Sabbatical Roadtrip Day 15-16

Visiting the Goblirsch's. We had a wonderful time in Apple Valley with my mom's sister. She had homemade buns ready and waiting for us! At this point we've gained at least 10 pounds! Thursday we took the boys to the local theater and saw Cars 3. Fun movie :-) Then we visited the Mall of America and rode a couple of the rides inside the mall. Logan voted for the Log chute ride first, and Nate wanted to do the Pepsi roller coaster which circles the whole park. Dad and Nate finished off our tickets with a crazy fast upside down multiple loops Sponge Bob ride. Yikes. When we came back to the house everyone was off work and ready to visit. The boys set squirrel traps in the backyard and within 40 minutes Nate caught one! He and Uncle Gary took it to a local park to let it go live closer to the acorn tree and away from Aunt Debbie's garden. After dinner my brother Micah showed up with his family as they are travelling down from Canada to Iowa. We enjoyed playing games and sitting around the fire with our cousins again :-) Ken held individual financial planning sessions for all who were interested :-) He's a big fan of the book the Investment Answer and loves to talk about finances/saving money. After Micah and family left for IOWA we attempted to go to the Museum but ended up back at the Mall of America for the ropes course and zip line. Those boys are brave! It was fun to watch. Saturday we decided to try out a float trip down the river. It was finally good weather for it! The ride was peaceful and we saw 2 bald eagles and lots of snapping turtles. To be honest we did run aground twice and our dip in the river was short lived since it was only 3.5 feet deep and we were scraping our knees on the rocks. And Ken was super dad chasing after Nate's flip flop that got away from him. We wrapped up the evening with the Dads going to a Twins game and the kids and Moms staying in for Mac N cheese, a movie and ice cream sundae.