Happy Birthday, Mallory! The birthday girl has a big day planned for us. Manicures at 9am and then spending the day at Silver Dollar City. Stephanie, Marissa and Mallory left for their manicures shortly after 9 (good news) but showed…
Day 3 of vacation. The family is embracing the leisurely lifestyle. Our only plans for the day is to drive five miles into town and visit the quaint shops of Eureka Springs, and it would be almost 2:00 before we…
Vacation Days start slow. Every person wakes up according to their own clock. Ellery got up around 7 and Mallory didn’t come upstairs until nearly Noon. Judgement-free zone! While everybody was stirring and getting their conscious thoughts in order, several…
The King Family has a wonderful tradition of going on bowl trips to follow our beloved Oklahoma State Cowboy football team. As our team is experiencing an unparalleled stretch of 11 straight bowl games, we no longer feel obligated to…
It is Day 8 of our vacation and we are finding new ways to be late leaving the house. Today it is Marissa being unable to find her toothbrush. That one will be tough to beat! Yesterday almost by accident,…
When Allison and Paul visited us on Wednesday, they told us that Minneapolis truly supports their mom & pop donut shops. Places like Dunkin’ Donuts and Krispy Kreme have a hard time making it. So this morning, we paid a…
When doing research on things to do in the Twin Cities area, we came up with quite a punch list of attractions. Today we attacked that list. The day started with a drive through the University of Minnesota campus. Back…
We had been in Minnesota for nearly 48 hours without visiting the Mall of America. We fixed that oversight today. Steph, Miles, Marissa and I arrived at the mall at 10:30, while KK & PK would join us later. Marissa…
Today’s activities focused on exploring St. Paul. Our day began at the Landmark Center, which was originally a Post Office and Federal Courts Building, but is now a visitor center and office building. The Federal Courtrooms in the building became…
Since we don’t get to see Stephanie’s Aunt Mary that often, Stephanie and I, and the kids, paid her a visit while KK and PK slept in and took it easy. Mary has only lived in Iowa for a few…