The BIG TRIP, part 1---Iowa

Well, I did accomplish one new thing--I managed to write a blog post on the iPad and actually got it to post!  That left me feeling quite confident, so I decided to try another post, this one with pictures.  So I started another post, got to the point where I wanted to insert a picture---but alas, I could not figure out how to do that.  I know that there must be a way to do it, and it is probably very easy.  Just not easy for this old lady. :(  So I had to send my pictures from the iPad to myself by e-mail and now they are on the computer and I can go back to my old way of writing posts.

So.....on March 10 we packed the Escape and left Brookfield for almost 6 weeks. That is a long time to be away from home!  The first stop on our trip was Ankeny, Iowa.  We spent a few days there to help Rachel out with some babysitting.  She had parent-teacher conferences that week,  and with Adam in Michigan she needed some help with taking care of Jeremiah.  Of course we are always up for some time with that boy!  He still spent a couple hours every morning at his daycare so that he could participate in the pre-school activities, but the rest of the day he was ours.

On the two days that Rachel had conferences she put in very long days! So the only way that she could spend any time with Jeremiah was to have us join her at her school for dinner.  So that's what we did---she picked up dinner from McDonald's one day, and we picked up sandwiches from Subway the other day. (That was the day of the spilled tea fiasco.)

Jeremiah and his Mommy enjoying their "Suvway" meal

So many good books!

Jeremiah loves to visit his Mommy's classroom.  In addition to all the good books, there are lots of other fun things to look at and play with.  And he's just about the right size for the desks and chairs!

And here are just a few pictures of our time at home with Jeremiah. 

Doing a little yard work, now that the snow is actually gone!

Singing "Jesus Loves Me" before nap time

On Friday, the 14th, we left early in the morning and started our trip out to California.  We spent about 2 and a half days driving, with overnight stops in Amarillo, Texas and Kingman, AZ.  We got to Loma Linda, which would be our home for the next month, at about noon on Sunday. It was over 90 degrees that day! Wow! We knew we were not in Wisconsin anymore!!

More posts to come about our time in California, once I get more of my pictures organized.