July 4, 2009

We had a very fun 4th of July. We started off the night going over to Gram Gram and Papa Hiley's house to wish Papa a Happy Birthday. Then we went to Nana and Papa Carter's house for dinner. We shot off some parachutes and smoke balls while we were over there. Then we just went one street over to Jenda's house for the big fireworks. The girls did GREAT!! Emma was pretty scared at first and we were a little nervous but she perked up and had a good time.

Minnesota

We went to Minnesota a couple of weeks ago. We went to Mall of America so that the kids could ride the rides at Nickelodeon Universe. They loved every minute of it...Well almost everything! Emma was terrified of the characters walking around.
We ate at some great places. We also went to Underwater Adventures and Emma had so much fun looking at Sharky's and touching crabs and snails. Brian even got to drive a NASCAR simulator and I rode as a passenger...It was crazy!