Family Reunion

Our trip up North to MN was a lot of fun and it was nice to finally go to a Blaisdell family reunion. Tom's has a couple of Uncles and some cousins that I hadn't met, so it was nice to finally meet them, and see some family that lives elsewhere and our paths rarely cross. Megan had a great time being with everyone and making lots of new friends. I think I took about 300 pictures so here are some highlights....

Megan loved helping Papa water his garden and plants...
At the first family reunion cookout, Auntie Mary was her playground tour guide - Megan ate it up!

Papa's cousin Margie and her husband Jack stayed at the house too, Megan loved getting everyone involved in some play doh action!

We had lots of time for snuggles and hugs with Grandma...

At the reunion we celebrated Megan's Great Great Aunt Hazel's 90th birthday...

And no reunion is complete without a family shot...

Megan loves seeing Haley again. I'm still trying to figure how what Haley is from a relationship standpoint... Haley is Tom's cousin Tony's daughter.... are the 2nd cousins? Or first cousins once removed? Anyone??? At any rate - she's dearly loved by us!

Megan got Papa on the floor with her to build with her duplos (Thanks Uncle Dan).

And somehow she learned about Bubble beards....

Papa got out Tom's old wagon so that they could take it for a spin...

Megan thought it was so much fun that she'd be the driver....

OK, Daddy was a little big so Grandma had to be the caboose. Then Daddy took over the driving and once again fun was had by all!

We even braved a cold day and headed down to Lake Superior to take a little tour of the Edna G. She's an old tugboat that used to help get the ore boats docked.

Megan thought the inside was pretty cool. Peek a Boo!

Then up the hill to the train museum.... If you ever saw Iron Will (movie about the dog sled race with, one of the train stops was filmed here. A claim to fame (sort of), and fun trains to look out. Which Megan loved!!

She even had some interactive fun....

Don't trains bring out the best in all toddlers....

The gift shop by the train station (which is still a working train station for scenic tours out of Duluth MN) also has a giant moose. Megan wasn't totally sure what to think about him at first, but finally warmed up for a hug!

We also had a fun time throwing rocks into Lake Superior. It was way too cold to actually think about dipping our feet in there. When we were at the Edna G (tugboat) I asked the man how cold the water was and he said that at this time of year it's about 35 degrees. Eeekkkkk!

But with all that rock throwing, Megan got her hands extremely dirty - so Daddy had to come to the rescue and show her how to wash her hands with minimal water contact. No toddlers in the frigid water today!

Thankfully Grandma and Papa have a fun park around the corner from their house, so we made a few trips over there...

And what's a trip to MN without some snowmobile action...... (OK, in June/July you have to be creative)...

Before Uncle Dan headed back to his town, he made sure Megan was raring to go with a lot of love and some sugar - in the form of a great ring pop).

Grandma got to take Megan for her first trip to Dairy Queen... Yum, need I say more!

It was a fun way to say goodbye to Two Harbors!

That was only the first part of our trip.... after the reunion and time with family in Two Harbors we headed to the Twin Cities. You'll have to stay tuned for some scenes from city life!