Minnesota Roadtrip!

Wow so last week me, my grandma, uncle Kelsey, uncle Jimmy, and auntie Dulce went on a road trip to Minnesota! The whole reason we went was because my uncles used to be part of a group called The Singing Strings when they were youngins and they were having a reunion! But we also had many other agendas and adventures! I basically went along since I don't do anything all day and so I could play with the group so my grandma could brag about me :). So here is what we did and saw...


 Once we passed the Minnesota border my grandma INSISTED that we go visit Faribult Wollen Mills Co! I vaguely remember going there when I was little and it used to be a HUGE warehouse but it closed in 2009 because of the recession and just recently opened back up. Now it is puny little blanket shop. When you first enter the store you can smell the unpleasantness of the wool. The blankets were super expensive too! Like, $237 but they were gorgeous!

In Minnesota everything was green and the sky was so blue. The weather was absolutely perfect!

 We stayed at a family friend's empty house and everyone morning they would come over and make us breakfast! Denise, the wife, makes jams from wild berries she picks on her property in another town. She also had legit syrup she got from an actual maple tree! It was sooo good omg. These were our toppings to these whole wheat pancakes she made for us! They were the best healthy pancakes I had ever tasted. Usually whole wheat/buckwheat pancakes are disgusting and have no flavor. But these were so good because she put in coconut oil to make them sweet! I am dying just thinking about it. Then another morning her husband made us some mean omelets with peppers, bacon, broccoli, onions, and everything else you can imagine. For dinner another night he grilled cheese sausage, ham, turkey, and beef, and we ate it with corn on the cob and omggg it was better than Texas Roadhouse. IT WAS SOO GOODD. Okay, I'm done talking about the food now.

This is the log cabin my mom, aunt, and uncles grew up in! My grandpa and grandma built it all by themselves! I'm not sure what year though. Anyways, we were poking around and the current owner found us and he was super nice and let us see the inside! It was absolutely gorgeous! 

 Now to The Singing Strings part. My uncles played their violins, danced, and sang in this music group when they were young. A Finnish lady named Ms Paccella (sp?) and her twin sister started it in the 80's and still run the program! Boy are they characters. Anyways so since the sisters are Finnish the kids in the group wear traditional Finnish clothing. I am so glad I didn't have to dress up like a little peasant girl when we performed. The kids even sing in Finnish! It is soo funny. I still even have one of the tunes stuck in my head. 

My grandma is sooo proud of her outfit! By the way, she played the accordion with the group! Hahaha soo funny.

 I cannot wait to torture my kids like this! Hahaha! Poor things..

 Finally, on our way back we stopped at an Action Figure Museum in Oklahoma. I didn't think it was very interesting but my uncles are into that kind of stuff. I was bored and found a little dress up area and decided to put something on...haha.