Footbridge to Happiness

My kids, especially Madelyn, has been asking to walk on a footbridge for ages. I keep saying, "we'll go soon, I promise." Then one day, I found myself saying, "we'll go before the summer is done." So, now I was on the hook. I woke up last week thinking, "this is the day", and so we packed a lunch and went to a footbridge in Minneapolis. It connects the Sculpture Gardens to Loring Park. Here are the kids going up the steps to the bridge from the Scuplture Garden side.

Cute picture of Madelyn, right? You see that speck of a kid in the background? I had to catch up with him just before he got himself in trouble on the other side of the bridge!

The side view of the footbridge.

Running back to show me the ducks (as if I hadn't seen them) during our picnic lunch. The woman there had shared her bread that she was throwing to the ducks with the kids. It was very nice of her, since we didn't bring anything extra to throw to them.

Madelyn joining the fun.

I good pic of the three of us - I love it when people offer to take a picture of me with my kids while we are out!

The Minneapolis skyline

The Basilica (taken from the footbridge)

Madelyn and Greyson loved looking out at the cars and the tunnel just to south of the footbridge (the one that they "chomp" on the way to church).

And they came home happy (albeit tired!). And I was happy to have taken them on such a beautiful day.... promise delivered.