Anni in Minni

On July 20th, Q and I celebrated our 14 year anniversary. We celebrated with a weekend in Minneapolis. My parents came up from Wisconsin to stay with the kids so we could spend the weekend just the two of us. We stayed in a hotel on the west side of the city.

Our first stop was Kohl's...to buy Twins T-shirts.

...because we're goin' to a Twins game!

And, it's our first time at the new stadium. Target Field--"the best field in the country"! What a gorgeous night for a baseball game.

So fun to be right downtown and see the skyline from the stadium!  The atmosphere was perfectly Minnesotan and all-American!

by the way, the Twins won!

On Saturday, we rented city bikes and rode around downtown. It was so fun!

Of course we had to ride by the metro-
dome (where
the Vikings play)


We had Starbucks...

Statue of Joe Mauer

We found this GREAT restaurant right on Lake Minnetonka for supper

Sunday was the last day. We enjoyed a very leisurely morning, checked out of our hotel, and went to Original Pancake House {our number one fave for breakfast in the twin cities}before heading home to the kiddos.

We are always so grateful for the gift of time together just the two of us.  We spent a lot of the weekend talking about how happy we are to be together and dreaming about our future and how fortunate we are to have such a special marriage relationship.  We truly are best friends and more in love than ever. By putting God first in our marriage, we've been able to work through the difficult times and come out stronger and closer than ever. We feel so blessed to have each other and we want to give all the glory to God.

Thanks again to my parents for coming up to stay with the kids!  I know they always enjoy the time with Grampa and Gramma.