The Mall

We had a great long weekend. When I say great I mean it was filled with lots of family time, the weather wasn’t great, but we made the most of itJ

We spent the majority of the weekend at the lake.

Saturday morning we did some shopping downtown Clear Lake and had a great time. On Saturday afternoon we ran into Mason City and did some more shopping with the cold and rainy weather there wasn’t a whole of other options, which of course was okay with us.. we like to shopJ

Saturday evening Jake and I went to a movie and the girls got to stay with Mimi and Grandpa and they had a great time playing and of course.. getting ice cream.

Sunday when we woke up the weather was still pretty bad so we decided to make the short drive up to Mall of America and play at the amusement park they have at the mall.

It was a great trip.  Char had so much fun on the rides, but of course she was mad that she couldn’t do more of the rides herself and when I would have to ride with her, she would get mad at me if I would laugh or scream, she would tell me no talking!!

We did a lot of the rides during Charlee’s normal nap time so of course she got really tired and right before she was about to fall asleep her dream came true, she got to meet Dora and she had a wonderful time and walked right up to her and told her “Nice to meet you” And then you couldn’t get her to stop talking about seeing Dora!

Monday we were able to get out on the boat for a short boat ride. It was cold but it felt great to be out on the water! Char had a great time on the boat and even got to drive for a bit, but of course always wanted to go faster.

Monday afternoon Charlee and I came home early so she could take a nap in her own bed, that weekend had worn her out. We had a great evening of playing outside and we got to go over to Amy and Brian’s to meet baby Gavin. It was a wonderful weekend.