Ahoy Mate!

I am just playing blogger catch-up today. We made it back from Iowa safely, although I thought we were going to have to canoe home. Flying out of Des Moines, Iowa was one big pond. Our layover in O'hare was a nightmare, it was literally wall to wall people. You could hardly move. We stood in line at mcdonalds for almost an hour because so many flights had been canceled due to the weather. We made the last flight out of O'hare that night and were happy to be back on dry ground.

We did have one beautiful day while up in Iowa. Mom and dad took us up to Prairie du Chen and we rented a pontoon boat for the afternoon on the Mississippi (before the flooding :) Eliza wasn't crazy about her life jacket, but she loved it when we got going. She would stand at the front of the boat smiling as the wind sailed through her hair.

Grandpa bought Erin her first fishing pole, although she didn't catch any fish, the lily pads she reeled in were enough. He even let her drive the boat.