We walked in to the room and see a couple of bottles of water sitting around. That was nice of them...
Until we looked closer and saw this! Um, no thank you!! $3.95 for a bottle of water, they must have lost their minds. We went to Walmart and got a 12 pack for $2!
The Holiday Inn Express has a free continental breakfast, yum! Not so much at the Sheraton. $8.95 was the cheapest breakfast they had... I don't think I pay $8.95 for a month's worth of Cheerios and milk!! :)
On top of the $8.95, you also have to pay a delivery charge and a "convenient" 18% service charge! I'm not sure what part of that is convenient for me?!
We bought a Pack n Play for Brynne to sleep in. Both nights I put her in it long ways and when I got her up in the morning she was like this:
How she turns around I'll never know! It could be the fact that the bassinet portion is only supposed to be used up to 15 pounds, Brynne is probably right at (or possible over) that mark!! She is getting HEAVY, good thing she isn't a fan of being held all the time!
As you can tell by the pic below, Brynne is super happy in the mornings... Definitely her dad's trait!
Another thing I noticed while we were there (which is also a problem in MN) was this:
Seriously?!? Who does that?? Louise Avenue, Louise Drive, and I'm pretty sure I also saw a Louise Road! Apparently Louise was pretty special :) Something else that is really weird to me is that Louise Avenue and Louise Avenue North were no where near each other. You have to be really careful when using the GPS up here... Just ask Chris!!While Chris was in the conference I did some exploring. The night we got there we went out to eat with others from the group. On the way to the restaurant I spotted a Sonic!! So far I have not found a Sonic in MN so I was very excited!
Anyone who knows me knows what I got... a GRILLED CHEESE!! I also got a cherry slush. I was VERY tempted to get a coke because I LOVE Sonic cokes, but I haven't had any cokes since Brynne was born and for once in my life am not craving them, so I decided to leave well enough alone!
It was gone in like two minutes!
I got lost looking for the Sonic (not so good with directions--or lack there of) but I'm glad I did because I found this:
I can literally spend hours walking around Hobby Lobby... I also haven't found one of these in MN! So after Sonic I made my way to Hobby Lobby and just walked around. I told Chris I walked around in there so long that I forgot I wasn't in TN!! I saw lots of cute things, but I made it out only having spent $6 and some change!! I'll try to remember to do a post on what I got when I finish it.
We also spotted this right off the exit! The only one in MN is in Minneapolis, which is 65-70 miles away :( Chris and I decided we would eat there after the conference was over as we were leaving. Mimi and PaPs { :) } gave us some Cracker Barrel gift cards in our stockings at Christmas and we were finally able to use them!!
It was SO good! I MIGHT say it was better than the ones in TN, but it could be because I just miss good southern food :)
On the way to SD we saw tons of windmills! I was mesmerized by them and wanted to take pics, but I was driving and the camera was out of Chris' reach :( I would get some on the way back. Unfortunately the weather was nasty on the way back so we had to take the pics from inside the car. This was only a small portion of them:
It is relatively flat and always pretty windy up here so windmills are definitely a good idea! I however am not a fan of the wind!
We also took Brynne swimming for the first time while at the hotel. As I was going through the pics I decided to do a separate post because there are lots!! :)
We had a great time in South Dakota and it gave us a little taste of home. Brynne did great with all the driving, sleeping at the hotel, and all the new surroundings! Chris said the conference was very good as well!!
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