Thursday, September 15, 2011

Iowa family activities- part 1

We landed in Waukon on August 24th, after leaving home on the 9th.

This is our niece Kelly with her two kidlets, Reid and Ava (she was born in Nov so hadn't met her before).



What a cutie!



First family get-together. Mom and Miss Hailey, another grand niece.



Mom, dad and JB. This picnic table has been around forever and must have 100 coats of paint.



Sherry, my brother Glen and brother-in-law Jim.



This quilt was completed by my sister, Jane but I did the three panels of embroidery. And now it's mine!



Another family gathering- niece Karli, baby Ava and my sister Marilyn.



Brother Glen, Hailey and Reid.



We attended two of Karli's volleyball games. She's second from the left. She's a point getter!








#8





One day was spent fishing on the mighty Mississippi. Sister, Jane with the first catch- a nice bass.





My only catch- the anchor rope!



A barge- I forgot the name.



A little baby that had to get thrown back to grow up.



The Lansing bridge crossing from Iowa to Wisconsin. That thingy in the middle is to keep the barges from hitting the bridge as they make the bend in the channel.



Our boat captain Jim.



Look at this whopper!



We saw lots of turtles sunning themselves!



Glad it wasn't me who got their fishing line wrapped around the propeller!



Sister Marilyn caught this catfish in his whisker! How unlucky was he?



Nice cat!



Jim did not catch this fish! He's just pretending he did!



Cooler full of the Mississippi's finest!



Cleaning time!





Thanks for the great day at the river. We got to eat these guys a few days later.




Next up- part 2.

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