Hubble 3D IMAX

Yesterday evening we got to Jonathan's sister Becky's apartment in time for supper.  She knew we were coming and had made really great chili and rice for us to eat.  We parked behind the building and then crowded into the living room of Becky's and her husband Kent's apartment.  After Jonathan introduced us all and we had a tour of their place, we ate supper and then headed a few minutes away to get ice cream from Cold Stone's for dessert.  We got there just before they locked the doors so that was good timing on our part.  I got the best thing in the store, a mint chocolate chip shake.  Yum, mint is so great!  After we got back to Becky and Kent's place, we lounged around in their living room on their really comfy bean bags and I found my sister-in-law, Terrie, and her sisters in Kent's elementary year books.  It was super amusing.  Then it was getting late and we were getting tired so us Q's left to go settle down in the fifth-wheel and Jonathan stayed to sleep on one of the two bean bags that made into queen-sized beds.  Yeah, they were pretty cool.

This morning we ate breakfast in the apartment before heading into to Minneapolis and managing a whirlwind stop at the Mall of America.  We had about 45 minutes there before we had to leave for our next appointment.  Bryn left the group to look at stores and my mum and I bought tickets for the rides that we soon found.  I texted the guys who had gone to Radio Shack or Best Buy or something like that and they soon met us at the rides.  Ty and I and my dad went on this awesome ride that looked like a giant skateboard and spun us around.  Then Jonathan and I went on one of those huge swings while Ty went on the skateboard ride again.  We met up with Bryn and raced to a rollercoaster to use up the final tickets.

With our time at the mall over, we briskly walking back to our parked cars and drove into St. Paul to the IMAX theater at the zoo.  We got tickets for the 12 p.m. showing of Hubble 3D and Becky managed to get there before it started after she finished working.  It was an awesome IMAX.  My dad said it was the best one he's ever seen and my mum and Bryn kept saying how much it made them think about God.  I'm so glad Dr. Nash told us about it in our last Literary Journalism class.  I loved it.  After the movie was over, we browsed the gift store and bought a couple older IMAX's that we hadn't seen before on DVD.  Then we all went back to the area that Becky and Kent live in and were going to go to this one place for lunch, but then found out it wasn't there anymore, so we walked down the street to a burrito place that was amazing.  After that, my mum went with Becky to a bread store and a grocery store, while the rest of us went back to the apartment to load up the fifth-wheel and we all met back at a gas station before saying good-bye to Becky and continuing on our drive.

We made it to Fargo, ND before finally stopping for the night.  We were actually on our way traveling north to Grand Forks, but the winds were really bad and it was raining too, so my dad turned our parade of cars around and we drove back to Fargo.  We tried to find the KOA campsite our GPS found, but when we got to the address, there was nothing there, so finally my parents decided to stay at a hotel.  We drove across the street to a La Quinta and my dad made arrangements for a room and also for a place to park the fifth-wheel for the night.  Now we're all in the hotel, about to start Friday night worship, so I'd better sign off for tonight. Adios.