Move In Weekend

Today we spent a great family fun day at the U of M Campus. Little did we remember, but it was move in weekend for all the new students. Hal and I got a kick out of the freshman walking around with their name tags and all of their Gopher gear. We walked around the campus and of course I forgot my camera. Oh well, we are planning another trip in the fall to go look at the leaves. I had never walked around campus before, and it was fun to have my own tour guide (Hal) who knew what the buildings were and where to show me around. Sophia really enjoyed it as she got to have some Cheerios. Then we made a stop at the bookstore to get Hal's birthday present. We also checked out the Gopher gear and found some new clothing items to get when the weather gets cooler. After our adventure on campus, we headed home to have some lunch.


We tried to get little miss Sophia down for a nap, but with all of the excitement from earlier in the day she wouldn't go to sleep. So we decided to head out and get some groceries for our family bbq tomorrow. We had to go to two different grocery stores looking for the brownie mix that I wanted.

When we got home we played toys and Sophia played attack daddy. She really enjoys climbing on people. She was quite set on sitting on Hal's head. It was awfully funny!

When Sophia decided she had enough, we decided it was time to head out for dinner. We went to Great Waters Brewing Company in St. Paul and found a great table on the patio. Sophia was having a great time reading the menu and looking at the birds. We were loving the weather and the guy playing music across the street. It made for a fantastic evening.

Hmm what should I have for dinner?

Family photo at Great Waters after eating dinner

Once we finished our dinner, we headed over to Rice Park to walk around and check out all of the hype surrounding the RNC. It was pretty busy in the park with the huge stage and all of the people getting set up. We did find the Peanuts characters and Sophia got her picture taken with a couple of them.

Then we stopped over and admired the flowers at the St. Paul Hotel before heading home for the evening. Sophia was pretty tired from her busy day with no naps!