Road trip MN ~ Part 1 (end of Dec 2024)

After Christmas (2024)  we decided to visit my sister in MN.  Never a dull moment in this car when we have to take photos.  O. M. G... look at Bobby.  Ha ha!!

Pretty dreary and cold-looking outside!

It's nice that my sister is now only about 7 hours away compared to when we lived in CA.  I suppose if anything, Graham and Charlie are happy because it's the only time they get to eat McDonald's.  Check out this table at one of the restaurants!

And all I could think of was, "Please go wash your hands very well before you eat!!".

Bobby has this thing about not pushing his chair back.  Well, I guess we know who was just here at my sister's dining table :-P

We have some quiet time and so we figured it would be best to find some snowboarding boots. So many more to choose from here!

Some cousin-bonding time:

It's too bad the older cousin doesn't want to hang around too much.  He's missing out on some very yummy acai bowls!  

Come to think about it, that peanut butter was SUPER YUMMY! It was freshly grinded on the spot!

Waiting for a table for dinner.  Look how short Bobby is compared to the boys' cousin. Ha!

I think it was too busy at that restaurant, so we ended up at a Culver's:

The next day, ramen for lunch with my sister. YUMMM....

Down-time means electronics for these 2 boys:

We decided to try out curling one day.  Older cousin is still missing out on our activities!

Not the easiest, but it was definitely fun!

I didn't do so well.  Ha ha!

We spent some time at my sister's friend's home. Viking football game/watch-party. I think it was pretty close to the playoffs.  The boys kept themselves occupied with an indoor basketball court:

There was also arcade games - I think Bobby is having more fun than the kids:

Mini basketball hoops too!

Here's a quick photo of the mommies and their 2 boys:

And this was from just 2 years ago.  Look how much everyone has grown!

My 2 boys are still so short compared to my sister's boys. Ha!

While we're still in MN, we had to visit the Mall of America again.  I tried to take a photo of this MASSIVE Lego Transformer:

We're definitely not going into the Lego Store.  There's a line!

Okay, maybe this angle is better to show how HUGE that Lego Transformer is!

We find the Toys R Us store instead. What is this world coming to though - Charlie is on his phone instead of wandering around a toy store??!

We go into another store, and I can't help myself but take a photo of this.  Too funny!!

This mall is SOOO HUGE!!  An entire amusement center in it:

Okay, here's probably the best angle of that Transformer.  Can I say it again...? Massive!!

Graham, on the other hand is not as amused. I told him to stand there so I could use him as a size comparison. Yup, things your kids have to put up with. LOL!

Time for some boba. This one was super sweet but so yummy!

This is truly Charlie - he can only wish he had a boba drink that large!!

One last meal before we leave town in the morning!