Trip to Iowa

Two funny pictures of AJ (not from Iowa) but I wanted to post....Who's digging in the drawer?

You can run, but you can't hide!

Luke and Charlene looking at a book

Liam with Savannah doing his favorite flashcards

Meeting with lots of John's extended family members in Iowa

Charlene (left) and Grandma Carrithers enjoying green eggs and ham

AJ on the move

Luke "fixing" the house

Liam with the goggles and jack hammer toy they loved

Over the weekend, we took a short trip to Iowa to visit some of John's family as well as for John and his dad to attend the Hawkeye football game. It is my understanding (since I didn't watch much of the game) that the Hawks played decent but kinda lost the game by a point at the end due to some silly mistakes. Anyway, that was the only disapointing part of the whole weekend. We had a great time visiting with family and are so grateful to Tom and Charlene for having us over to eat and entertain the boys. I am hoping her house has recovered from our quick visit, but she may still be finding things a little misplaced. Charlene made lots of special things for the boys including green eggs and ham for breakfast one morning. I wish I could say they were appreciative of all the work she put into the weekend, but unfortunately I guess they are only 2.5 years old and 10 months so we are probably not the most grateful at times. The boys were so excited about this trip. Luke was packing his suitcase like Daddy does for his trips several days in advance. Liam wanted "to go home" when it was time to go to bed the first night, but he quickly adapted when we reminded him about all the candy from Grandma and Grandpa and the Charlene's toys that were waiting for him over at Charlene's. We had a wonderful time seeing everyone and sincerely appreciate the work that Tom and Charlene put into the weekend to make it so much fun.