Pretty much the best week ever!

I know this is the fourth post in two days, but we have had an exciting month. This past week was Spring break for Colby and (as the title suggests) we decided it was pretty much the best week ever. Here are some of the highlights, in no particular order....


The First Major Car Repair

Colby has never done a major repair on our car, until this week. For the past few months, Colbs car has been leaking antifreeze. It has gotten progressively worse and recently he has had to put antifreeze in every time he drives. We got a quote on the repair and it was ridiculously expensive. I was telling our friends the Bomsta's about our quote and Brandon offered to help Colby fix it over Spring break. The guys put in over 15 hours of work, and saved us a ton of money. I'm very proud of Colby and owe Brandon a big THANK YOU!




The Science Center

We drove up to Minneapolis with the Bomstas for a couple of days to see the sights! It was just over a three hour drive and it was well worth it. The Science Museum of Minnesota was very cool. The boys loved the dinosaurs, human body section and the music area.


Carter and Evelyn hang out by one of the dinosaurs.


The kids play in a tunnel. (I know Ammon's eyes look kind of freaky, but the rest of the kids looked cute!)


Colby, Ammon and Carter play on the giant Xylophone.


Buck Hill

Those of you who are skiers should get a kick out of this. When locals hear that we like to ski they always tell us that there is a ski resort a couple of hours from Iowa. Well, we passed it on our way to Minneapolis. It looked like a total man made hill and the base was right by the freeway. These pictures don't capture how small it actually was, but you will get a pretty good idea.



This is the "summit" of the ski resort, notice how you can see it from the ticket office.


These are the three lifts that the resort has to offer.


Underwater Adventures

We took the kids to the aquarium at the Mall of America. It was pretty cool. They had a lot of underwater tunnels, sharks and sting rays.


Evelyn, Carter, Brielle and Ammon by the miniature alligator.


Our two little "treasures"


This picture was actually really hard to get because the treasure chest had about a foot and a half overhead clearance. But wasn't it worth it?


Ammon and Mom in the shark tunnel. I know it's hard to see, but there is actually a shark over Ammon's head.



Carter and Bri check out the fish.

I don't have photo documentation, but we also saw the Mall of America, went on a couple kiddie rides at the amusement park at the mall and visited with my friend Angel who lives in Minneapolis. (And Angel, I was sooo glad we got together!) As all good things must come to an end, Colby will return to school tomorrow. The good news is, he only has 2 months left of school!