minneapolis: week two

this trip was the longest stretch of time we had spent in minneapolis since the summer of 2015. it was nice to not have to feel so rushed. we had a few days where we didn't even have anything planned. shocking! :) the best part of the second week was that thatcher came into town! he hadn't been to minneapolis for 14 months, so he was really looking forward to it. once again, i won't recap what we did all day every day, but here are some highlights from week 2:




where we stayed: we spent the first 3 nights at thatcher's parents' house. the kids and i slept in his sister's old room and he slept in his brother's old room in a twin bed :) then we spent one night at our friends' liz and joe's over the weekend. they are long-time family friends and we would always do "family sleepovers" when we lived in minneapolis. it's so nice because the kids can go to bed and the grown ups can continue hanging out. except...the kids are getting older and everyone went to bed at the same time this time. ha! our last 2 nights we spent back at my mom's house. week 2 brought lots more rain, but also some sun. it rained so much more than i ever expected, but we were still able to fit in everything we hoped to do.




what we did: i worked in my office again for an afternoon (and had lunch with my old co-worker mandi who no longer works there), my mom watched the kids one afternoon and treated me to a pedicure. so nice! thatcher and i got to have a date night one night. we walked around uptown and then had dinner at pizza luce (one of our favorites!), we went to the mill district one morning with our friends becky and jeromy and their girls. it's one of my favorite places in the city and it was such a beautiful morning, we had a family dinner with thatcher's sister, brother in law, and our nephew at thatcher's parents, the kids and i got to attend another kid birthday - lydia turned 4 and her parents/our friends sara and wes threw her the cutest "mary poppins" themed birthday party at their house, we hosted a potluck/playdate at the park for a bunch of our friends (to maximize the number of people we could catch up with because it gets really hard to fit in one on one visits). it was sprinkling when we started, and after 1.5 hours it was pouring, but lots of people came and it was so fun to see everyone. we had a bbq with extended family at my aunt and uncle's house on a lake. so much fun! finally, my mom and i took the kids to mall of america the last day. i hadn't been there in forever! 




what we ate: it was another food-filled week. i think one of my favorite parts of being home was not having to plan/cook a meal for 2 weeks. so nice! :) during week 2 i got to enjoy the freehouse, agra-culture, pizza luce, another trip to culvers for custard, edina grill, original pancake house, and more caribou and dunn bros coffee. woo! i think i need to take a lonnng break from eating out now. 





the return flight: it was so nice to have thatcher with us for the return flight. the minneapolis airport was not too busy, so the lines went fast. our flight was on time again and best of all - thatcher sat with the kids the whole flight and kept them happy while i sat across the aisle and drank coffee and read my book. heaven! (except i don't really enjoy flying). once we arrived back in seattle we had to take the light rail and the bus (with alllll our luggage) all the way home, which is never much fun, but we survived. 






now we are feeling refreshed and back to seattle life! we considered moving back to minneapolis this summer, but no jobs panned out for thatcher, so we will be here for at least another school year, which is okay in my book! we miss our families and minneapolis, but we love everything seattle has to offer too, so a move will happen when it's meant to happen. school starts for azalea in just under 3 weeks and my mom is coming to visit in september too. we went out and bought azalea's school supplies yesterday! the kids have a couple more camps to round out the summer. i love summer so much and i'm sort of in denial that it's coming to an end, but i'm trying to get into the autumn/school mindset again. it will be here before we know it! 

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Sounds like a great trip!! How awesome that you could carve out all that time! As a kid my cousins from out of state would come for a couple weeks to minnesota each summer and it was always so good to have that time, I'm glad you're able to give it to your family!

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