Trip To Minnesota

Last weekend, we traveled to Minnesota to visit Jay's family: his Uncle Randy, Aunt Cathy, cousin Craig, his wife Andrea, cousin Jen, her husband Pat, and their little girl, Madeleine. We had so much fun with all of them. We were sad to leave Monday morning.

Since we could not take Kojak with us, we had to leave him at the kennel for the weekend. It was his first time away from us in the 8 months since we adopted him. We dropped Kojak off at the kennel Saturday morning before we took a shuttle to the airport. It was so incredibly hard to leave him there! We really missed him and we both had some separation anxiety as we drove away. But when we called over the weekend, the staff assured us that he was adjusting fine.

We arrived in Minneapolis around 11 am Saturday morning. Jay's uncle and cousin, Andrea, were there to greet us and take us back to the house. We spent the rest of the morning at his cousins', Jen and Pat, house. We got to play with their precious baby girl, Madeleine who is now 14 months old. She is so smart and affectionate!

Later Saturday night, we watched a very exciting hockey game at the University of Minnesota. It was fun cheering on the Golden Gophers! We got to spend some time with his cousins, Craig and Andrea, at the game.

After church on Sunday morning, we ate a delicious greek brunch with Jen, Pat, Uncle Randy and Aunt Cathy. We went over to Uncle Randy and Aunt Cathy's house and watched some cute old family videos of Jay when he was a baby.

Later Sunday we went to Andrea and Craig's Super Bowl Party. The girls took over the middle floor and the guys resided in the basement with the big screen. We all made bets on the score of the game and Jay won the bet! So we came home with a little extra cash!

After the game, we spent the rest of the evening at Jay's aunt and uncle's house. After spending a few hours with them, we rested up for our flight Monday morning. We had a great time catching up with everyone and look forward to our next visit!