Sunday, 8/11/19...Headed to Minnesota, went to the Mall of America

Max having breakfast in the morning at our hotel

We were happy to enter Minnesota

Brittany and Nolan's baby, Bentley was dedicated at our church this morning

Yay....arriving at the Mall of America

Max and Bill in the Mall of America

Max was happy we were close to the Lego Store and could go there first

He was pretty careful what he picked out.  

Papa was a good assistant

This is the roller coaster Max went on in the Mall of America

Bill finding out what Lego Character he is

Max in line for the roller coaster ride

Max on the ride above and below

Max by the Fairly Odd Coaster he rode on

We stopped for a yummy Cinnabon 

Max by the water log ride in the Mall

Above the Lego Store....they had all these neat things made out of legos up there

Up on the top floor where we are at the tops of the roller coasters

Which cheese hat is your favorite???

We went to Aquarium on the lower level.  It was so nice how we walked through a class tunnel and could see all the sharks, etc. swimming above us.

Big shark above Max and Papa

Max and Lego Scuba Diver

Big Turtle

Nemo and Dora swimming around..not sure which one is Nemo

There's Nemo...by Max in the bubble

Max with Jellyfish

Max with lego jellyfish

Stingrays swimming

Max petting a starfish

Leaving the Mall of America

Max making a basket

Max played basketball with these people.  The girl played for a few minutes by Max and the guy played for 45 minutes.  Max did great!

Back in our room

Cute picture of Rody and Vikki at Galsterer's home for a Worship Team get together

The kids had lots of fun in the pool

We all woke up late. It was 8:30. We all dressed quickly and headed to the continental breakfast.  It only went until 9.  Ate and then got ready and packed up.  

Headed to the Mall of America.  We went to the LEGO Store first thing because Max was so excited to go there.  We spent a lot of time there while he filled three large containers with Legos and built three mini’s.  He was happy he had his chore money and money he saved so he could buy what he really wanted. It was fun seeing him so excited! He went on a roller coaster ride called Fairly Odd Coaster. He loved it.  It was amazing to see how many rides and roller coasters there were, plus a water log ride and other rides right in the middle of the Mall.  I bought a couple of tops at the mall. We walked around and 

Had Cinnabons.  They were warm and very yummy. Before we left, we went to the lower level and went through their aquarium.  Very cool having sharks swim over our heads.  We left there and spent the night in Eau Claire, Wisconsin at a very nice Sleep Inn Suites..  It was a beautiful hotel and very good price.  They had a regular, but very big pool with a basketball hoop and ball.  The water was super warm too.  Max made baskets and I swam.  When I got out, a guy and his wife got in and the guy played around the world with Max. Max won. After he left, a young couple got in the pool and he played basketball with Max for 45 minutes.  Max made lots of amazing shots and caught a lot of great passes.  I had so much fun watching them and my heart was so happy seeing Max have so much fun and doing so great!  I was pretty amazed!  Bill stayed in the room and rested and read his Bible.