Family Fun and Favorite Food

Aren't road trips fun!?!? Well I think they are, even if I do sleep for the majority of the car rides. The fam and I traveled up north last week to visit family and friends. Our first stop was near Rockford, IL to see friends Mr. and Mrs. Davis. The friendly couple recently made the move from Indy, North when Mr. Davis got a new job. We have known then for many years from our church and also from a small church group that met in our home.

Next stop, Oshkosh, Wisconsin to visit Mom's Aunt Suzy and Great Grandma Charlotte. Swapping stories with Aunt Suzy, dinner with Great Grandma, shopping (of course), and a trip to the EAA Airplane Museum filled up our 3 day stay. Then we were off North again.

Visiting Uncle Erwin, Aunt Janette, and cousins Lindsay and Hailey in Minnesota took up the majority of our trip. We stayed in Minnesota for a total of 5 days. We, of course, made time for shopping at Mall of America and IKEA (my favorite!). We also experienced a neat dog show at the Lumber Jack Festival. Hahaha, that sounds so....wood-sey. It was fun though. On Thursday, we went to a park called Taylor's Falls. It was on the St. Croix river and had walkways all around massive "pot holes" I had never seen anything quite like these pools carved into huge rocks. We hiked around a bit managing to get ourselves lots at a point. Obviously We made it back. LOL. Some of my Aunt's friends invited us all over to their house on the St. Croix on Saturday. The house was a hundred year old river cabin with a beautiful view. We canoed around played in the clay for quite some time. It was a very peaceful getaway.

And what would a family trip be without a Concepcion FRY FEST?!?! Nothing, that's what it would be. So we had a fry fest complete with Dad's arrepas, Uncle Erwin's almojabanos (my favorite food in the whole world), and Aunt Janette's grilled chicken. :-) Then our trip was complete and we could drive the 10 hour trip home with full tummies. I cant wait until the next family road trip to see my amazing northern family!