Cousins & Crown Center

This morning my sister Jen & nephews Tanner & Cael flew in from WI for my brother Steve's graduation this weekend. Mase & I met my brother & his wife Meghan at the airport where they suprised them with a sign & balloons:

My parents & other brother Chris are driving down from SD & joining us later in the afternoon so we had some time to kill before they arrived. We decided to take the kiddos to Crown Center for lunch & see what it all had to offer. 

We initially were going to take them to Lego Land but when we saw that it cost $18/person to enter we decided against it & instead got a picture with the Lego people:

We instead ventured over to Kaleidoscope which was much more in our price range - FREE :) 

The boys had SO much fun playing & creating cards, puzzles, crowns & so much more at Kaleidoscope & loved assembling their little goody bags of craft projects to take home.

We next headed over to Fritz's Railroad Restaurant to eat some lunch & enjoyed some most delicious "diner-type" greasy hamburgers & fries. 

 

We ordered our food over the phone to some magical voice in the kitchen & an overhead train brought & delivered our food to our table. The boys had so much fun watching the train deliver everyone's food & then return to the kitchen to pick up some more.

 

After lunch we headed back to our house for nap-time & to await the arrival of my brother & parents. Once Mase awoke from his nap, we went to my parents hotel for a little pool-time & waited for them to arrive & check in.

So much fun had already been had & it is only Day 1! Looking forward to seeing what the rest of the weekend holds for us all!