This Porridge is Just Right: "Spring Break" The Dells/Minneapolis

It was "Spring Break" during what Minnesota calls "The Big Thaw" so we headed north. The St. Paul temple is going to be 15 miles away from where we will live this summer.!!!! YAY

Kate and Spencer went down the tube slide like a billion times. Die Hards.

Jess and I had fun playing everywhere in the park

We went down the lazy river a lot.

We let them watch cartoons in the morning and eat on the floor- a real vacation since we don't have TV and we don't eat in the living room.

Little Mermaid

There was this creepy attraction with the White House upside down, mashing cars etc. It's supposed to be an alien abduction.

Roma with snow :)

This Hotel at the Wisconsin Dells turned a room into this cook kids room

We found a REAL Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis. Taqueria La Hacienda. They had Trumpo just like Mexico. Yumm Al Pastor.

We went to the Mall of America and the girls were dying to see there was an amusement park inside.

It was so cool because accompanying adults are free so we let the girls each pick a ride $6 each. We had a ton of fun and only spent $12

Jess was dancing while we were waiting for Spen and Kate on the Roller Coaster. It was a huge Greenhouse so it was totally warm. We haven't felt warmth like that in a long time. It was amazing.

Some lady told Jess to get on for Free, she was loving it.

Is this totally stealing?

The ride of terror, Jess hated it and cried and I felt so bad. It lifted her up and dropped and lifted and dropped and her headband kept falling and she didn't want to let go to fix her headband. It was so sad.

Lego Store. Yes, Jess is wearing pajamas. She LOVES them.

Lego Displays

Swimming again.

Right when we got home Kate was so excited that the snow melted and it was 55 degrees, even warmer then the "Big Thaw" in Minnesota. She made her pants shorts, found a short sleeve shirt and ran out to play and ride her bike. She got little kisses from the sun on her cheeks.

We made some Melanzane. They girls look like they are so miserable.

and my Dad's Sauce...yum it simmered for 5 hrs. It was perfect. You know that part in Ratatouille where the critic tastes the Ratatouille and he is taken back to his childhood? That is how I felt eating this sauce.