River Ramblings: Trip to Minneapolis Part 1

We recently spent a week visiting family and friends in Minnesota. The first and last part of the trip we spent in Minneapolis with our good friend's Jerri and Mark, and their new baby girl Zoe. Jerri is a childhood friend and Mark and Jerri were my roomies in Chicago. It was an interesting trip traveling with a busy toddler. We never have had so much fun on the moving walkway in an airport. We arrived safely in Minnesota and our seatmates were entertained with Meadow playing peekaboo and waving to many of the folks on board. I do have to say, Thank God for the two hour nap on the second leg of the flight.

During the first part of our trip we spent a lot of time ooohing and ahhhing with baby Zoe and catching up with our friends. Here are some of the pics from the trip. More installments are on their way.

Jerri and her baby girl Zoe. Don't they both look so cute?

Meadow loves to swing. Mark in the background with Zoe in the snuggly.

Playground by Lake of the Isles

Taking a walk around the Lake

We visited with Todd's school friend Katie for an afternoon. Meadow loved her little girl, Annalise.

Visiting the Guthrie Theatre. When we walked out into this room filled with windows overlooking the city, Meadow said wooooowwwww. The views were awesome and it was a perfect rainy day activity.

Meadow thought this was kind of scary. You can see all the way to the ground from several stories up.

Wearing her University of Oregon shirt in honor of the football game. She is also brushing her teeth.

We went and hung out at a cafe for the afternoon and walked home in the pouring rain. Meadow thought it was a lot of fun and didn't want to wear her rain jacket.