4th of July Weekend

We headed to MN for the 4th of July this last weekend (I know, more driving AND I had just come from there four days earlier). It was a lot of fun. These pictures will be completely out of sequence but will undoubtedly show all the fun we had and the many activities we participated in.

Lori, my sis-in-law, Carolyn, my mother-in-law, and myself took the girls to visit Great Grandma Wallace. We had a very nice visit with her. I especially love how Lori and I swapped children in the picture! :) Little Abby is just about my third child by now and I am quite proud of the fact that she cries for me while she is in her mother's arms! HA!

Drew and Carolyn took Ben, myself, and the girls to the Mill City Museum in Minneapolis. It was a pretty neat museum all about how the mill came to be, how it ran, and how it eventually came to not be. The girls enjoyed it. I'm not sure they understood much about what the museum was about but they got to play in some water, with train tracks, taste a yummy piece of bread, and ride in a big elevator that was a ride that talked about working in the mill.

Playing with the train track. They did this for about 15 minutes. Ben and I got to sit and talk to each other! That was nice!

The girls and I made our own cereal boxes. The order from left to right is Alexis, Audrey, and mine. I don't even have a name on my box of cereal and I like that Audrey's has two spoons.

The girls put on a great show for us one of the afternoons we were there for. The got all dressed up and danced. Ben put on some music in the background and they danced away.

This collage is from another museum that Drew and Carolyn took us to. I can't remember the name of it but it was pretty fun.

I love this picture of Lori and Abby in the bouncer.

Abby all dressed up like the big girls. She kept tripping on the shoes but still wore them.

The girls playing outside while visiting Great Grandma Wallace. I took them outside to play while Lori trimmed Gr. Grandma's toenails and Carolyn helped. It was so hot outside. We lasted for about 15 minutes and then had to crash the toenail clipping!

A nice picture of Gr. Grandma with the girls.

After the visit with Gr. Grandma Wallace we sent the girls to the lake with their daddies. Then Lori and I promptly went shopping. :)


After swimming Lori and Andrew had a bouncer that was borrowed from a friend. We pumped it up and the girls played on that for about 20 minutes until Audrey and Alexis collided, hit heads, and both went inside for ice. Then there was no more interest in the bouncer.


So we had a great time. Thank you Drew and Carolyn for allowing us to come and for feeding us! Thanks Andrew and Lori for spending time with us! We love spending time with you!