Vacation Outings #2

Joe was only able to vacation with us for one week at the cabin.  The next two weeks he hopped around speaking at camps and performing weddings. :)


My mom, sis, and I left the kiddos with Gpa and Aaron while we took Joe to the twin cities airport.


Before we parted ways :(
(btw this was at 26 weeks along)

The only "good" thing about leaving Joe at the airport was that we picked Jacklyn up just a few hours later!  (Those few hours were spent at IKEA, btw...)


We accidentally happened upon the Mall of America.  I'm serious.  I looked for a store in my GPS and that's where it took us... I had no idea the airport was only 5 minutes away from it!  Visiting the MOA is was on Jacklyn's bucket list, so we had to check it out.

One of the first things we saw after walking inside... the amusement park INSIDE the mall.  Crazy!!

I took this picture for Avery... every now and then she still asks to see "the biggest Dora EVER".

The more you look, the more rides you see.

It was overwhelming!

I didn't get any other pictures of the mall... but the rest of our time consisted of a LOT of walking.  My sis and I were exhausted preggos by the end, but it was fun. :) It was nice to have a gals getaway - and it was really nice of Aaron and Gpa to watch the kids!  We've decided the 3-hour drive from the cabin is totally worth making IKEA a yearly girls trip. :)


Now a couple of random pics...


One evening in town we got ice cream before heading back to the cabin... Avery even got her own little cup (since she loves chocolate and her mommy doesn't :))!

I thought it would be fun to take my 27 week belly picture WITH Avery... what I didn't think through was doing it after the sugar from the ice cream set in. :) This is the best one we got!

Now I'm only a month behind... whew! :(