Minneapolis

We used the excuse of looking at a car to head to Minneapolis, MN over a 3-day weekend. We didn't end up buying the car but enjoyed an excuse to get away! We stayed in St. Paul the first night at a hotel. The hotel had a really nice pool that Elizabeth enjoyed playing in! On Saturday, we went to the Como Zoo which was a ton of fun. We were surprised that there were a ton of other people visiting the zoo too! It wasn't too cold and most of their exhibits were indoor. We love zoos anyway and the older Elizabeth gets, the more she enjoys them too! They had a few special flower exhibits which were beautiful. It was almost overwhelming to see so many gorgeous flowers in one place (minus all of the other people!). Of course, any trip to the cities wouldn't be complete without stopping by the Mall of America. Andrew had never been inside so I told him it's a must see. He wasn't too impressed and we were in and out in about one hour! I didn't mind because I figured it'd be more fun to take a trip there with some girlfriends! That night we headed to Rochester to visit out good friend Nick who's doing his residency at Mayo. On our way there we came across an Elk Ranch where we stopped to take pictures. Every elk was a huge bull; they even had two albino elk! We had a blast with Nick, it was so nice to see him again! We ordered take-out Chinese and sat around telling stories and laughing all night! We came home Monday tired (Elizabeth did not sleep well either night...) but grateful we'd made the excuse to get away for a weekend!