The Pioneer Woman Part I

Saturday I went on my first adventure to the Mall of America with Micah. This was no ordinary adventure, no, instead of shopping we stood in line for over four hours waiting for the Pioneer Woman to sign our cookbooks. I met my sister Rachel and two friends, Molly and Melissa. Here they pose for the obligatory picture with the books! It seemed like we were waiting forever! Good thing we were with friends, standing in that line alone would have been incredibly boring. For someone as socially challenged as myself, it would have been pretty lonely as well.

There were a lot of people there. The woman at the front of the line said that she had been there since 7:30 am for the 1:00 pm book signing. (She is near the left side of the picture in a black top and green scarf).

At first it did not seem like we were going to have to wait very long because the line was so long it stretched out of the little maze they had put up and around the stage. We started out on one side of the stage which was definitely deceiving, it felt like we were a lot closer than we actually were. It turned out to be a good place to be though, Ree walked right past us when she came in and we were able to be right near the stage while she was answering questions.

Rachel's husband and little boy and Molly's husband waited for us. Poor guys, they seem a little bord don't they?

Ah the wonders of a zoom lens! The previous picture is zoomed in almost as far as my camera will go. Below is unzoomed, Nic and Ryan are on the third floor looking over the railing at us. They sure were troopers. They were above us almost the whole time calling Rachel and Molly to tell them how bord they were.

Still to come, the making of TLC's Mall Cops: Mall of America (I had no idea female security guards wore that much makeup); a lesson in keeping your belongings near you at all times and, we meet Ree. Stay tuned!