Over the weekend JR, Bear, and I headed to Iowa to celebrate our niece and nephew's birthdays. Of course we didn't get out of town as quickly as I would have liked but Fridays never quite go as planned. We finally got on the road around 3 p.m. and we were off. I was pretty excited because we never get down to Jamie and Arron's and really there is not a good reason for this!
Saturday around noon everyone came to Jamie and Aaron's and we all got to celebrate the birthdays. It was great to get to see everyone and I think the kid's enjoyed their presents. Brody was so excited he even got inside his giant gift bag (oh wait, maybe Aunt Mandy stuck him in there!).
After the party wound down us older kids headed up to the Middle School gym for some volleyball action. Let me just say that the girls DOMINATED! WOO HOO! (sorry guys but we really did kick your butts!) I was stupid though and dove for a ball, I guess I forget sometimes that you aren't supposed to be "rough" on yourself while pregnant. All is good though, EXCEPT both Justin and I paid dearly for our lack of athleticism these days.
We were all so tuckered out from the weekend festivities we hit the hay pretty early, 9:45 - 10:00 to be exact. It was great to get to hang out with everyone though. We don't get together as often as we would like and I know I miss seeing everyone (hopefully they miss us too!). We were up and at 'em pretty early Sunday morning and we were on the road again. What can I say, story of my life! :)
***When I get the pictures uploaded I have some super cute ones of Brody in his sweet hat JR picked out for him... not to mention the cake/frosting that ended up ALL over his face/hair/ear/etc. I will post those later!***
We were all SO GLAD you guys made it down! We do miss you guys a lot. We'll have to start planning our next trip to Minnesota! :)
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