Minnesota Adventures!

Mall of America. Audrey and Quinten go speeding by the race track.


Uncle Bill let Quinten drive his boat!


Lauren swam with my cousin, Dian, 1.8 miles across the lake for her first open water experience.


The kids, and me, took time jumping off the dock bouncing off an octopus. We took turns jumping onto a tentacle and holding on until all eight arms were taken!


The Nehring granddaughters! Janet, Dian, Mary, Jodi, Lori and Suzanne. Patti was there but managed to break her wrist while demonstrating how to jump rope. She ended up having surgery back in Columbus.

Over the 4th of July weekend, Janet took the kids to a Gorman/Nehring party in Paynesville, Minnesota. My mom's family has had a small cabin situated on a deep lot on Lake Koronis. The cabin goes back several generations and has not been updated. Dad decided he wanted to take one last vacation up there and invited all who wanted to go to join him. Growing up, we went twice per five year interval. We always had a wonderful time up there with all the Nehring relatives. The cabin was a special place for mom and she loved having her family use it. There is no tv, air conditioning, electronics, dish washer or much of a shower but none of those items really mattered. We doubled up with sleeping and the kids were on air mattresses and Lauren preferred a couch for her bed. Fun, fun, fun! The kids entertained themselves and everyone got along playing and cooperating. Dad drove ~850 miles with four granddaughters in later June. The adults along with the Zappe kids arrived at the very end of June. We did go to the Mall of America which was a great deal of fun for everyone. The amusement rides were quite fun and the lines were not that long. With three teenagers present, the mall stood no chance!