Ryan and I flew to Arizona to spend some time with his family. It felt great to enjoy the hot, 90 degree weather. We spent most of the vacation lounging by the pool. Ryan's niece had a birthday party on Saturday with a huge blow-up water slide in her backyard. They grilled hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch. They even had a snow cone machine. The party was a huge success, I think the adults had more fun than the kids.
Ryan's birthday was on Memorial Day this year. We spent most of the day at the airport. Our layover took us to Houston, which is not really on the way to Minneapolis. Ryan's favorite birthday present came on Thursday when the cable guy hooked up the HD/DVR receiver. I don't know how we ever lived without DVR.
#2 Weekend with the girls.
My friends came to visit me!! I have been looking forward to this weekend for months. I haven't really made a lot of friends out here and I really miss my girlfriends. Jalene and Treo flew in from Vegas on Thursday, and Deb came from Chicago on Friday. The weather was good on Friday so we took a walk by the Mississippi river. We had lunch at a cafe near the river and went on a boat tour. I was glad we were able to spend some time outside, because the rest of the weekend was cold and rainy. On Saturday, we spent the whole day at the Mall of America. Eleven and a half hours of shopping- we didn't leave until the stores kicked us out. We went in every baby store at least twice. Two of my friends have babies, and the other one is pregnant. We stayed at a hotel downtown. We watched movies and stayed up all night talking. (Ryan was a bachelor for the weekend.) On Sunday morning, we went to brunch at Hell's Kitchen, then it was time to take them to the airport. I was sad to see them go.
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You beat me to posting.. I love all the pics. My goal was to get mine posted tonight and I started cleaning instead. Oh well.
I had a blast coming to see you and hope we can do it again soon. I still can't believe we shopped that long.
Can't wait to see you in July.
I lovity love love love you.
I heard you guys had a blast I seriously cannot believe you guys shopped for eleven hours this mall has to be giagantic. Hope all is well are you coming home at all this summer? If you do lets get all of us and go to lunch
Sounds like lots of fun!
I can't wait for August when I get to come and visit you. Ü
Debra, Such a fun post! What a fun time in Arizona. I haven't felt 90's for a long time! Melissa had a great idea to rent a water slide. What a fun party! I loved all the girls weekend pictures. You all needed a fifth person to carry all your bags! I am glad the 11 1/2 hours was a success. Our vacation is coming quickly . . . it won't be in the 90's but there will be shopping. Tom just called me. He made it to Paris and was calling me from a double decker bus and passed Notre Dame! Amazing! Tell Ryan hi! Love, Ang
Hey Deb, I'm glad you got a weekend with your friends. It's really cool that they don't let the fact that they have kids get in the way of a fantastic weekend. I could definitely learn something from that! We had so much fun with you guys in AZ and wish we would have extended the stay! Come visit us and hopefully we'll be able to get out there. Mason would love a boat ride!
What fun trips you had! I just love girl weekends. Looks like a blast! Love you miss you!
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