Go Hawkeyes!!

We had a fun day over at Mike and Heidi's house watching the Iowa-Iowa State Game. Mattie and Ryan played the bean bag game and then decided to hose everyone down with water :)

Mattie starts First Grade!!

Well, Mattie started First Grade. She really enjoys her teacher, Mr.Herrick. She has a lot of the same kids in her class again this year.

More Okoboji Pictures

Okoboji Summer '09

So I know I haven't written anything for a long time but I am definitely going to keep this up to date now...I promise :)

Anyways, these are some pictures of us on our second trip to Okoboji this summer. We had a great time and the weather was absolutely beautiful. Shawn and Virginia bought a boat. We went on the new nature walk near their house which is filled with giant wooden bugs...it was really cool. Mattie is pretending to be chased in one of the photos-that was Papa's idea!! We also celebrated Shawn, Larry and Ellie's birthdays while we were there and had a fish fry. Busy, busy. Mattie loved spending time with cousin Ellie and Ryan had a fun time making mom run after him.