Iowa

The boys & I traveled to Iowa with Anna Leigh & Vada last week. We spent a long day at RDU on our way out, but once we finally made it to Mt. Ayr we were constantly on the go & the week went by too quickly. As you can tell from the pics, we were able to meet up with a lot of great friends & family. Thanks to everyone for taking time to come visit, we had a really fun trip!

Finally stretching their legs in Milwaukee. We only wish we could have had this much to entertain us in the 7 hrs we spent in Raleigh!

Playing in Grandma's fort

Our little climber blends into the equipment with his red shirt on, but he's sitting up on one of the ropes.

My best friend from college, Kelly, drove up from Kansas City with her cute little girl, Harper. We had so much fun catching up & Filson loved having a playmate.

Filson on Papa's back, checking out the new lake lot. The sunsets are gorgeous & we are so excited to be able to spend time at the lake now. Grandpa will be doing a lot of work to it this year & I'm sure the NC & AZ cousins will have a lot of good times when they get together here!

w/Katie & Anna Leigh at the Downtown Des Moines Farmer's Market

Ian relaxing with Grandma after his dip in the pool

Filson & Papa in the hot tub

Playing cards with Grandma

w/Becky at El Bait Shop in Des Moines

Filson (in red shirt) & Ian (next to butterfly) burning off some energy

Filson is very proud of his new basketball clothes & had to go shoot a few hoops to wear them in

Visiting their Great-Grandma Beymer in Diagonal

Playing cars with Great-Aunt Brenda

Fun with Uncle Pat

Cruising with the top down

Golf Lessons with Gramps

Playing with Great-Aunt Ann & cousins Bob, Megan & Dylan

Racing Uncle Pup's old ride
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