Orange City Iowa

I stopped in Orange City to get gas and saw this windmill...My grandparents were from this area. My aunt and I went to the cemetery and day to look for the great-grandparents graves..no record of the them and afterwards Mom said there were no markers. I also looked for some Dutch souvenirs, but had to go to Sioux Center to get them... I got a windmill...I had one before, but lost it in the fire.

Mason 4 months

Sunday Morning/Dad relaxing!

Time to write

The last couple of weeks have been busy..I left for Iowa on the 8th so I could take Mom and Dad to convention...they were there for all except Wed. night and Sunday PM.
All of us were pretty tired after that...Bernice walked in the house Sunday at 4:30 and asked if it was a nursing home!!
I came back to Wisconsin on Monday...glad to see Mason again...I missed him!!
Then on Wednesday of that week our convention here started. Kara and the kids were here for the weekend ( Terry had to work ) Also my cousin Arlene from the Miwaukee area came for the wkd. Was a good time for all. We had the use of Chris' sister's camper at convention and that was really nice..we just used it during the day.
Mason turned 4 months old on Sunday..tonight Alicia feed him his first cereal with a spoon ... he did great...made some funny faces..
I will be heading back to Iowa next week...need to do the paper work to get Mom and Dad moved to town...Dad has agreed...they are getting really forgetful and Dad moves very slow...but still has a will of his own!!

 

at the Deerfield train stop. we stayed in Deerfield and took the train into Chicago.

 

flag on the front of the water taxi

 

where the picture below was taken from..Willis Tower

 

Standing on Chicago.. from the skydeck of the Willis Tower

 

The difference in the architechture of old and new.

 

Some of the skyline from the Chicago River

 

Taken fron the ferris wheel at Navy Pier

 

Reflection in the "cloud"

 

 

Getting ready to take the train to downtown Chicago.