Another year, another family vacation.

Instead of doing a planned, orderly vacation, we put off all planning until it was too late, then scrambled to come up with something. We ended up doing a whirlwind vacation in the Twin Cities that involved ValleyFair, the Minnesota Zoo, the Minnesota Science Museum, Mall of America, a family reunion and the Irish Festival. And on Monday, Sam started vacation Bible school, and Emma started girl scout camp.

A good time was had by all. Here's some pix to prove it.