Hettie visits Minnesota!

Last weekend we had our first official visitor! Hettie came & spent Labor Day weekend with us & we were so happy to see her. In Texas, she came & spent every other weekend with us...so prior to us moving here, the longest she had EVER gone without seeing 'her' babies, was 3 weeks. I think it had been 8 weeks this time & she is already planning her next trip back! Here are some of her trip highlights:

Here are the kiddos tackling her at the airport.

We watched the sunset on Turtle Lake.

We ate dinner at the wonderful pizza joint in town.

Dawson, of course, had to take her to see Tall Bunyan

They rode the Tall Bunyan train.

Did a little sidewalk jumping.

Played putt-putt at the Tall Bunyan putt-putt.

Hettie gots LOTS of hugs.

And, Hettie's favorite, she read them bedtime stories every night.

We rented a boat for a day & saw many beautiful lake views.

Hettie with Boo #1 (she has always called him her baby boo...then started calling Andi 'baby boo 2')

Her last day here, we took her to Buena Vista Ski resort. It sits on top of the continental divide & overlooks 9 lakes. I will be coming back here in the next few weeks to take fall colors pictures.

If you look close, you can see Hettie & then the kids (up higher) hiking the last leg up to the top.

Hettie at the top!

And, here is a little video of when Hettie was here. One night, the kids picked out the book 'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' to read. I warned Hettie that Dawson likes to say that part really silly. But, Andi was the one who had them cracking up laughing saying the funny words. Here they are 'reading' the book: