Nice To Be Home

Though we had a wonderful time in California, it sure feels good to be home. We had a blast with our family, spending time with them and not really doing too much. Though we had fun with everyone, I think there was one family member that we may have had a little more fun with- our niece, Lucy. She was less than a month old when we moved to Iowa and it was great to see how she's changed. She's such a doll! She's seven months old and she has such a great personality that is starting to come through. And she's sooo good- the only time I heard her cry or fuss was when she woke up from a nap. Even then it was more of a "Hey, come and get me!" than an upset or angry cry.

Lucy with her Uncle Rob, making Aunt Shelby's ovaries hurt.


She's teething and everything seems to go straight into the mouth to be chewed on, even Uncle Rob's hat!


Lucy- just being her cute self.


There wasn't really anything too exciting to report. We spent most of the time hanging out with family and eating all our favorite foods that we can't get in Iowa (ahem, In-N-Out, ahem). We stayed with some friends (Brent and Nanette) in LA and ate at Versailles and played Scattegories which made for a fabulous evening. The most exciting thing was running through O'Hare airport, again, after our plane from LAX was late leaving, again, for our flight to Des Moines. Both this time and last time we went to California we had very short layovers in Chicago made worse by leaving late from LAX. And both times we ended up landing only 20 minutes before the next plane was due to take off in another terminal. We sprinted off our plane and made in time though, once again, our luggage didn't make it. It was delivered to us late that night and everything was there so all's well that ends well.