How I became invisible in Iowa and then began to drown in Arizona.

The best burgers and ice cream in town!!

Taken at Eleanor's burial site. Beautiful.

All of us and Grandpa George.

The girls, some kittens, and their cousin Morgan.

The barn that Wayne worked on. It is coming along!!

We have returned from Iowa and I think I ceased to exist the minute I arrived. Let me make a list of the things I did NOT have in Iowa:
1) Cell phone service
2) Email
3) Internet (okay to be fair I did have dial up but that is the same as not having it all, right?)
4) Stores

Wow! I did not know I could survive a whole week without all of that. However, here is a list of the things I DID have:
1) Family
2) Friends
3) Beer (see #1 and 2)
4) Laughter/Tears
5) Bugs

So when I "reappeared" in Arizona, the monsoons started and it rained, HARD, for about 3o minutes. (I don't have any pictures of that.)The streets were flooded and the temperature dropped to 75. Wow. What a crazy, crazy week. The above pictures are from our trip. Thanks to all of our Iowa family for making us feel at home. We love you all!!