A lot has happened over the last couple of weeks, but I need to keep a promise I made to my readers about our trip to Minnesota.
Three weeks ago, Michael and I made the trip to Minnesota to see our dear friends Kari and Mike. Ever since we planned the trip, everyone we have told about it has told us we were CRAZY for travelling to Minnesota in winter. Somehow we managed to pick the mildest winter in years... as we prepared to leave we packed for COLD but I could tell Michael was worried about being able to use all of our cold gear. I secretly said a prayer in hopes of a cold trip and a day of ice fishing.
Luckily, our flight was out of Louisville so we were able to stay with Elisabeth the night before the flight (saving us an extremely early wake up). We loaded up to go to the airport (much later than planned) because we received a phone call that our flight had been delayed. On our way to the airport, we received some information that our flight had possibly been cancelled and immediately started to panic. After tears at the airport, frustrated conversations about getting to Minneapolis at a decent hour, we are thankful we had friends in Minnesota with flight experience and managed to find a flight that would work. An hour ride in a cab back to Lexington and a 20 minute run in the Detroit airport (all with a bum thumb), we made it at a decent hour! Needless to say, travelling with Michael in the airport always tests our relationship, and I swear he has some bad omen following him around when he even talks about flying, but as always we pulled through stronger than ever. It was great to be with our friends!
Friday evening we went to the Luke Bryan/ Jason Aldean concert, and had an absolutely amazing time! We had a blast laughing, singing, drinking, and dancing the night away.
We were reminded that our minds although young, our bodies take some time to recover from that much fun. After reminiscing and being lazy the first half of the days (reminding me again of the college days) we set out to tour the Twin cities. We managed to get some good food that came with a nice little warning, see a lobster claw game, tour the city, try to see a Gopher Hockey game and be tourists in the Mall of America. We chose to take it easy on our bodies (after all we have grown up... sometimes), because we had an exciting day of ice fishing ahead of us.
After a long day on the ice, we headed back to the house to fry up some fish from Mike and Kari's previous fishing trips. It was nice cooking up dinner and relaxing. I tried hard to soak up the last hours with our friends. I am so happy that Kari is "home" but it breaks my heart that we are now so far away. I feel like sometimes we take for granted our friends when they are close, so it was very important that we treasured that time together.
Fortunately, Michael and I made it home safely without any more flying drama, smiling from a fabulous weekend, but sad to leave good friends, and even more for me dreading what was to come with the thumb saga. That most likely will be the next blog...
Three weeks ago, Michael and I made the trip to Minnesota to see our dear friends Kari and Mike. Ever since we planned the trip, everyone we have told about it has told us we were CRAZY for travelling to Minnesota in winter. Somehow we managed to pick the mildest winter in years... as we prepared to leave we packed for COLD but I could tell Michael was worried about being able to use all of our cold gear. I secretly said a prayer in hopes of a cold trip and a day of ice fishing.
Luckily, our flight was out of Louisville so we were able to stay with Elisabeth the night before the flight (saving us an extremely early wake up). We loaded up to go to the airport (much later than planned) because we received a phone call that our flight had been delayed. On our way to the airport, we received some information that our flight had possibly been cancelled and immediately started to panic. After tears at the airport, frustrated conversations about getting to Minneapolis at a decent hour, we are thankful we had friends in Minnesota with flight experience and managed to find a flight that would work. An hour ride in a cab back to Lexington and a 20 minute run in the Detroit airport (all with a bum thumb), we made it at a decent hour! Needless to say, travelling with Michael in the airport always tests our relationship, and I swear he has some bad omen following him around when he even talks about flying, but as always we pulled through stronger than ever. It was great to be with our friends!
Friday evening we went to the Luke Bryan/ Jason Aldean concert, and had an absolutely amazing time! We had a blast laughing, singing, drinking, and dancing the night away.
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| Kari and I |
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| Thumbs Up for the Concert! |
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| Awesome seats! |
Here's a liitle tidbit of one of my favorite songs:
We were reminded that our minds although young, our bodies take some time to recover from that much fun. After reminiscing and being lazy the first half of the days (reminding me again of the college days) we set out to tour the Twin cities. We managed to get some good food that came with a nice little warning, see a lobster claw game, tour the city, try to see a Gopher Hockey game and be tourists in the Mall of America. We chose to take it easy on our bodies (after all we have grown up... sometimes), because we had an exciting day of ice fishing ahead of us.
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| Michael said it's one of the best burgers he's had! |
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Interesting Concept! |
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| Rollercoaster |
The boys on the rollercoaster:
We decided to head out to Wisconsin to find some good ice fishing (remember it's been a mild winter, and I saw the mail man in shorts the day before). A little car ride and a speeding ticket later (sorry Mike.. again I think this is a bad omen that comes with Michael), we made it to the lake. We were skeptical about being able to drive out on the ice, but managed to pull up to see lots of trucks on the ice. We slowly eased out onto the ice, making sure to roll down the windows for safety precautions. It was definitely a weird feeling as we drove out on the ice hearing it crack beneath us. We managed to set up camp, and had a blast. Fortunately it was cold enough for ice fishing, but not too cold to be miserable (and of course I got to wear my Valentine's Day present!) Michael and I can now cross something off the bucket list!
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| Drillin' Holes! |
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| Ready to Fish! |
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| My first catch of the day, had to take a pic in case I didn't catch anything else! |
After a long day on the ice, we headed back to the house to fry up some fish from Mike and Kari's previous fishing trips. It was nice cooking up dinner and relaxing. I tried hard to soak up the last hours with our friends. I am so happy that Kari is "home" but it breaks my heart that we are now so far away. I feel like sometimes we take for granted our friends when they are close, so it was very important that we treasured that time together.
Fortunately, Michael and I made it home safely without any more flying drama, smiling from a fabulous weekend, but sad to leave good friends, and even more for me dreading what was to come with the thumb saga. That most likely will be the next blog...
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