What Are Those Hedricks Up To?

We have been staying busy with life.  Between keeping up with school work, classes, church and activities with friends, we haven't had time to do much else. With the good excuse of a wedding in Northern Minnesota, the kids and I decided to take a break and go freeze in Bemidji, MN as well as see our family and friends. Unfortunately, Bob wasn't able to come with us but I know his and many loved ones were praying for our safety. We left on the end of a large winter storm that hit the Midwest with such intensity. I thought we should avoid the most of it and take an unfamiliar route. We saw more than we wanted to see of South Dakota but we had sunny skies and dry roads most of the way.

We met up with my cousin, Laura Gill, in Minneapolis and couldn't pass Paul Bunyan and Babe without getting a picture.

This little, fuzzy rock star kept staring at Laura for some reason. Meleah thought he should be put on the dashboard. He has become our little mascot. Or creepy fuzz ball?

Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gill

This was a lovely wedding. It was touching to see the joy and love they have for one another.

Glenn Gill even serenaded his bride at the reception, much to the delight of the many at the reception. Let Me Call You Sweetheart,  Love Me Tender and There's An Old, Old Path.

It is always nice to get a picture when the kids are all dressed up and looking nice.

Here is Aunt Crystal with Meleah.  Meleah said that she wished she were part of Crystal's family while we were up there visiting. Probably because she is "aunt" and not "mom". I told her that would be nice because then I would be like "Aunt Crystal" to her.  They had a great time with Crystal's boys. Of course, it took until the last 15 minutes of seeing them before they warmed up to me. I had them. All I had to do was act like I was tickling them and they would come lift the shirt and walk into my hands. I even cuddled a wee little bit with Marshall. It is sad to not have nephews and a future niece closer.

When we got home we went on a tour of the Cameo Power Plant that is east of the city. Johnny Bell, the one in the picture pointing, gave us a tour of the power plant he worked at most of his life. It is being shut down due to concerns about carbon emissions and may be be sold to Columbia or Japan. It was neat to see what he used to do, as well as all the huge tools that were needed.

These are just a few of our latest activities. God has been good to us and answered many of the prayers for the safety of our travels. We forgot to ask to keep us from getting sick because that is one of the first things we did after getting home. Meleah had a fever for a week and a cough that wore her out and the rest of us felt pretty poorly but we have rounded the corner but not without passing it to Bob. We are a family, we share everything.We send you each our love.