Iowa

Iowa has a special place in my heart because it's where my mom was born and raised and it's where I spent time with my grandparents.  So I was thrilled to go back in early August for my cousin's wedding.  My mom, my sister-in-law Amy, and my niece Lindsey Beth flew in from Virginia and we drove to Iowa for a long weekend.  It was such a special time together and it was perfect to be able to share it with Jackson.

He fed the pigs with my cousin Curt.  He cracked up as we all threw corn cobs into the pen.

He walked to the park with Grandma.  This is "in town" in Grundy Center, across the street from the pool and the Maid-Rite where we always went in the summer growing up.
On my cousin Curt's farm - the weather was absolutely beautiful and the crops were doing great, despite massive flooding earlier this summer.
Grandma was teaching Jackson about the corn and we wanted to document how tall is was.  "Knee-high by the fourth of July" is a bit of an understatement these days!!
I think this picture is beautiful - something about the colors, the barns, the trees....I love it there.  And Jackson loved the doggies - Junior and Tiny :)