Julie and Andrew's Visit to America

Five weeks or more have been and gone since I last posted. My Twin sister and her family arrived here on the 2nd of June. Since then, it has been crazy. I look back now and wonder where those 5 weeks went!

It was really exciting to meet my new little nephew Levi. He is such a handsome little fella who is easily entertained. I miss his little laugh already. My other nephew and niece, Kyle and Selina, are growing up so fast too. The last time I saw them was when Kyle was Bowdens age and Selina was just a baby. For the most part, we hung out at home, the beach and the mall of America. For the first couple of weeks they were here, it was cold so we spent most of the time drinking coffee and catching up. The kids played really well together and it was fun to watch Benjamin and Levi play together.

For the entire last week of June, we all jumped in the Motorhome and took a trip out to Yellowstone national park. We camped 2 nights in yellowstone...Jerry and I even braved a night in a tent! (this was in a campground where they had just closed the walking trail to the store because of a grizzly sighting). After the park, we stayed in Cody WY and went to the rodeo and Julie and I went white water rafting down the shoeshone river--it was amazing! that afternoon (fri) we hit the road again until we found a walmart to camp over night in. the next day we drove to Hermosa convention in South Dakota and spent the night there. It was fun to see lots of Jerry's relatives there and nice that they could meek Julie and her family. There was another family from Australia there so they didn't feel too out of place! our last night we spent in Wall, SD at a campground. it had a pool and we were allowed a fire ring to make smores. woo hoo. Then it was back home.

On Wednesday, we got to get out on the boat to do a little skiing and tubing. We took the motor home down to the boat ramp so we had a cabin at the lake! On Sat, I took Jules and her family to the Outlets down near Minneapolis and then onto the Mall of America again for Supper (tea). We ate at Bubba Gump shrimp Co. (my favorite restaurant eva!)

So now as I type Jules and Andy are waiting in line at the LA airport and completely tired out. They spent the day at Disneyland and the night before they took a guided tour of LA and Hollywood.

I am going to miss them so much. :(