Perfect Little Getaway

Piling four adults, two children and a boatload of luggage into a minivan might not sound like the Great Escape, but it sure was for us this past weekend. We spend a lot of time with Jason's parents and really enjoy their company, so when we started talking more seriously after Christmas about buying a minivan, we also started talking about taking short trips with them. One thing led to another (including a test-drive of a used Odyssey) and we ended 2009 as proud owners of our first mom/dad mobile.

Come the end of February it was time to take it out for the first family trip. We spent three days in the Cities and had a wonderful, if not exhausting, time. Dinners out, swimming at the hotel, exploring at the Children's Museum, six hours at the MOA and watching some Olympics in the evenings kept us all busy and provided more than a little entertainment.

I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking.