A Trip Home Part I

We had a great trip home last month, with lots of pictures, so I'll break it into 2 posts. First, is our time spent in Albany. Riggs got lots of quality cousin, aunt/uncle, and grandparent time, as well as a few fun little adventures.

Here we are at the carousel the city of Albany is building. It's a 10 year project, that is pretty much awesome. Hand carved and painted animals, with personal stories built into each. Riggs LOVES the different animals, especially the fact that he can sit on them!

The whole gang.

Some of the animals in just their carved state.

The painting room.

The cousins.

We also went to A-town's farmers market. I bought a scrumptious blackberry croissant. Riggs ate almost all of Grandma's blueberries. It was a great morning.

Finally, we were sure to hit up the Wiest's pool.

We can't wait to go home again! Stay tuned for part II.

Went from Land O Lakes, FL...

....to The Land of the Lakes. That's right folks, a couple weeks ago I decided to do a quick trip to Minnesota. Let me just say this trip couldn't have been more needed or more enjoyed.

My Hosts....or most of them at least

Our lake day. I didn't get any tubing pictures, which was as awesome as we all know tubing is. Instead, I tried to get Joss and Riggs to take a picture on the beach. Let me just say it would have been easier to get good photos while riding the tube. These two have to be the biggest "problem areas" in our family photos...although, they could be the cutest too!:)

If they aren't going to look, why not just take it from above.

MN has so much to do man. Here we are at the indoor park because the Minnesotans of the bunch thought it was too hot to be outside. Riggs pretty much just stayed perched by the ball thing.

Oh, and who's having fun? That's right, this guy.

Of course you've got to hit up the Mall of America. Can you say must see? Oh, and can you say, they have a ride named after the horse we named Riggs after - Big Rigs.

Riggs watching the girls do their thing.

Riggs being so over it.

And finally, Riggs on a ride. He loved it!

A big thanks to all those that made this trip possible, if you will.