The Mall of America

Three excited girls with their dolls ready to shop!

So many choices

Three girls happy with their purchases!

Trying on princess outfits at the Disney Store

Avery as Belle

Autumn as Cinderella

Hannah trying not to be eaten by a crocodile

No trip to Minneapolis would be complete without a trip to the Mall of America. The girls had been excited for weeks to go to the American Girl store. The girls would have been ready to go once they finished at the American Girl store. Randy and the boys hung out at the Lego store.

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives

We had some good laughs about our failed attempt

Can you find the bouncer?

The caution tape was for the new sidewalks poured the day before

Before: The kids were trying to talk us out of going in

Autographed poster of Guy Fieri

It really was pretty cool inside

Look at all the awards....we were impressed!

Jensen's Mushroom & Swiss Burger

My Bacon Cheeseburger with Sweet Potato Fries

Not the best picture, we were looking into the sun

We started off September in Minneapolis for 3 days. When Kesha went back home Hannah went with her and spent a week in Minneapolis with her. When we went to pick her up we spent several days in the Twin Cities. One of the things Randy & I wanted to do was eat at a restaurant featured on the Food Network show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. The Twin Cities actually had a number of restaurants that had been visited by Guy Fieri. We failed at our first attempt at a pizza place called Psycho Suzi's Motor Lounge, we arrived about 10pm to find a sign on the door stating No One Under 21 Allowed After 9pm. We took a few pictures then went back to our hotel and order Domino's Pizza. Before we left we decided to try again at a place called The Nook that was famous for their burgers in St. Paul. We were sceptical when we pulled up and saw how small it was and the caution tape out front. We all enjoyed our meals, the burgers were honestly the best burgers we ever had. Great Memories!

Iowa State Fair

Most of us enjoyed a Pork Chop On-A-Stick

Jesse

Autumn

Sweet Potato Fries dipped in Maple Cream

Getting ready to ride the Crazy Mouse

Avery trying to get her seat belt fastened

Tilt-A-Whirl meets Roller Coaster...it was AWESOME!

Big Black the huge bull...3,404 lbs.

Avery & Autumn with the 5th biggest pumpkin

The famous Butter Cow

The Sky Scraper ride Kesha & Jesse rode

When Kesha was home for a visit in August we decided it would be fun to spend a day at the Iowa State Fair. We had a great time despite the fact that it rained off and on most of the day.

Auction Work Days

Sweeping off 30 years of dust

Simon, Levi, Jensen, Reid and Lane

All dusted, time for a scrubbing

1948 Frazer Manhattan

Can you believe it, Air Conditioning!

1951 Frazer

Reid and Lane hard at work

Simon and Levi

A one of a kind cast iron seat....can't wait to see what this sells for!

Another cast iron seat from a collection of 125 seats

Levi with some really big tools we discovered in the shop

My Dad, Dale Widmer, watching all the work getting done

Driving the Massey Ferguson

Jensen took lots of rides sitting on Grandpa's lap & steering

These two had way too much fun to call what we did work!!!

My Mom, Gerri Widmer and Reid loading up the truck

This doesn't look anything like my Maytag!

What a fun couple of days I had this week. Some of the kids and I spent 2 days helping my Mom & Dad get some work done in preparation for their upcoming auction Saturday, September 5. Levi & Lane Schrock joined us while Avery & Autumn stayed at their house. We got a lot done and had a lot of fun too, as you can tell by the pictures. If you would like to see more photos of items being auctioned click here.