fyi part 6

Below is Mom's final entry of her "fyi" series for her trip to Minnesota!
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Dear All:
5/10/06 - Marcy took off this a.m. and tomorrow a.m. to do some things w/us. Off to Target. Wanted to buy a shirt for youngest grandson Nicklaus. Found one that said "it's my brother's fault."

On to Japanese Garden which is near Marcy & Kyle's and may be quite overlooked by area people since so close by. It's behind a college. A peaceful, lovely garden w/a small waterfall, several Japanese buildings/bridges, etc. Very calming.

Had decided to go to the Mongolian BBQ for our final lunch in MN. Usually when I get to MN we go there first. Wanted to have Logan experience it. There's a long counter full of raw meat (turkey, chicken, shrimp, pork,beef) and vegetables plus rice noodles and pasta. You fill a bowl w/what you like. Then choose a sauce to wet the bowl. A chart tells you how many scoops of oil, etc., lobster sauce to add. Then you walk over to where it is cooked. The worker takes your bowl and places the contents on a huge round black heated flat surface and begins tossing away. Once it's done he gives it back to you to enjoy. If you want to tip the cooks, you put your money in a jar, then you can hit the huge "gong." The cooks all yell "thank you!" Very neat place. Logan enjoyed it (once the meat was cooked).

That night Ethan recited a bird poem for all of us. He needed a prop to go along w/the poem so Marcy cut "wings" out of felt for him and she, Kyle and Xander pasted feathers on it. Looked really cute w/all the colors of the feathers added. It was attached to Ethan's shoulders and wrists so he could raise his arms and look like a bird w/wings.

5/11/06 - Last day in MN. I had given Marcy a "shoe show" earlier. She commented the one summer slide looked short on my foot. I hadn't realized it before. So we decided to go back to Nordstrom Rack - yeah! We were on our way to Mall of America when Gordie called quite upset - the airlines had called that our flight had been delayed and we needed to make other arrangements in Phila. So Marcy called Jenny and between their calls things turned out all right. It seems that the Phila. flight was also delayed so there weren't any problems.

Of course when women are in NOrdstrom Rack they find more shoes - Marcy is the opposite of me and needs wide shoes (which they had a nice variety for her too). She chose sneakers and some nice white slides for summer.
I, of course, took the too short slides back and found 2 more pair! Thank goodness Logan had his gameboy w/him! Must tell on Marcy & Logan @ this point. I was quickly looking @ shoes after returning the pair when Marcy & Logan raced up the aisle. Marcy said "you have to leave NOW for the airport!" I tossed the shoes on a bench and was racing towards them when they both laughed! It was a joke. HA HA

Since our flight was delayed we had additional time so Marcy & Logan went to the MOA Aquarium. I'd been there before so I relaxed, admired new shoes & cleaned out my purse. They got to touch a shark and several other creatures. The Aquarium has a moving walk area which you stand on and admire fish all around you - beside, above. Beautiful.

We had Donna as our stewardess from MN to Phila. - and again from Phila to Elmira! She recognized Logan and said "hey, I remember you!" The flight from Phila to Elmira was so turbulant Donna had to stay in her seat facing us the entire 35 min. flight.

Once we landed & went in the terminal Logan said "I think you'll recognize the guy over there in the white shirt." It, of course. was Gordie who'd been @ the airport so long they probably thought he worked there. We went to p/up our luggage. Uh oh. A man popped out of the luggage carrier and announced that if our bags weren't out there already, they weren't here yet. Oh great! Good news is they came the next morning. I was upstairs when the phone rang. A man said he was in the driveway right then and had put our luggage on the front porch. I zoomed downstairs and waved & thanked him for our bags. Logan had two broken items in his bag but I was lucky.

Well, that's the story. Back home and in the groove again. Looking forward to moving June 24th.

Have a great day!