Trip to Iowa

The week before the 4th of July I went with my parents, Anna & her kids, and Rachel to Iowa. Both of my parents are from a small town there so most of our extended family lives in that area. It was a fun trip. We stayed with my cousin Sandy and her husband Pat and they were awesome hosts to the kids, Anna and me! She has a 2 year old son, Aiden, who got along great with the kids. The trip was restful and we got to spend lots of time with family. The weather was awesome and we took the kids on walks in the middle of the afternoons. They haven't been outside during that time of day for months because it's so ridiculously hot here!

The week was not totally uneventful. Rachel got the first fever that she's had since being diagnosed with cancer. She caught the bug that everyone else had. If she gets a fever over 100.4 we have to go to the ER automatically. She had a 102. They ran all kinds of tests on her and were in contact with her oncologist here. She had to get some IV antibiotics and then we got to go home because everything else looked fine. She handled her first fever very well and she never really got sick!

The car ride there was very long! It took us 20 hrs. to get there and the kids were pretty miserable by the end of it. This is a pic. of Rach getting a little tired of the car! On the way home we broke the trip up into 2 days and it worked a lot better with the kids.