More Trip Pictures!!!

Here is the second set of pictures from my trip!!!!!!!

This part of the trip was spent with my pen-pal Michelle and her family.....

We went to the Como Conservatory in Minneapolis.

It was an indoor garden...

It was so pretty there!!!!
And it smelled great too!!!!

Loved the different verity of flowers they had on display!



Sorry this is sideways!

The spines on this tree were so neat I had to take a picture!

This was the outdoor Japanese Garden.

My favorite part of Como!

So peaceful!

This is the outside of the conservatory

Along the front windows, they had a lily pond with lilies of all colors!!!

The next day we went to the Mall of America!!!!!!

It was so much fun!!!

We were able to go to the Butterfly Habitat they had inside the mall!

It was really neat to have all the butterflies flying around you!!

Michelle and I with the butterflies......

LEGO Land!!!!!!

Found this fun store called Lush!

They hand make all their bath products.

This is the display of soap they had......

The Underwater Aquarium was really neat!!!!

I looked up once and saw this "face" looking at me!!!!!!

They had so many fish there......

I think the seahorses were my very favorite!

Or maybe the jellyfish!

We went to eat diner at Crave. Very tasty!

L-R: Michell, Candiss, Ruben, and Me!

The next day before I had to got home,

Michelle took me to the Fort Snelling National Cemetery

It was really sad to see so many headstones........

They went on for miles, with more behind those.

I had such a wonderful trip!!!!!
So thankful to my parents and brothers for letting me go!!!!!

Can't wait to go back for another visit! :)

How has your summer been?

Have you done anything special or gone anywhere neat?

Trip Pictures.........

I had such a wonderful time on my trip to Minnesota!!!!! Learned a lot of new things about the Lord and what He has planned for me!

I was so blessed that the plane trip went smoothly (Thank you to all who were praying!)

We left the airport at 6am, so I got to see the sunrise from the plane!

A view of the sunrise out my window.........

Some of the fields we flew over on the way to Chicago.......

I thought they looked like a patchwork quilt. :)


On the way to St. Paul MN I flew over Lake Superior.
It is a little hard to see because of the clouds.......

While I was up there my friends hosted a mini missions training camp, which I attended.
It was such a great time!!!!
We got to spend a lot of time with the Lord, eat ethnic foods (we had Indian curry once that we got to eat with our hands!), fellowship, sleep in a tent and go without flushing toilets, computers, cellphones and showers (except for buckets) for a week!!!!!!
It was such a wonderful experience!

We also went on a lot of hikes down to the lake and to Itasca State park.
One of the hikes we went on we took at midnight down to the lake!!! The stars we so beautiful!!!

Here are some of the pictures I took while on our hikes.......

The Lady Slippers we beautiful up there!!!!!



This is the 16 story fire tower we climbed!!!!
The view from the top was breath taking!


The lake we hiked back to often..........

I'm not sure what these are, but I thought they were really pretty!

The were growing wild by the lake.

So many of the flowers were in bloom while I was there!!!

I love how the bark looked!!!

I think I took more pictures of it than the flowers! :)

So many ferns there.........

Minnesota is a beautiful place!!!!!


This is where the Mississippi River starts......

We were able to walk across it!!

After I stayed with my friends for 3 weeks I was able to visit on of my pen-pal friends for the first time!!! She lives in Wisconsin.

We were able to take a trip to the Mall of America, which was a lot of fun.

When I get my computer to load those pictures, I post them as well!!!!!

Over all the trip was such a refreshing time!!

Now that I am home I'm learning how to put into practice

all that I leaned there.

Please be praying for me as I sort out what the Lord has for me!!!

If you have any questions about the trip please ask I'd love to answer them!!!

So Long, Farewell.........

Well the time is finally here for me to go on my trip!

For those of you who don't know the details, I'm going away for 3 weeks up to Minnesota to visit with some friends who are missionaries! They will be hosting a summer camp while I'm there. I'm flying up there and since this is my first time to fly I'm just a bit on the nervous side. :) I'm also going to be spending my 21st birthday up there! Yay!!

I'm very excited about going!

This will be the first time that I will be away from my family for this long.

Last week has been spent getting my bags packed and making sure that all the paperwork and household stuff is done.

Now that the time has finally come, it seems hard to believe that I'm actually going to do this. :)

If you think about it would you please keep me and my family in your prayers?

There are so many things that I am worrying about. I know that the Lord will take care of me and my family, but sometimes I do start wondering if something will happen while I am gone. Please pray that I will have a peaceful mind (I'm a natural worrier), please pray also that my family will be safe and healthy while I am gone, that I will have a safe trip and that I will have an open heart to anything the Lord might be showing me while I am away.

I'm not sure if I will have any Internet access while I am up there, so this will be my last post for awhile. If you have any posts, giveaways, etc. that you would like me to see please leave me comment and I'll be sure and check it out!

If you are new to my blog please look around! If you start following while I'm away please leave a note and I'll be sure and take a peek at your blog as well! :)

I will have my camera with me, so if all goes well

(full battery, remembering to take it out of the suitcase, room on memory card!, etc.)

I hope to be posting a bunch of pictures and all the details of my trip when I get back!!!

So stay tuned!!!

One last thing.....

While I'm up there I will be looking for a couple of things to host a giveaway with!!!!

I'm hoping to start it up when I get back, so be sure and check my blog for this!

Well, I hope you all have a very enjoyable summer!!!!

And I'll "see" you in a few weeks!!!

Blessings!