This weekend I went to my first ever "Girls Weekend," a more-than-annual ritual involving my sister and her lady friends, french braids and
film.

At first, Monica didn't think I was funny at all:

On Saturday we went hiking. Here, three PhDs read a trail map:

When the sun went down, Girls Weekend got pretty hilarious and was a lot like Really Smart Girls Gone Wild. Here is Nora exclaming "Heidi Heidi watch this - I'm from the West Siyeeeede!!!"

An enormous giant green moth trying to attack Brielle:

Awwww:

Jill expressing herself through the art of cheerleading:

On Sunday we went to ride the awesome alpine slide at Lutsen. Angie hearts the chair lift:

Melanie feared for her life on the chair lift:

Nora on the alpine slide:

Chris goes incognito:

A cut-throat blondes vs. brunettes game of charades:

Melanie (the brunettes MVP) and Nora:

The phrase "Weekend at Bernies" is very hard to charade. After about ten minutes Brielle was like "uhh your dead and wearing sunglasses?":

Crazy fog:

Best Grand Marais landmark:

Grand Marais' "World's Best Donuts" are made by a faceless woman named Skizzle:

The coffee shop was not just open... it was
open open:
