Last Day in Iowa

Today was our last day in Iowa (sniff-sniff). I watched 3 of the 5 kids in the morning so Jeff could go to work, while Amy, Jenna and Madison went to volleyball camp. We went to my mom and dad's in the afternoon and also went to see my grandma in Wellman. The above is a picture of Quinn giving his great-grandma a picture that he drew for her of an airplane (what else?). See below for more pictures. One is of my great aunt Lydia coming down for a visit. My grandma lives in assisted living and aunt Lydia lives in the dependent side of the nursing home. They don't get to see each other much. Aunt Lydia is like another grandma to me. My grandpa passed away when I was a baby. She moved in with my grandma and so I've pretty much had 2 grandma's on that side of the family. My grandma told Amy and I that she misses being able to read. She has Parkinson's and holding a book up and getting the pages turned is a task that we all take for granted. Amy had a great idea. She will be reading to her class every day in school for 15 minutes. She is going to tape the books being read out loud at that time and then send them to Grandma. Isn't that a good idea? We could do that at home too. Grandma said she didn't care if they were 4th grade level books. Ha! : )

Grandma and me

Great Grandma, Mikayla, Haley, Madison, Quinn and Jenna

My mom is on the far left, my Great Aunt Lydia (97) and

my Grandma Dortha (92)

Tonight it was more 4-wheeler rides and pony rides. Mom made funnel cakes with apple pie filling as a special treat and we had another Cubs party. This time they are winning! FINALLY! Tomorrow we are leaving here at 9:30am to head to Kansas City, MO to the airport to pick up Tony in the afternoon. It's a 5 hour drive. We all can't wait to see him. He sent me an email from work at 10:15pm tonight. I think all he did this week was work, work and more work.

I'm not sure if I'll have access to easy Internet use at Lake Doniphan so I may not get to update as often. Tomorrow we're on to the Vander Werf family reunion!