Mark is a great guy. He let us stay at his house and use his car all day! We had a great time exploring the Twin Cities!
The Timberwolves played the Celtics and Mark got us courtside seats. Unfortunately the T-Wolves lost, but we had great seats for all the action!
Mark introduced us to a couple of his friends from Boston that were in town. It was fun to see them interact with Mark. They all clearly respect him and have a great friendship with him. Here are a few of the pictures. This first is with Sam Cassell. They talked about old times when Sam played for Minnesota.
After the game, Mark introduced us to Kevin Garnett. He was very nice and he chatted with us for a few minutes before they had to leave.
Even the new UFC champion and Minnesota native, Brock Lesnar was there. (If you look at the banner in the background, each player on the team has a certain section of the arena, this is Mark's.)
On Saturday, we dropped off Mark at practice and toured the Twin Cities. Here we are overlooking the Mississippi River from the Mill City Museum. It was the old Gold Medal Flour Mill. It was very interesting and told the history of Minneapolis.
We even had time to go to the State Capital and take a tour. Here we are on the steps of the capital.
On the bottom floor, they have paintings of all the former Governor's of Minnesota. I had to take a picture with Jesse "The Governing Body" Ventura. He is very deep in thought. I think it funny they painted him with a cigar in his hand.
We decided we should check out the temple while we were there. We just drove by, but thought it was great to see it.
Overall we had a great time with Mark. We got to meet his friends from both Church and his work. Everyone was very nice. Walking around in the cold weather reminded me of why I live in Austin. But we did decide that Minneapolis is a great place to visit. We hope to come back soon! Thanks again for everything Mark!
We decided we should check out the temple while we were there. We just drove by, but thought it was great to see it.Overall we had a great time with Mark. We got to meet his friends from both Church and his work. Everyone was very nice. Walking around in the cold weather reminded me of why I live in Austin. But we did decide that Minneapolis is a great place to visit. We hope to come back soon! Thanks again for everything Mark! 
11 comments:
You are so lucky!! My husband is a huge Lakers fan so in his words..."Mark used to be one of my guys!" What a fun fun vacation!!
How fun! My husband is so jealous!
Jordan and Marlo! I loved the blog posting and I don't think words could describe the fun that I had hanging out with you two guys out here! Thanks for the good times and I hope that you guys can warm up a little bit back down in Austin TX!!! --MM
I can't wait to show Jon the picture of you guys with Brock Lesnar! He'll think that's so cool!
That looks like so much fun! You guys look so short in all of those pictures and Marlo - I love your baby bump!!!
How fun! Those guys are so tall! And I loved the pictures of the temple--so beautiful!
Marlo you can't even tell you are pregnant! What a fun vacation for you guys! I am sure everyone's husbands are jealous!
~Kally~
Marlo, cute belly!
It looks like you guys had tonz of fun, and lots of layers on!! Texas weather really can't be beat. I am sure that Jordan was in his glory!!!
I have read your blog for some time now--can't even remember how I actually found it! :) I felt I had to comment after this post. My son went to a TWolves game for a birthday party. (We actually live in Iowa, about 3 hours south of Minneapolis) He came back with Mark's autograph on his KG jersey. He went on to tell us what a great player he was-that he was the only player that would sign autographs for all the kids that wanted them, not just some like other players.
JEALOUS! So Jealous!
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