our trip to "God's country" (aka MN)

we had an incredible time in minnesota with our family. we spent several days at the lake (ed's parents' home) riding on the jet ski and water-skiing, tubing, fishing, volleyball, etc. noah's highlight was learning how to ride on one ski (he got around the lake!) and evan got up on ski's. drew & ed both had fun water-skiing too and taylor and i both went tubing (my favorite). actually, taylor pretty much lived in the tube for most of the time we were in the water!

in addition to our lake fun (which included fireworks on the 4th - ed took most of the kids (all 4 of our boys) out on the pontoon for the fireworks while i stayed back at the house and visited with family), we also got to be part of heather's graduation party (yeah!), we went to duluth (the boys & my first visit) to see the cousins dance in a competition (and we got to see various other family members... apparently duluth was the place to be!), we bet on horses at canterbury, caught a twins game in the dome, and so much more! we had SUCH a wonderful trip - the whole time! ed always says that each visit is better than the last and i think i agree! on our way home, we detoured a bit and stayed at kathy & mike's home so we got a very short visit with them and the kids. here are some pics...