Road Trip (Iowa)

We got into Liz and Ethan's probably about 10 or 11 at night. We were tired, but of course Lucy slept in the car and then wanted to be up when we got there. She loved Lola, Liz and Ethan's dog. That first night all she wanted to do was play with her/attack her. For Lucy's birthday, Liz and Ethan got her a stroller and a baby doll, so cute. At first she didn't understand what it was and wouldn't push the stroller, but the next day when she saw how her cousin Maddy pushed the stroller and played with the baby, she caught on pretty quick.

Iowa was so much fun! I had no idea what we were going to do there other than just hangout, but they kept us pretty well entertained. Thanks Liz and Ethan! We went to the farmers market and Lucy loved it. She enjoyed the music and strolling along in the red wagon, and playing with her balloon. The train that went by really scared her though, it was like an attraction for some older kids, but the horn freaked her out.

We then stopped by Ethan's chiropratic office. He adjusted Dave and I and it felt fantastic!! Liz is a lucky women!

We spent Saturday night watching the BYU vs. Oklahoma game. Kudos to Ethan and Liz for watching with us, they aren't the biggest sports fans. I think they enjoyed it though as it was one of the greatest games of all time. Dave kids that we left Dallas on the trip so he wouldn't get emotionaly attached to BYU this season (the game being in Dallas), well... that lasted about two minutes into the first quarter. He spent the other three hours of the watching the game standing because he was so excited and couldn't sit down.

For the most part cousins Maddy and Lucy got along, sort of. Maddy is louder and bigger than Lucy, plus she could walk which at the time Lucy was still coming to grips with. Needless to say there were some tears and screaming and stealing of toys going on. Turns out Lucy was somewhat of a pushover, whereas at home with her little friends who are mostly boys, she is quite the little boss! Good thing toddlers forgive and forget every 10 seconds. They eventually worked it out so that things were civil by the time we left.