Home from Minneapolis.  We had a good weekend.  We had a better trip than John and MJ.  They had a 13 hour ride up on Thursday.  And Friday morning John got a call that his sister was being taken to the hospital.  With his Dad out of the country John then headed back to Detroit, another day of driving.  The good news is his sister was OK enough to be released by the end of the day and sounds like she is fine.

So by the time we got to Minneapolis John was long gone.  We had the afternoon with MJ.  We were in the same hotel with Skip and Claire, and we were all ready to leave for Craig and Andria’s cook out Friday night when Skip heard the news that a storm was in downtown Minneapolis,  a few miles west of where we were.  So we delayed at the hotel, watched the heavy rain, wind and hail blow through!  We thought it was over and headed to Craig’s house,  but we were wrong.  The worst of the storm was over but heavy rain then continued all evening.  So Craig and his best man grilled in the front of the garage as the rest of us partied in the house!   But it worked out well and a good time was had by all.

Saturday we had the day to spend, as the wedding was at 7pm.   We took a boat ride on the Mississippi with Skip, Claire, Denise and Claire’s sister Carol and husband.  It was a relaxing ride and a good time.  MJ took the chance to see the Mall of America.  I had the chance to visit a Brew Pub with Chris and MJ for a late lunch, Great Beers and food in downtown St Paul!

We made it back to the hotel to clean up and then off to the wedding.  It was held on an island in the Mississippi in downtown St Paul.  A neat building called the boathouse.  The ceremony was outside, and although the weather was threatening after a very warm day,  the rain held off until after all were inside the building for dinner and reception.  It rained hard all night but another good time was had by all.  Craig and Andria are happy and make a great couple.  We were happy to be there.  Pictures on the album page.

So I had the short drive home today, only about 4.5 hours.   Chris and MJ had the long one to Detroit.  But I just talked to Chris and they did well sharing the driving.  MJ’s tonsil surgery is Tuesday, she is on antibiotics to fight the infection she has, and everything still looks like a go!   Have a fun week!