Quick Weekend Getaway

This past weekend I went to Minneapolis to celebrate my best friend's 40th birthday. It was just me that went while Max and Andy had their boys weekend together.

I have never really spent time in Minneapolis before so Kelli did an excellent job of showing me around. Friday night we went out in downtown Minneapolis and had a lot of laughter and reminiscing of old times over dinner and plenty of drinks.



Saturday was quite the chilly day as I believe it was 37 degrees with a brisk wind that blew right through your jacket. But, as everyone there would say "at least the sun is out."

Since I have not spent time in Minneapolis Kelli decided that we would hit up a couple tourist spots. The sculpture park/garden is a popular tourist spot to take photos and it provided a nice scenic view of downtown.





The stone bridge was pretty cool and absolutely beautiful...but super cold. I couldn't stand out there longer than 5 minutes. Notice the rainbow in the pics.




Kelli also took me to the best gluten free restaurant. It was the best food ever! I was so happy to go into a restaurant and not have to worry about what I was going to order.

Saturday night was the big party for Kelli. She had well over 60 people there to celebrate her special day. I am not surprised that many people came because Kelli is truly a one-of-a-kind friend. She is caring, sweet and would do anything for you. I am so glad I got to meet so many of her friends and family. Everybody was also super nice.






Sunday we had brunch with Kelli's family, but then we needed to relax at the house because a) it was cold outside and I was over being cold and b) we were super tired from our weekend of going out and being young again.

While I was away, Andy and Max had a good "boys weekend" together. Max played hard at his soccer game. No goal, but he says he tried really hard and that's all that matters. They did a lot of bike rides around the neighborhood because Max is currently obsessed with riding his bike outside. On Saturday they also went bowling together.




It was such a nice weekend in Minneapolis catching up with a long time friend of mine who I rarely get to see, but when we do see each other it's like time has never passed. It was so nice that I might just make it an annual trip to visit Kelli in Minneapolis. Even though I had an awesome time it was even more awesome to come home to Andy and Max.