4th of July

Our First Fourth of July!

Brian and I drove to Victoria, Minnesota (right by Minneapolis) to spend the 4th with his side of the family. His Uncle Mark and Aunt Chris live there with their kids Annie and Nick. I think there were about 16 of us in all. It was the first time I met one of his Aunts and Uncle and one of his cousins and her family. It was a very relaxing weekend, I didn't have to worry about school work or work (well lets just say i opted not to do any school work). On Friday I went with Brian's cousin Tara and her husband and Brian's other cousin Annie to the Mall of America. It was huge! We had fun window shopping and looking at the amusement park. Yes, they had like 3 roller coaster and some that even went upside down. While we were out shopping, the rest of the family went to a couple of museums and St. Paul's Cathedral. On Saturday we went on a Lake Cruise on Lake Minnetonka. It was really neat, we ate dinner and gathered with hundreds of other boats to watch the fireworks. It was a spectacular show. One firework even made a smiley face. It was lots of fun to get to know Brian's side of the family better.

This is where we had the boat cruise. There were big and beautiful homes on the lake. They were mansions... some owned by the Twins Owner, Inventors, and much more!
Waiting to board for our boat cruise. There was a train depot and pretty flowers to gaze at. Grandpa and Grandma Pottorff
Our Boat!!!

Brian, Mom, & Dad- Just taking off on our cruise!

Brian's Cousins: Tara and Tony and their daughters Mia (left) and Olivia (right)

Aunt Chris, Uncle Mark & their son Nick

Cousin Annie & Uncle Robin (Aunt Tacy's husband. I think Tacy was smart and avoided the camera! :)

It was an amazing sunset!

Mike was able to capture some great shots of the fireworks. All those lights you see by the water are boats. There were sooooooo many it was crazy. Good thing we had a big boat so we could push our way to the shore! lol