the shindig

The last part of our vacation was spent in Iowa w/ AJ's fam. His sister Tonya, her husband Dana, & their boys, Drew & Coen all live there.
We were excited to see their awesome, old house that they are completely renovating.
It's dreamy, right? And it has a ginormous back yard. Like, really huge.....with what we'd call in the south, a hollow (pronounced holler :).
It has awesome features like this:
and this:
They have worked so hard on their house. We're proud.
We always have a great time together.
There are 5 grandsons...3 of which were gonna take Grandpa down.

We ate lots of yummy food.
Stayed in a really fun lodge-style hotel w/ a super yummy breakfast (I heart continental breakfasts).
Went to Des Moines' Farmer's Market. Whew, that was overwhelming! It was huge and there were like a gazillion people there.

The boys got to have a special treat --"smoovies." :)
We had a fun picnic in the park and afterward AJ's mom treated us girls to pedicures. yay. :)
This just makes me smile....until I look at the bottom of the picture and see someone's nasty socks laying on the ground. Who wears socks in July?
We took a fun walk around a lake (don't ask me which one). Lots of good (sometimes heated :) conversations.
I am blessed with amazing in-laws who love me like their own.
I love you guys.
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