We had a wonderful week with Sandra and Holly. It started with the Minnesota Homeschooler's Alliance Conference. Sandra spoke there. It was really cool having her presence at the local conference. I've learned so much from her writings and thoughts. I'm sure she brought around lots of new thinking and examination at the conference.



We were going to go to the Renaissance Festival while she was here but with the wet weather we decided MOA was a much better choice :) Mall of America was fun. Chrissy, Alexa, and Autumn Hall joined us too. They're from Rochester MN. I wish I had taken a picture of us Moms together, but alas, I didn't think of that. This is small town mom, me, trying to figure out parking at Mall of America. Chrissy is in the van.



And there's the rides! Yay!! See the open mouths? That's them *g*






And the lines, of course, it wasn't too long of a wait though.




More fun!




The next day we made the trek to Bemidji. Roadtrips can be fun too. Especially with Holly's hair to play with!


The first Paul Bunyan encounter, but not the 'real' Paul Bunyan. (to us, of course)