The Nelsons

Evan's Great-Great Grandma (Emily's Great-Grandma) Marjorie Pedersen passed away last Sunday at the Age of 100. She would have been 101 this past Thursday on the 6th of March. She lived a good, long life and was eager to leave her earth-bound body behind. We traveled to Pipestone, Minnesota for her Funeral this weekend. Evan did exceptionally well in the car (a five hour drive with pit-stops) and was very well behaved all weekend. He was very excited when we got home on Saturday night and didn't go to bed until 10pm!

We arrived in Pipestone on Friday night. After dinner we went swimming in the hotel pool. There were about 20 obnoxious little kids (and big adults) in the pool, so we didn't stay long. It was fun for Evan to play in the pool with his Dad, since Mom is the one who normally takes him swimming.

Here is Evan with his Great-great Uncle Ken Collins. Ken test-piloted the SR-71 Blackbird before its official release. Evan is normally shy around new people, but he went right to Uncle Ken. He thought Ken was loads of fun and kept on grabbing at his chin.

A quick family photo at the church.

It was good to visit with all of my (Emily's) relatives that we haven't seen in a long time. We got a family picture, which is amazing all in itself, but I still can't name everyone.

Evan had a great time tearing apart one of Dad's Auto Trader magazines on the way home. Good thing he had his pacifier in or I'm sure he would have tried to eat the paper. This kept him busy for a good 20 minutes.

Here are the famous windmills that pepper the sides of the road on the way to Pipestone. On Friday the air was so still that none of them were moving, but they were rotating on the way home. We passed a field with over 100 of them at one point. The photos are deceiving - the base of the windmills are over 15 feet wide. You could fit a Volkswagen Beetle in the circle in the center of the blades.