First Trip Back To Iowa

Well, the kids and I set out on another adventure.  We headed back to Iowa for the first time since leaving (almost 5 years ago!).  It all happened about perfect.....left St. Louis and it was 65 degrees.  Got just north of Hannibal and it was SNOWING!!!  Iowa City was about 28 degrees, snow on the ground, and just as windy as I remember it.  We stopped in Mount Pleasant (45 miles south of Iowa City) and the kids cried when they got out of the car because they thought it was too cold.  HA!  I DO NOT MISS THAT COLD WEATHER!!!

What did the bachelor do all by himself at home!?!?!  OH, studied, studied, and more studying.  May 20th can not come soon enough!  For any of us!!!  I'm gonna run out of mommy steam, Mike's gonna run out of studying steam, and the kids miss their daddy!

When we were in Iowa we stayed with a friend that I taught with.  She has two kids as well, and I've gotta say they all did great!  Jack and Gavin played lots of Mario, and Peyton and Bella....who knows??  I think they did  a little bit of everything.  We went swimming at the pool in the casino on Sat and wore the kids out!  We also made a trip to see the Stecher's, friends from med school.  All in all, great trip, just too damn cold!

I charged my camera and got it all ready for the trip and forgot to take it out of my purse.  I told Sarah to email me some pictures that she took, so maybe I will be able to add some later.

*update*  I got my hands on some of them hot pictures, here are some.......

Bella and Peyton "face painted" each other...here is Peyton's art work on Bella