Somehow we all survived MN......

Sorry Minnesota, it's nothing personal, but the last 2 times we've visited Ava & I were very sick! Unfortunately this time Ava, Trish, Jeremy, both Jer's parents and his brother were all sick with a nasty cold. Jer & I have had it for a month! But we still had fun with the family and all they really wanted was to play with Ava!

Terry (Jer's sister) & Ava at the bowling alley. Ava just wanted to play w/ the heavy balls and flirt with the little boy next to us.

Jer's Grandpa Lipovsky, Ava, Jer, & Jer's Dad Lester-playing some cards or should I say, Gambling. I kept my cash hidden from being used in this game~so they had to use good ole' chips. Ava had her game face on!

Ava & the talking Parrot. Jer's Grandparents have a ton of animals and things that talk, make noise or sing, Ava was fascinated. Jer's poor sick Mom is on the couch, not doing great that day.

Jer, Ava & Grandma Frey! Grandma Frey is the master of homemade Pizza's. She's all of 4 feet and some inches tall, Jer is on his knees in the pic and she barely comes to his head. Sweet little Grandma!

We took Ava to the Aquarium at the Mall of America, total rip off of $18 for an adult. Ava was scared of this alligator and a giant sea turtle, but fascinated by the large sharks swimming over her head and of course NEMO! This tank had a clown fish, Nemo and whatever Dori is in it. Ava stared at it for like 5 minutes, funny because we had just watched Finding Nemo the week before.

All in all, we had a good time and survived. Got to hang out w/ some of Jer's buddies and leave Ava w/ the Grandparents a couple nights. Even got some snow. One day the high was like 8 degrees! It was cold. Jer has sworn to everyone that we will not come during the winter/cold season again, especially since I rubbed it in his face so much of my dissatisfaction w/ planning this trip. Oh well, we are home and still recovering, poor Ava still has a nasty cough. And when we flew into Seattle and stayed the night at my Mom's house I got a fever and chills and just felt yucky. Today is better! Sorry if I've gone on and bored you all, not that you have to read it all though. But that was our trip, we're alive and Ava was an awesome trooper!