30th Birthday Bash!!!

So you all read my post about entering a new decade. You know, we laughed, we cried – we shared a moment together.
Well, I wanted to be sure to share some photos from our fabulous family getaway to celebrate this milestone! (Note: This is not a sponsored post in any way. This whole trip was paid by on our own, I just wanted to share it with all of my wonderful readers! If anyone wants to sponsor a trip for me though I would be thrilled LOL).


Our first stop was shopping at Albertville and spending 2 great nights at the Country Inn & Suites in Albertville. We found some great deals while shopping and also enjoyed our stay at the hotel here very much!

 
 I think my favorite part of the trip was spending a good part of the day at American Girl with my 4 year old and her little American Girl doll! The 3 of us enjoyed a wonderful lunch together! (If anyone knows of how they make this spinach salad, I would LOVE the recipe! The warm bacon dressing was to die for!!!) We met some other girls who were enjoying a special day together too!

Even dd’s little doll got to enjoy her own pink lemonade and ice cream with sprinkles! My daughter loved pouring the lemonade for her doll! What a great practical life activity too! I sure enjoyed my birthday treat! Just look at that yummy Oreo Milkshake MMMmmmm Good!
Dear daughter even booked a hair appointment for her little doll! Seriously over priced, but so worth the memories!!!

Did you see that Banana Split? Oh my word it looked AMAZING – but it was not for us, I just had to take a picture to show all of you! 
Even the bathrooms were all pink and cute! What a fun time! 
Oh ya, and I’ll always remember these lovely ladies singing happy birthday to me!


Ok, moving on… while we were at American Girl, Prince Charming took our little Belle to the aquarium! They both had a blast! Little Belle even got to touch some sea creatures!!!

And when we met up after that we just had to take this free photo opportunity…

So that was our trip to Mall of America…American girl for me and Snow White and the Aquarium for little Belle and Prince Charming! We did watch some of the rides and did stop at the Lego store before making our way to Ikea!!!

On the way home we stopped at Cabela’s (Prince Charming’s favorite store) where we took this “lovely” picture!

On the way home we spent a night at the beautiful C’mon Inn. Guess what was right outside our door…

so after the girls were asleep we took the baby monitor out the door and enjoyed a relaxing evening in the hot tub! Perfect end to a perfect 30th birthday vacation.


But Wait….There is more! Just 2 nights after we got home…

my sister got engaged!!! YAY!


So that is what is new around here! 30 has been incredible so far 🙂

Now, I know there are many little girls who would love an American Girl doll, but they are quite pricey at $99. With Christmas coming up you may want to look at Constructive Playthings! They have 4 different Today’s Girl dolls for just $49.99 each and if you use the button from my sidebar you get an extra 15% off your entire order anytime! – I do not get any percentage of this, I just get to offer you this discount because I am one the the Constructive Playthings Mom Bloggers).