Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Minneapolis Extravamaganza!

I had the opportunity to fly out to Minneapolis, Minnesota to visit my BFF/Cousin Debra and her husband Ryan for a few days this month! I had such a blast with them and loved, loved, loved Minneapolis! Thanks Deb-again, for entertaining me for the weekend and letting me stay! Over the weekend we had so much fun! It started with us running the Gopher to Badger Half Marathon together. Besides the two mile asthma attack and the downpour at the start...it was amazing! We got to run along side the St. Croix river and the last two or so miles we ran over the river and ended in Hudson, WI. MAN, was it BEAUTIFUL. I decided while there that I am completely GREEN DEPRIVED!!! I am IN LOVE with all of the rivers, bridges, planter boxes, green, green, green! What a cool City~

Deb's Man Ryan ran the race "with" us...but finished 20 minutes before us! Deb stayed with me through the race, it was fun to have a running budy to race with!
Calhoun Lake

Kayaking on the lake was HEAVEN. I'd be out there every single day if I lived there.

deb n me
So Beautiful!
awe.
This is no joke, folks! Fried Cheese...
:)
The "beach" at Calhoun Lake
Cool Sculpture Downtown
serious art.
I loved these walls...

An old Mill that burned down...they preserved the building and it's now a museum!

This is in the middle of the city!
Stone Arch Bridge
Sitting in ...

Downtown Minneapolis
I should've started digging!
On Stone Arch Bridge

Love it
I stopped by Greg Nelson's Gym and got Johnny a T!

The TWINS new stadium!
The IDS Tower Sweet staircase. The locals were looking up in the sky like "what in the world is she taking a picture of?" haha
On top of the Foshay Tower
Minneapolis

I couldn't help it!
The Foshay- a W Hotel
The Only Pic from the Mall of America! HAha
Not only did we do all this awesome stuff that you see but I also got to sleep in until 1130 one day, see two movies, and eat out at several great restaurants with no kids!!! What a relaxing and fun weekend!
Home:
Olivia's Souvineirs...she thought it was her birthday, she kept saying "my birthday, my birthday!"
Glad to be home but miss Deb like CRAZY!!! I also miss the vacation! :)

1 comment:

Diana said...

where do I begin...I think I should first start with Peter's balls. Oh man...so glad you took a picture of that. I'm still laughing out loud about it. I'll keep that in mind next time CJ gives me trouble. The old karate chopping him in the adam's apple just doesn't do it anymore. And the fried cheese? I'm sure you were first in line for that. i mean, how could anyone pass that up. It's not like you can just buy that any where. It looks so fun. Glad you had fun. I had no idea minneapolis was such a great place.