Monday June 3

This was our last day of vacation - but we went out with a bang!! I think by now everyone was tired and ready to go home and sleep in our own beds. We spent the day at an amusement park in Minneapolis called Valley Fair. If you ask the kids, they'd say this was their favorite day. Boy they had a great time on all the rides. It was a beautiful day weather-wise, which was a nice change from the crappy weather we had all the other days. It was also busy with tons of school groups (i.e. a huge amount of obnoxious middle and high schoolers). The kids have turned into little daredevils going on almost every ride they were big enough for, including some very big ones like this extreme swing (Xander and Brian went on it), a huge roller coaster (Will and Brian) and one of those pirate ship rides where the boat swings around in a complete circle (Grace and Brian).

 

 

Time to go! They were exhausted by this picture, ready to go. We just relaxed in the hotel room the rest of this day.

 

We packed up and made the 7 hour drive home the next morning - for a total of more than 32 hours in the car for this trip! It's good to be home - but what a nice vacation!