5 days later and after 24 hours of driving

we are home safely in Spearfish.

Things we did/points of interest:
*visited Grandma Norma
*Gorged ourselves on BBQ at Famous Dave's
*Loved Mall of America theme park.... Simon was in heaven
*Made not 1 but 2 trips to the amazing Cosetta's Italian restaurant.
*Admired the baby orangutan at the Como Zoo.
*Won 100 bucks on pull tabs!
*Cleaned up throw-up in the car, off the carpet, and off the table/floor of Qdoba AND Subway :)
*Drove through snowdrifts approximately 6 feet high.... on the way home....at 40 mph....
*Played ping-pong at the cabin
*Played darts
*lost at both
*Won at Monopoly Deal!