Wednesday, May 27, 2009

California!












Tessa, Nana Lola and I ventured to California over Memorial Day weekend for Maya's wedding. We flew into Sacramento and drove to Tahoe Wednesday night. Thursday afternoon, we continued on to Mammoth Lakes. Maya runs the student housing facility at the community college in town, so we were able to stay there for the rest of the trip. Her wedding was beautiful--ceremony was on a mountain lake and the reception back at the housing center. We went for a few hikes in the Sierra mountains, walked around town and just enjoyed the scenery. Monday was spend traveling home (this journey took 13 hours! But, well worth it:) We had a blast!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Trip to Minnesota and South Dakota

rides at the Mall of America with Uncle Charlie

Great Uncle Lee

riding the 4-Wheeler!

kitties!

naked horseback riding at Great Grandpa Ownie's!

Uncle Michael and Alice the horse at the farm

Great Grandpa Ownie in his farm truck

Nana Lola on the farm

Uncle Michael taught Tessa how to play the piano

Papa and Nana Lola got her her own little park bench for their house. She loves to sit on it!

Michael and I went to Gleason's gymnastics school one night for adult's open gym (I am happy to come back in one piece and realize I am no longer 16 years old:). Tessa apparently wouldn't take off her sun hat all night and wanted to read this animal book over and over and over...

12 of over 46,000 people who participated in raising money for breast cancer on Mother's Day at the Mall of America.