason, Harrison, and some of the boys from families that went with us. |
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| Sadie and Harrison |
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| Mason |
We also went to the Mall of America on Friday. It was fun to see the largest mall in the U.S. and to go on a couple rides. My cousin, Travis, also came in on Friday. He's been in Chicago for the summer and decided to come up for the weekend.
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| Cute Mason and Harrison |
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| Brooke, Sadie, and Harrison |
It was such a fun weekend full of hanging out by (many) lakes and the pool, and in their woods, playing a ton of mafia (the kids are so obsessed with this game), water skiing, camping (the kids -- not me), campfires, pedicures, repeated conversations of who everybody likes (the first night there we couldn't get them to be quiet and go to sleep -- they just wanted to stay up and talk about who everybody likes or is "going with"), and just catching up with Carter and Brooke. Probably the best quote from Harrison for the week is: "Anna, do you want to go downstairs and party with me?" Harrison was just a little attached to Anna and wanted to be near her 24/7. Thanks Cart and Brooke for such a fun trip!
3 comments:
Just got caught up on all your goings on!! Sounds like so much fun. Miss you Mer!!
You are looking so great in these pictures! I miss you. When are you coming to Utah again? I just saw Marilyn at Ryan's welcome home yesterday.
We loved having you visit - thank for coming! You're welcome to visit any time. Thanks for being my sister - love ya!
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