Mid-Western Trip Part 3

Our final stop was Iowa, where we spent a whole week visiting Paul's family!

Here's a picture of the gang!

Haley LOVED being around her cousins!

Waiting to touch a sturgeon fish at the Riverboat Museum and Aquarium

The next two pictures are evidence of why you shouldn't swim in the Mississippi River!!!

Looking for lizards

On board the Riverboat with the Pfohl Family!

Let me drive this thing!

Visiting Mrs. Ehtessabian, one of Paul's old neighbors from Dubuque

Cousin Meredith painting Haley's nails

Visiting the Williams family

Grandma and Grandpa met us for the day (they had just arrived in Wisconsin)

Haley got to see her cows up close and personal!!

Ahhh...Iowa corn!

Scenic Pictures of Bellevue taken by Paul

Paul took this picture as a MASSIVE storm was just exiting our area!  I asked for a good thunderstorm while we were there, and it was delivered on our last night!!

Mid-Western Trip Part 2

For the next part of our trip we drove to the Wisconsin Dells for a few days! We had REALLY cold weather (high of 60 the day we left) but had a lot of fun!!

This was the pool at our hotel...it was fabulous!

It even had a little water slide!  Both girls were able to go down it with us!

Riding the train at Storybook Park

We got to feed a giraffe!

Apparently this was Cinderella...Haley thought it was great, but I wasn't buying it! ;)

A long day deserves a good nap (Haley actually requested it!)

My college friend, Melinda, and her family drove from Milwaukee to meet us for lunch!

Before we left, we rode on the Wisconsin Ducks which are boats/cars that go from land to water!  Very cool!

On the drive out of town we stopped to see the Cotter family!

Mid-Western Trip Part 1

We just returned from a two week trip back to the Mid-West! We had a great time visiting lots of family and friends!  The girls were great!  Haley just loved traveling, being new places, and seeing so many cousins!!  Kyleigh decided to pop out her first two teeth during the first week, and is also trying really hard to crawl ever since the trip (pics of that later!)
Our trip started off in Minneapolis, MN!

We had brunch with the Spinharneys

The Mall of America (or "America Mall" as Haley would say).  We never even made it to the shops...never got past the legos and amusement park!

Haley's favorite of course was the ferris wheel!

View from the top (this is all indoors!)

Even Daddy and Kyleigh joined us!

Our friend, Gina, met us for the evening

Brunch with Paul's relatives, the Gordes

Next, it was off to La Crosse, WI to see my relatives.

This is baby Connor...what a cutie!

This cannon sits on the La Crosse riverfront and I have many a pictures of myself on it as a little kid...I'll scrounge one of those up some day!

Uncle Tom, Aunt Carol, Connor and Erin (Lindsay's cousin)

The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadeloupe