4th of July

Bouncing!!

My cousin, Angie, and I on the 4th of July.

Papa and Bella

Opps I have once again been slacking off at posting to my blog, so now it is catch up time...

For the 4th of July weekend Bella, my mom, and I went up to Duluth to stay with my Auntie Denise and her husband Rick. They recently moved back up to MN from Florida and we love having them back! My cousin/best friend Angie and her boyfriend Brady also came up and stayed with Denise (her mom) and Rick.

On the way up on Friday, we stopped in Moose Lake to grab dinner at this dinky (as in you could maybe for 30 people in the place) little cafe. I was kind of excited because a lot of times those places have the best food... yeah this place did not hold true to that. It took an hour to even get our food, and when we did it was not very good. But while there it was interesting to people watch. It's funny that in a small town, 2 hours north of the cities, they can be so behind the times (mainly clothes and hairstyles). I don't want to generalize, because I am sure there are a few people that do not fit these descriptions... they just were no where in site while we were there.

On Friday night just hungout around the house and caught up. Bella fell in love with the Harley slot machine that they have downstairs. She could sit in front of that thing and play for hours, I am actually considering investing in one as a "babysitter"... haha only kidding.

Saturday we went to Sturgeon Lake to celebrate the 4th with mom and Denise's side of the family at a resort that one of mom's cousins and her boyfriend own. It was great being there, we spent a lot of time there when we were younger and this is the first time I have been up there since Bella was born. Bella had a blast getting attention from all of her distant relatives she hardly ever gets to see. And she, for the first time, jumped in a big inflatable bouncer without crying!

Sunday, we left Duluth and met Papa in Garrison for a post 4th party/wedding shower for some friends of the family. Papa took Bella out on a boat ride, she thought that was pretty cool. Bella also fished off the end of the dock but was unsuccessful at sitting long enough to catch a fish. And before we left she took a few jumps on the water trampoline.

All in all, it was a long weekend but lots of fun!