Going to North Dakota and Walmart (Yikes!)

This weekend was my 20 year high school reunion, so we went to North Dakota. It was Esme's first really long car ride. Because she is a pretty good night time sleeper, we thought it might be better to drive through the night. So we left Maple Grove at about 6 pm Tuesday evening and drove. Esme slept all the way to Jamestown where we fed her and she went back to sleep. She made it to the Dickinson Airport before she woke up and fussed for the last 20 minutes or so. We got to New England at about 2am.

Wednesday we went to visit Grandpa at work and got to meet all the Slope Electric people.


That afternoon Esme went to Walmart for the first time!


Keep in mind this is the same baby who went to Target on her way home from the hospital after she was born and before she even saw her own home! She's a born Target snob! But we had to get some groceries, and in Dickinson you get groceries at Walmart, so what do you do? Aaron pointed out that the only time we ever go to Walmart is when we are in North Dakota or Hawaii. I guess that's not such a bad thing. Esme may not agree! She was a little embarrassed afterward!


When we got home from Dickinson, Esme had a bath and then got to meet her Great-Great-Aunt Gini who was very anxious to meet her. They snuggled and had a nice visit. :)


This was the same night that a tornado went through Dickinson. Gini was on her way home from Dickinson when she stopped to visit us. She just missed the tornado which was good because it was dangerous enough that it destroyed several homes. Whew!