Nathan and Lisa: May 2009

I (Lisa) was able to spend the last 2 weeks visiting my sisters. The first week was spent with Tami, Chad, Levi, Tori, and Elliana in Cloquet, MN. I met 8-week old Elliana for the first time and immediately fell in love with this beautiful little girl. We had lots of snuggle time together as we got to know each other. The week was spent relaxing, playing games with Levi and Tori (lots of Bocce!), reading books, going on walks, and just enjoying being together.

From Cloquet I drove down to Sioux Falls to visit Sheri, Ryan, Kiera, Caleb, and Joel (thanks to Chad for letting me borrow his car!) The twins are already 5 1/2 months old, so it was fun to see how they had grown since Christmas. I also got lots of baby time here between the 2 boys yet still managed to play with Kiera and read her lots of stories. (I still have the book "26 Princesses" memorized.) She is extremely talkative and had us laughing constantly with her silly chatter. Sheri and I managed to get out several times and get some shopping or exercise in with the kiddos. It was so fun to spend time with everyone but it always so hard to leave. We just look forward to the next visits.

I drove back to Cloquet to drop the car off then took the shuttle back to Minneapolis to catch a flight to Chicago. Nate and I met up in Chicago as we had plans to attend a wedding in Michigan. This was also our anniversary weekend...3 years already! We spent the night in Chicago then drove to the wedding on Saturday. The wedding was beautiful and it was fun to see our friend again. We had to leave early Sunday morning to catch our planes and with that my adventerous trip came to a close!