Happy New Year!

This year for New Years we went to a tropical island! Don't I wish!!

 We took our second annual trip up to the cities for the night. When we booked we were told by the weatherman{who is always off this time of year} that it would be in the 30's New Year's eve. 

It was typical Minnesota weather. It actually rained and snowed at the same time. It makes driving around kind of a bad idea. 

We checked into our incredibly cute hotel first

then Matthew got in his New Year's attire...green hair and all!

and we were off

 We decided to hang out at the Mall of America for the night.

We had big plans to ice skate on a really cool pond right by our hotel but with the super warm weather here in MN{hahaha} the pond was closed for ice skating. 

This is Matthew getting his traditional new pair of shoes anytime we go anywhere. 

 Then it was off to Bubba Gumps for dinner

 Matthew had chicken in a boat

Then it was back to the hotel for swimming and our New Year's celebration.

 okay, just a disclaimer here. My photos are not my best. I was really trying to enjoy our trip and I did not shoot much. When I did it was very quick. 

I love this shot...too bad I missed my focus

The truck was pretty cold when we awoke to a -17 below wind chill so we sat int he hotel lobby a while to let the truck warm up. 

Mike and Matt did the mess around

swimming pool hair!

another detail of our cute little hotel. 

Happy New Year!