Happy Holidays!

We are back from our holiday. Despite an eye infection (US medical bill which will be covered by our Blue Cross), a fever for my other daughter and a leaking transmission we made it home in one piece. Our van on the other hand is still in Fergus Falls getting repaired. We currently have a US rental which according to the border patrol we cannot drive in Canada. I quickly edited a few pics for my picture a day August challenge. My zoom lens is in the shop so I'm using a portrait lens for candids which was REALLY frustrating and made for some not so good shots. But the good thing about this is it encouraged me to put my camera away and enjoy. Here are my shots for the week:



Aug 8 - What's on your feet challenge. What a great time for this challenge since baby DD has been wearing every shoe she can find. She loves the one that make noise when she walks! :)



Aug 9 - A trip to Winnipeg . A stretch for the put out the trash challenge going to Wpg to bring my lens in before my warranty ran out and my lens became trash ;0)


Aug 10 - at our hotel in Grand Forks. DS never plays with his Elmo or Cookie Monster but chose them as his toys to bring along on our trip. Guess it was a result of the Elmo Makes Music Show that we saw in Grand Forks this same day.


Aug 11 - A quick stop in Albertville at the outlet mall resulted in this...much more in the bags! This was only the beginning because we stopped on our way home as well.




Aug 12 - Mall of America. I wasn't sure if I should take the kids on this ride with me but went for it anyways. DS was pretty scared. DD was scared as well, but she didn't have much of a reaction. I loved it! In the above picture the kids are showing off their new build a bears!


Aug 13 - Como Zoo. I couldn't decide on one picture so did a quick little collage. My favourite thing was the Gorilla - very cool to watch. We even saw him pick his nose (Yuck).


Aug 14 - Valley Fair! GO, GO, GO challenge. The kids started off on the cautious side but then got braver as the day went on! They loved the monster :) I even went on the Wild thing
"Valleyfair's hyper-coaster, Wild Thing, features one of the world's largest weightless zones and a 200-foot, 60-degree drop!"