Iowa- Grampa and Grama's house

We are on our way!!!!

Saturday, June 30th 2012:

Wow!  We made it!  Thank you for your prayers for safety.  We did not hit any of the bad weather that covered much of the East Coast and avoided the large safety ladder that was in our lane as we went around Chicago.  We started out last night about 8:30pm and made it here at 4pm (5pm Eastern time).  The kids did a great job and were wonderful travelers. 

The first of many sunrises and sunsets!

We enjoyed seeing the Chicago skyline and we were almost to Iowa when we saw the strangest sight...a shark.  Of course, we had to stop for pictures. 

Josh and the shark!

We are SO excited to be here at Grama and Grampa's house.  It is an over 100 year old Victorian home and the kids love exploring all the nooks and cranny for the treasures that they have here. 



My parents house.



We were treated to a wonderful meal outside on the deck of the best pizza in the world....Pizza Ranch!  MMMM-MMMM!  In the middle of the meal, huge winds started blowing and we thought we were going to have a typical Midwestern summer storm but as soon as we got everything inside, it stopped!

We played some badmiton, got to read stories with Grama, played with Traxx (their Great Dane) and we can't wait to sleep!!  Tomorrow we get to see some cousins and will celebrate Annika's birthday a couple days early.  We are very excited to be started on our adventures and are looking forward to lots of wonderful memories.