Mom and Steph Come for a Visit

This last weekend, Mom and Stephanie came down to Iowa to visit. On Friday we drove around Saylorville Lake and checked out Jester Park on the north end of the lake. We drove around some of the campgrounds and stopped at the Dam. After going to the lake, we stopped for lunch and did a little shopping.

The rest of our photos from the lake can be found here.

On Saturday we went to Pella, IA and saw the sights. Most years the town would be filled with blossoms around now. The tulip festival was the first weekend in May, but the tulips were blooming here the first weekend in April instead. So the town was filled with withered stems and beds of dirt where the tulips had been dug up...a few weeks from now many of those beds will be filled with annuals, but for now we had to entertain ourselves with the rest of what Pella has to offer. We walked around to the shops, bought far too many pastries from the Jaarsma bakery, strolled past the Molengracht (canal), and walked around the historical village.

More photos from our trip to Pella can be found here.

On Sunday we celebrated Mother's Day by making mom brunch.  We had french toast, bacon, fruit, and mimosas.  Later that day we did a little shopping and played some games.

On Monday we went downtown, toured the capitol building, visited the state historical museum, strolled through the Des Moines sculpture park, and stopped at a couple of shops.

Photos from the Capitol and a couple of shots from our visit to the Iowa Historical Museum can be found here.

Photos from the Des Moines Sculpture Park can be found here.

It was so nice to have visitors down here in Iowa! Thanks for coming Mom and Steph!