Minnesoooota

Its hard to believe we moved from Minnesota 15 months ago already. For a place that I never wanted to move to in the first place, I sure do miss it. We have been talking about making a trip to Minnesota for awhile, and thought what better time than during the State Fair. We left on saturday morning and braved the 6 hour drive with the toddler. Thanks to the portible DVD player he was very good for the car ride. After we checked in to the hotel we decided to head straight to the fair. Owen decided that he did not want to sit in the stroller after sitting in the car for 6 plus hours, and was very restless at the fair. It is an ok thing that the battery in my camera was dead, because I defently would not have got any pictures of him smiling. Needless to say that trip to the fair was short lived and we headed back to the hotel for an early bed time for Owen.

On Sunday Jeff and his friend Scott went golfing and then to the Twins game. This left Owen and I free for the day. We went to my old patient Hailey's house for brunch. Owen had fun playing with Hailey's toys, although he was a bit crabby from not sleeping great in the hotel crib.




After playing at Hailey's house we went back to the hotel for Owen to take a nap. After taking a nap we decided to go see our old neighborhood, Dancing Waters. I figured that I payed association dues there long enough that it would be okay if Owen and I played at the playground for awhile. Owen decided that he plays on playgrounds all the time and it would be much more fun to play in the sand from the sand volleyball court. He was completely covered with sand!





After playing at the playground Owen and I met up with my friend Jennifer and her two boys for dinner. It was great to see them but Jennifer and I did not get to catch up much with 2 toddlers and a baby at the table with us! We left that waitress with quite a mess!

On Monday morning we woke up and headed back to the fair. It was great weather and a much more enjoyable trip than Saturday. We saw some animals at the Miracle of Life barn. Owen got to pet a baby duck which made him very happy! We also saw baby pigs, cows, and goats.

We let Owen ride some rides which he thought was awesome. His favorite was the big Pirate ship that he rode with daddy. He had a huge smile on his face every time the ship came back down.








It would not be a day at the fair without some fair food. We bought Owen a bag of Kettle corn that was practically as big as him. I'm pretty sure that popcorn is probably a choking hazard for a 1 year old, but he sure does love it! We then bought our favorite grilled corn. I thought Owen would love it but he did not eat much because he thought it was too hot. Jeff bought a piece of Turkey jerky which Owen quickly claimed as his own!







At the fair many people had balloons from booths. Owen wanted a "boop" or balloon very badly. We walked by the Minnesota republican booth and got Owen a balloon. It was a great morning at the fair but we had to head back to the hotel for nap time.


After nap time we headed to Wisconsin to see one of my old patients Braylan and his family. Owen and Braylan had a blast! They were crazy little monkeys! It is hard for me to think that I met Hailey and Braylan when they only weighed one pound and now they are healthy little kids!




We ended our trip on Tuesday with breakfast at Woodbury Cafe with my friend Megan. Owen was on far from his best behavior so it was not the most enjoyable breakfast. After we had breakfast we headed back to Kansas City. The drive went pretty well.