sorry for taking to long...

My trip to Minnesota was a success. Sam and I had a lot of fun, and the drive there didn't actually seem too long. M did great! I can't believe how wonderful she is sometimes. She didn't whine pretty much the whole trip there, and entertained herself with books and what-not for the first part of the trip. The last few hours she watched sleeping beauty. It was a lot of fun seeing Grandma Jo, aunt Erin and aunt Megan. M had loads of fun with her cousins Cara and Gilli too! We went to the zoo, the water park of america, and the mall of america. Thank you to my family for having us and keeping us fed. I had so much fun seeing you. And I will bring my husband and see you again at Thanksgiving! Yay! I have pics but I forgot to bring them with me. This weekend we went to a pumpkin patch which I also have cute pics for, so I will try to post them on Wednesday.

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