Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Minnesotaians Take The Traveling Ingys Even Farther North

When I started doing the Traveling Ingys I thought we'd get to go to a few neat places, but I never dreamed of all the great places and cool things we would see and do. Today's trip is certainly one of them. A little family background before I get started: Jason's mom, Sherry, is originally from Minnesota. (She's a Norwegian Minnesotaian to be exact...Thank goodness for those Norwegian genes...all my babies wound up with blue eyes.) So, today we'll be focusing on family members who wear coats and jackets 10 months of the year, instead of the family members down here in Texas that wear shorts 10 months a year. Meet Sherry's niece, Nancy. And Nancy's daughters, Beth and Nykkole. Nykkole came to live with Nancy's family and is now their adopted daughter. Nancy and Beth accompanied Nykkole to the North American Shaken Baby Syndrome Conference in Vancouver, Canada and we Ingys got to come too. And if you'd like to read more about Nykkole, she has her own blog.

Here we are in the Seattle/Tacoma airport waiting to get on our puddle jumper plane to go to Vancouver.


Registering for the North American Shaken Baby Syndrome Conference


Outside our hotel, Westin Bayshore. Look at those things everybody is wearing...I believe they're called long-sleeves....Yes, that's it...long-sleeves. We won't be seeing those in these parts for another month or two!


The view from our hotel room!


Hanging out in the hotel room, all packed and ready to head home!

3 comments:

Friedt Family said...

Thanks for coming along with us Ingy's! We had a blast, hope you did too. Oh, and sorry about the coat necessity, you know us northerners and our outdoor gear:-)

Anonymous said...

Wow - that was an experience, even if you did get into a little cooler weather than normal for you Ingy's - and getting to meet Nykkole is a blessing all its own! Thanks Minnesotaians, for the travel experience (and the blue eyes).
GS

Mike, Nancy, and Nykkole said...

Thanks for coming with us Ingy's. We actually went to the Vancouver Aquarium also but you got forgotten! We are so sorry. Maybe next time someone goes to one they will take you too. I'm sure that the kids would love it! You can check out the colorful pics on Nykkole's blog! Stay cool there and we will work on staying warm here for the next 5 or 6 months:(
Nancy and Nykkole