Straight to you from Missouri Valley!

Good Morning and happy weekend...well for most of you. I am writing this blog for all of you to read from the Super 8 Motel in Missouri Valley, IA! Why are we in Missouri Valley at the Super 8, you ask? Well b/c my little Jeep Liberty (only a 2002) decided that it wanted to blow it's water pump and strand us at the Mondamin exit on I-29 for 2 hours! It took us about an hour to find a towing service to come and get us and bring us back to Mo. Valley.

We were headed back up to Akron, to do a few things and visit the family. We were originally going to leave from home this morning to head up north, but Chuck said he didn't mind if we left last night, just as long as I drove part of the trip. Well....I made it to Mondamin....we only had somewhere around 75 miles to go.

So anyways, the jeep is now being worked on at the dealership just a block away from the motel. They say it should be done around 11:30 this morning. So hopefully we'll be on our way north here in just a few short hours.

I'm just glad that it wasn't anything else, but man....they sure do charge a heck of a lot to fix vehicles these days!

Hope everyone else's beginning of the weekend started out better than ours. I'm determined to make this a GREAT trip now.

I better go now, Chuck went over to get us some Burger King for breakfast! YUM, biscuits and gravy, probably the only good about the jeep breaking down.

Have a great weekend everyone! Hopefully we'll have some better news by next week!

Happy Birthday Uncle Jonny!!!

Happy 26th Birthday to a great brother and uncle! We Love You!!!

Gone Fishin.....

Pick a fish, any fish.

We spent part of our Monday at a local lake feeding the fish. Tons of them as you can see. Allison enjoyed her first visit to the lake to do this, we went through 4 ziploc bags of fish food to achieve all of the fun we had! Not only did Allison get to feed all of the fish, but she was able to feed many many ducks and geese! We had a great time watching Allison feed all the animals. I'm sure this will be another thing to add to our list of fun things to do that are cheap and close by!

Back Home

So our family finally made it back to Kansas City after a long 2 weeks in Iowa. We had a great time with our family while we were at our White Family week at Camp Okoboji. The weather was just gorgeous, not as hot and sticky as it was last year and the years before.

Allison enjoyed meeting her cousin MacKenzie again. They warmed up to each other a day after they arrived and had fun playing with bubbles, going up and down the steps, playing dora and diego and many many more activities.

I don't have much more to write about, as many of you already know what happened at our week at camp.

We are now trying to hold down our fort as the neighbor kids shoot off their fireworks at all hours of the day. I'll be glad when it's all over but am looking forward to the city's 4th of July firework display. We've "doped" our dogs up with Benadryl to help keep them calm as they are very scared of the sound of fireworks.

We are looking forward to heading back up to Iowa to help Mom and Dad with the sweet corn, bagging, freezing, etc. And eating of course! Hopefully we'll be able to get up there the middle of July, then we'll be back to the Newell area in August for Dough and Allie's BIG DAY!

Hope everyone made it home alright. It was great seeing everyone! Already looking forward to next year!

I'm attempting to upload all the photos from the week at Okoboji, so check back later today or tomorrow on our Picasa Web Album....the link is to the left...somewhere!

Take Care!