Joe had to travel to Rochester for a weekend conference, so the girls and I tagged along to spend time with Nana and visit the children's museum with a good friend. We loaded up the car, ate dinner on the road and rolled into the city way past bedtime.

The girls were so excited to be on a mini winter adventure. They love any opportunity to roll their own suitcases.

Hotel rooms = late nights, TV in bed and sister pileups

The next morning, Joe headed down to the conference early, so the girls and I were on our own. Abby and Ella had breakfast in their hotel fort while watching Saturday morning cartoons!

Then, we headed out to meet Laura at the museum! We were especially thankful for a new play museum to explore when we woke up to five inches of snow and temperatures that were barely reaching 5 degrees. Oh Rochester!

The mini Wegmans was the best. We would have played in there all day if we could have. Even Juliet did some grocery shopping. 😊

Is this not every little kid's dream? I know it was mine...for sure!

It was a fun and refreshing morning hanging with Aunt Laura at the museum.

Are you there, Elmo?

A little grocery shopping!

Abby and Ella were really excited when they saw a real life Braille machine because we had been spending so much time learning about Helen Keller. They both practiced typing their names in Braille letters.

This picture makes me think about all the years I sat across from Laura at a table in the Schine Student Center while she shared all of her wise words with me! God has used (and continues to use) her friendship to change my life. I love that my girls get to know and spend time with her now!