Pre and Post Traveling to Minnesota

So we are settling here in MN and I am now going to take the time to post some pictures.

Out to lunch with Korena, Lexi, and Maxi

Quin "dressing" herself

Traveling to MN

A wicked storm rolling in over the mountains

We stayed in WV after the storm. 

We visited Kory and Teresa Johnson. Here are two of his three boys.

As you can imagine the kids got kinda bored on the long trip. This is Quin entertaining herself.

Now in Minnesota

Craig and my dad took Konrad and Cousin Cy to the Rochester Honkers Baseball game. They had a ball! haha!

Grandma has a wonderful backyard for everyone to play in.

Grandma and Cousin Beckett

what a cutie

We went to the local rescue zoo and Konrad has some fun with horns.

Quin kissing the carved bear head

Thanks to being all around boy cousins Quin is learning how to climb, among other things.

My sister Natalie and her son Cy (also Beckett's mommy)

The turkey was really showing off

We all went to garage sales and Grandpa bought everyone doughnuts. The kids had a ball eating them.

Grandpa showing Konrad how to play the bass guitar.

Now showing QuinElla

Jamming out

Playing at the kids play place at the mall

That is all for now. We have been busy and I will post more after we move into our apartment. We miss all our friends we left behind in Virginia, but we are having a ball in Minnesota.

Best Carrot-ish Cake Ever!

Best Carrot Cake Ever

Preheat oven 350*

2C flour

2t baking soda

1t baking powder

1t salt

2t cinnamon powder

½ t nutmeg powder

¼ t ginger powder

1 ¾ C sugar

½ C vegetable oil

½ C apple sauce

3 eggs

1t vanilla

3C shredded carrots

2 bananas

1C chopped walnuts

1can crushed pineapple, drained

½ C raisins

Mix on low until just barely mixed. Put in a sprayed 9x13 pan.

Bake for 45 min.

Frosting

1 package cream cheese

1/4C butter softened

2C powdered sugar

Mix and frost.

Vacation

So..... we were supposed to go to NYC for our vacation, unfortunately it was scheduled to rain the three days we were going to be there. We canceled the trip, since most of the things we wanted to see in NYC are outside, and decided to go to the beach instead.
The weather report said that there was only 10% chance of rain on Tuesday and Wednesday. In reality it rained all day Tuesday until 6pm. We went to the Childrens Museum in the area (thanks mom and dad) in the morning. It was HUGE! The kids loved it! When it was lunch time (ok 3pm) we left and went to a movie. Thank goodness we got the movie on a cheap night ($2 for the whole family) and we got to see a claymation pirate movie. The kids had a ball and it was a theater that served food so we ate a pizza while we watched the movie.
At 6 when the movie was over the rain had stopped and we went to a small beach by our TINY hotel.
On Wednesday we decided to drive to Virginia Beach (30 min away) and spent the day at the beach. At 330 we started our drive home and stopped by a friends house in Williamsburg for dinner.
We didn't get back on the road till 9pm and thanks to crying kids and Konrad throwing up (he was so tired he cried and screamed till he barfed) we didn't get home till almost 1am.
It was a long and fun trip. Quin and I got a little sunburned, but we had a lot of fun!