Visit to Iowa!

We officially made it to Iowa AND back in the car, with two kids, and I am still sane :) We left last Wednesday afternoon at nap time to drive back to Iowa. The kids started out with a 30 minute nap each, nice, considering I thought they would sleep a LONG time for naps. But, all in all, they did amazing with only a few meltdowns. Case kept wanting to go to the airport (mind you, he has only flown to Iowa) and then thought he could be the pilot and fly the airplane himself. That kid is funny...

The kids slept amazing the entire trip and we had a fabulous time visiting family. We went to the pool, on walks, jogs, and just hung out. Most of you already know, but my Dad is now sick. He has been having some stomach pains since around Christmas time and finally went to the doctor about 3 weeks ago. They are still running some tests, but he has cancer in his colon, liver and kidneys. They are still not sure where it has originated from, so we are hoping that they figure it out soon and get a treatment plan in place asap! It has been a lot to take in and just hoping and praying for him. He continues to walk/swim/bike in the mornings and keeps himself busy. It was great we could go up and spend a few days with him and the kids could bring some smiles all around.

Just a few pics from our trip...each time we take less and less pictures. Need to be better :)

 When we told him he had to nap in the car :) (pretending obviously)

 Just hanging out on the dock!

 Best we could do :)

 Wrigley says, we are almost HOME, get me out of this car!

 Precious...

 Sweet kisses after her FIRST haircut :)