Memorial Day Weekend

Trace and Andrew

Patrick, Stacie and Andrew

Kianna, Aliyah. and Kaylee

Andrew's Family Party

Trace and Bryker

More sleepover fun

Kids with Grandpa Wayne and Grandma Sue

Cousins minus Andrew

Stacie's awesome hiding spots

We just returned from a long weekend in Iowa. We arrived late Thursday evening and the action started first thing Friday morning when Trevor met his friend, Tod Santel bright and early for coffee. When he returned, I took off to workout with my sisters, Shelli and Stacie. We had some good sister time and even got pedicures. I then picked up the rest of my family and headed to lunch with my mom, Grandma and niece, Rylan who is 22 months old. Kaylee had fun playing with Rylan. She will be an excellent babysitter someday. We spent the afternoon at my nephew, Andrew's graduation party, the reason for our trip to Iowa. Andrew plans on attending the University of Iowa this fall with a major in Finance. We are proud of his accomplishment and what a nice young man he has become. Way to go Andrew!

On Saturday, we spent the day with The Cook's and Langfald's. The weather was cold and rainy, so we made do with some indoor activities. We let the kids run around at The Playstation, went out to eat, took them to the movie "Epic", and grilled out that evening. The night was finished off with the kids having a sleepover at their cousin, Bryker's house where they ate popcorn and watched another movie.  Since Trevor and I were kidless we went to the movie "Star Trek" with our friends, The Issa's. I'd say we all had a pretty great day!

On Sunday, we went to church where we had a great time catching up with friends. We then headed to my dad and Sue's house for the afternoon. The kids had a great time with my dad. He played with them for two hours straight. What a good grandpa! The rest of the evening was spent back at my sister, Stacie's house. My grandma made her famous chimichangas for dinner. We spent the evening visiting and playing games. My sister, Shelli, was awesome with the kids. She had arranged for them to compete against each other in a series of games including: tic-tac-toe, hangman, pictionary, and hide-n-seek. The latter game proved to be the most fun. After the kids took turns hiding a number of times it was time for the adults to hide. Stacie definitely got the prize for the best hiding places. We found her stuffed inside a Chick-Fil-A catering container one time and on top of her kitchen cabinets another time. It made for some good laughs and more fun times in Iowa!