A Shower, Wedding, Baptism and Death

Whew, what an exciting and fun week in Minnesota! It was such a treat to start off the week spending 2 days at Paul's bro's house, John & Sue 's. We got to see Luke's softball game, eat chocolate pudding for breakfast, go swimming, waterskiing, shopping, eat s'mores amidst John's newly landscaped yard with a waterfall and fire pit. Of course our fav part was hanging out and enjoying time with their fam.

We then headed to Mark & Anne's cabin on the lake where we joined all of Paul's family. That was a blast, hanging out, bbqing and competing in the 2nd annual ping pong tourney. Paul took over my title this year as reigning champ. My big belly didn't prove to help the game. After a tough game with my nephew, we came upstairs to a surprise baby shower! Talk about being surprised! It was a blast, with games, presents and cake. Our first baby shower...it was great!

The next day was Paul's cousin's wedding. It was very classy with the reception at an old theatre at the University. The next morning we attended Gabriel's baptism and enjoyed the day at Sara and Nate's home.

Another fun thing about this weekend, was Greta, our goddaughter (actually her mom, Sue) gave us her baby clothes for our little one to wear. She had saved them for us unexpectantly.

The rest of the week we got to spend with Paul's parents. We enjoyed hanging out with them, landscaping a bit and shopping in their cute little town. Yesterday morning they got a call that Paul's uncle died after fighting cancer these last couple of months. We knew it was coming, but it is so final when it actually happens. Uncle Elton is celebrating in heaven pain free.

That was our week...very eventful! Wish flights and miles didn't keep us so far from all of them!