Murphy's Memories: Our First Week Up North

This summer we headed up to see my sister and her family in Minnesota for a week and then to see the rest of my family in Wisconsin for another week. Scott hurt his back before we even left to go up north and so we weren't even sure he was going to be able to make it or not. I didn't think I would go if he wasn't because I didn't think I could handle driving to Bush Airport in Houston and parking my car and bringing in all my luggage and infant car seat all on my own. So the day before we left Scott finally decided he wanted to try and go. The kids did great on the plane and everything went really well. Scott did okay, but was in a lot of pain by the time we got there. Below are a few pictures of all of us around Melissa's house and the kids playing in the kiddy pool.

Mel and I hanging outside with the kids

Our sweet little boys...sitting where they are not suppose to

My niece Valerie...pretty little thing (just like my sister)

Taylor trying to be just like her cousin

Jacob filling the kiddy pool

Hayden being silly

My cute little nephew Ian

Valerie teaching Taylor how to mow the yard

We went to a few of the parks in Minnesota. The kids enjoyed staying busy and it was so nice to be outside where we are not pouring sweat when we sit or stand outside. The air feels so fresh and clean up there!!

Jacob posing for a picture

Valerie and I hanging out at the park watching the kiddos

Taylor climbing the ropes in flip flops

We were also able to go to the Mall of America. Since I have seen the Mall Cops show, I thought it would be sort of cool to go and check out the 4 story mall. It had sooo many cool stores!! The bad thing was that I really couldn't shop (which is super hard for me) because we had our 3 kids plus 2 of my sisters kids. It wasn't to bad though...except for the part of losing Hayden's croc. I was so mad because I had just bought them. When I called the lost and found, they said they found it but threw it away. That's what I get for spending a lot of money on a toddler shoe. Anyways, the kids had a lot of fun riding the rides inside the mall. Their favorite part was the butterfly room. They spent a lot of time in their holding the butterflies. Here are a few pictures from the mall.