Minneapolis

This last weekend we took a little mini trip up to Minneapolis with Jeff's sister and her family. We stayed at a hotel across the street from the Mall of America. We had joined rooms, which was very nice for the adults to hang out after kids were in bed.We all had a lot of fun, and hopefully we can go back soon :)

We got there Thursday night and took the kids swimming. Alyssa loves the water now. She would jump in and have Jeff help her swim across the pool over and over again. Dallin could reach and is getting better at swimming, so he was having fun. On Friday we went to the Mall of America. Jeff's sister and I thought we would get a little shopping in, but it was too hard once the kids saw the rides...I did buy some candy at See's candy and some legos at the lego store. The kids enjoyed the lego store.

Then we went to the Rainforest Cafe. Now I can say I have been there, and I have no desire to do it again real soon. Dallin and Brooke loved it there. We sat in the monkey section, and Dallin LOVED it when there was a Thunderstorm. Alyssa HATED it. She was scared and didn't like the thunderstorms.

We hit one more store before finally giving into the kids and getting unlimited ride passes. I knew Dallin would have a blast, but Alyssa actually rode several rides. She would not ride the carousal, but she did ride her first roller coaster and LOVED it!!  Dallin rode all the roller coasters he was tall enough for. He is so much fun to ride with because he laughs the whole time. We rode on the rides for about 4 hours, and the kids could have gone a lot longer...the adults needed food :)

 

 

We paid $2 for Jeff and Dallin to go on the HUGE slide! We thought they could only ride once, but it was unlimited while you were still in the slide area. They did it about 15 times in a row, and I think they were all tired of going up all the stairs over and over again!!!

Brooke was awesome! She sat in the stroller for most of the time. She enjoyed looking all around.

On Saturday we went to the free zoo, which was the perfect size. The kids loved it! 

 

 

 

 After the zoo we went to Ikea. Then we went swimming. The kids LOVED it. We took Brooke into the water for the first time. She stayed in the pool for about an hour, and liked it. After I took her out, she put her on my shoulder and was out cold. The swimming was exhausting! She is just so cute!