A Trip to the Fam

We went to see Adam and Laura in the middle of August, kind of at the last minute, so we drove 14 hours to get there. It was a really pretty drive. We had a great time. The first picture is of the sun setting at the top of the hill they live on. The time went quickly with lots of activity. We went on a five mile hike that took us about three hours. It wound along some small and bigger creeks with some big rocks. The boys tried to climb them all. We also managed to find time to play wiffleball, badmitton and sand volleyball. Wow, I really have an appreciation now for the olympic sand volleyball players, it's hard to get across that court quickly. We obviously slept hard (at least me) and ate good too. We had some great BBQ at a place that they like to frequent in the next town and some good home cooking too! We got to tour Samaritan's Purse too while we were there and learned more about how God is reaching people for Christ around the world. Anyway, the time went too fast and we were soon home again. We miss them already.

We're From Iowa

It's sweet corn time!

For a few short weeks we eat all the sweet corn we can. It's a little work to shuck it all, so if you can find a few friends to help you, that's even better. Add a couple of burgers, and you're all set!

Is it a garden or a jungle?

Weeds are also prevelant in Iowa this time of year. My garden got a little carried away from me this summer. There are some tomato plants in there somewhere, but it's pretty much a wash. Next year I'm planting wildflowers and am going to forget all the work of weeding. Too bad weeds don't taste good, we'd have plenty.

Hooverball

Hoover Fest in West Branch was last weekend, and Blake was on a team. If you've never seen it, check out the video. The leather ball weighs four pounds and the goal is to throw it over the net and make the other team not catch it. He has light shorts on and makes the diving catch.Needless to say he was a bit sore the next day, but like he says he is now in the top ten in the nation for Hooverball.

Jacob's baseball team spent a week in Burlington, Colorado at Regionals. They got 7th place, but Jacob played well (hit a triple in one game to bring in three runs) and we had fun, learned a lot, got better at ball and made some new friends.