Vacation!

Alright, so that took a little longer than I thought. I love taking the pictures, but editing them - not so much. And trying to pick just a few favorites to post? Yikes.

So anyway.... we were in Bemidji, MN a couple of weekends ago. Why Bemidji you ask? Well, with 4 boys in the family, it's silly to try doing a shopping weekend (it just gets frustrating), so Jonny looked for a place we could all be happy and came up with Bemidji. (It also happened to have a hotel with an awesome kiddie pool, which was the clincher.) We only went for one night so that we could spend mothers day back at home. We managed to cram in as much as possible - a whole lot of pool time for the boys, a brief antique shopping experience for me (disappointingly, but not surprisingly, unsuccessful - I'm a terrible shopper), 3 different playgrounds (again, for the boys), a museum (which would have been better sans enfants) and 2 state parks for Jonny. We would've liked to do some hiking while we were in the parks, but with 3 small boys in tow, that didn't seem too practical.

It was a fun time - the weather didn't really cooperate, but we're Manitobans and we're used to that.

Apparently Paul Bunyan lived here - or something. I didn't get a chance to read any of the info.

I told you it had a great kiddie pool...

This was at one of the many fabulous playgrounds - each one more fun than the next. I could live there just for the waterfront parks they have....

This was in Lake Itaska state park. It's the headwaters of the Mississippi River - something that impressed Jonny far more than the rest of us.