We just got back from Minnesota for 8 days and it was beautiful!!! We are normally California people every summer, but my parents wanted to take us back to see my "roots" and where my dad grew up and see and meet lots of relatives!! I was a little nervous for the 3 hour plane ride since my kiddos don't sit still for ANYTHING, but with the portable DVD, coloring books, snacks they did pretty good. We went all around the town of Wayzata where my dad is from and everywhere you turn there is a Lake!!! I am not a lake person, but the Lakes in Minnesota are so clean and gorgeous. The kids had a blast swimming and just enjoying the PERFECT weather, we couldn't have asked for better weather. Every morning my dad and I would get up before everyone else and run for miles, I LOVE RUNNING but it was so nice to be able to run in such great weather and not on a treadmill for 8 days...nice change!! I would just put my IPOD on and run to worship music and just enjoy looking at ALL of GODS creations. We went to a amusement park called Valley Fair which is like a Magic Mountain.. all of the rides that Austyn wanted to ride he wasn't tall enough so he didn't care for it very much but everyone else did. We made it up to him the next day by taking him to the amusement park in Mall of America....That was an ALL DAY EVENT!!! Needless to say we had a WONDERFUL time and are very BLESSED to have such a wonderful family to travel with!! THANKS MOM AND DAD FOR A GREAT TRIP!!!
We came home to not so good news....we got home Thursday evening and found out Corys dad has Colon Cancer. We are waiting to find out if it has spread to his liver, but the mass they found was pretty big. PLease keep him in your prayers... GOD CAN DO MIRACLES!! We also came home to a very sick dog, waiting on her blood work to see if she has valley fever, AC is broke, fridge broke, and the pool pump broke while we where gone so the pool is all cloudy!!! All of this in 24 hours!!! UGH!! Luckily we have 2 air units so we are living down stairs until they come tomorrow and fix that, pool guy comes tomorrow, Fridge is fixed, Roxy is doing better with the antibiotics they gave her so will find out more Tuesday and praying HARD for Corys dad. Needless to say ... it could be worse!! We have an AMAZING GOD we serve and this is all happening for a reason and we TRUST in him to get us through all of this financially, emotionally, and physically!!! PRAISE JESUS!!
