Iowa
Jun 30-Jul 3, 2017
UA285 IAH-MCI, UA1759 MCI-IAH
July 4th is the normal time for the big family gathering in Iowa, but with July 4th on a Tuesday we centered the events around the weekend. This worked well with the timing of the Canada Day holiday. This time we flew into Kansas City. I went in late Friday night and Tom took the first flight out Saturday morning. I picked him up and we drove to Tom's parents in Des Moines. Although not all the nieces and nephews made it, we did have a pretty good turnout including some new additions to the family for the big event including the annual croquet competition.
July 2
Tom captured most of the pictures during the competition on Sunday, and we ended with a nice barbecue at Tom's parents place.
Emily’s new son, Calvin
Eddie tries his hands at croquet
Mike supervises the course
Margaret in discussion
Emily and Calvin
Samantha
Payton
Eddie
Ryan’s dog
Ryan
Catie’s son, Wilder
Wilder with great grandma Jeanne
Andrew and Payton
Eddie and Mike
Ryan
Carol and Rosie on the croquet course
Memorializing Jim McCall
Great grandpa Bob
Carol
Margaret strikes poses
Samantha and great aunt Mariann
more Calvin
Mike
Samantha
Mariann
Gord
Bob and Margaret
Carol and Calvin
Michael and Calvin
Margaret
Margaret takes a tumble
Samantha climbs a tree
Michael
Margaret
Mariann and a lodge resident
Emily and Margaret
Bob
Mike
Bob and Mike
July 3
We headed back to Kansas City in the morning, before taking off on our afternoon flights to Toronto and Houston.