Grandma and Grandpa came to visit us and we took them to the Millennium Garden. In case you're wondering, Ainsley was very sassy and wouldn't be photographed. I, on the other hand, have never been more photogenic.
We had to take Grandma Jan back to Iowa today, so Grandpa Walter offered to meet us in Mankato, the halfway point. We decided to take a quick mini-trip and stop at Minneopa State Park as part of the deal.
Minneopa gets its name from the dual water falls in the park - it literally means "water falling twice" in Dakota. Here's the upper falls.
And here is the larger, lower falls. A lady we talked to said this was a trickle compared to what it was earlier in the summer when we had a lot of rain.
The other part of the park is a beautiful prairie and an old mill that was built by hand in the early 1860s. Here are some photos of it.
Behind the mill was a scenic overlook of the Minneopa Creek valley.
There also happened to be a bench at the scenic overlook, so we took these pictures of us.
Grandma Jan and Grandpa Walter surprised us with a visit today. They were up in Minnesota for a wedding and stopped in to visit ahead of my birthday tomorrow. We went to church and then to lunch.
They also brought presents from Uncle Doug and Aunt Serena (as well as their own)!