Summer Vacation

We are back home from our vacation to Minnesota. We started out to Minnesota Friday afternoon and made the long 14 hour drive (which is actually longer when traveling with a toddler). We did break down and buy a portable DVD player for Katelynn to watch some videos on the way - it went pretty well on the way there, she watched a couple of movies and we played some of her CD's and then she went to sleep until around 8am and we had arrived! We first went to Dan's parents cabin and did some visiting with everyone and did some 4-wheeling. The girls (and Dan's nephew Tyler) went to a flea market on Sunday and I found a wood table and chairs for Katelynn for $20.00 - it was a steal of deal (at least I hope it was, he wanted 25.00 and I got him down from that?!) However later that day Dan's brother Matt had an ATV accident and had to be rushed to the emergency room and later hospitalized for the rest of the week - please keep him in your prayers for a speedy and full recovery. After that happened we hung around waiting for phone call updates and thinking about how important life is and all the safety precautions that we need to take when using motorized vehicles. We then headed to my parents house for some much needed rest. On Tuesday it was off to the golf course for Dan and to the Lake Cabin for me and Katelynn, we lit off fireworks later that night and then played in the lake and the sun for the 4th of July. I had a girls night out Thursday night in Fargo and Dan went to visit his boys'. Friday was back to the golf course for Dan and to the lake for me and Katelynn. Later that night we got our X-mas presents delivered from my brother (yes, I said X-mas) and Katelynn fell in love with "Uncle Jeff" all over again. We hit the road on Saturday morning and went and saw Matt because he was back at home and did some visiting with family and then got back home around 3am. Whew - it was a long week and now it's back to work. Pictures will follow as people send them to me and I get mine developed!