The End

The 2011 Grant reunion has come and gone. We looked forward to it for so many months and then, when the time arrived, everything occurred so fast that it seemed like a blur. Whenever our family goes on vacation, there are always some things on our vacation agenda that we didn't have time to do. My feeling about that is this....it gives us a good reason to go back. And so it was with the reunion. There were so many things that I had hoped that we would do and we just didn't have time. And so, we'll save it until next time...

This is the last day for the My Life As Me blog. Thanks to everyone for commenting and contributing...it was fun!

The Amanas

Today, a group of us headed to the Amana Colonies for lunch and shopping. It was a gorgeous day...sunny and not too hot. If you don't count taking the LONG way home, we had a perfect day!

Some of theThings We Did Today at the Family Reunion

Ate at Panera
Won money at the casino
Shopped at the mall
Spent time with a third cousin
Went bowling
Ordered pizza
Watched home movies
Learned some wrestling moves
Saw a frog
Went miniature golfing
Ate pizza
Ate kuchen
Made a lot of noise with noisemakers
Fished a ball out of a pond
Bought popcorn
Looked at photo albums
Went swimming

Fun in the Sun

Several of the Grant Group spent the day at the water park. A few of us traveled to Mason City to tour a Frank Lloyd Wright house. Others spent a quiet, relaxing day at home. All of us gathered for dinner at the Dairy Barn in Ionia. I think it's safe to say that, regardless of how the day was spent, everyone had a great time. Thanks to the C Wolffs and the D Wolffs for the delicious dinner!!! : )

Museum Day

It seems that today was "Museum Day". Lucille, Dave, Peter, Adam, and I went to four...the Ice House Museum in Cedar Falls, the Veterans/Grout Museums in Waterloo, and the Frank Lloyd Wright House near Quasqueton. Plus, we had lunch with the D Wolff family and Jaime and Tyler and dinner at the Waverly Wolff house. (Thanks to Darold and Diane for the delicious supper!) Diane got a call from Bev...the North Dakota group has arrived in Ionia...we're anxious to see all of them tomorrow!

The First Three

The first three Grants (Dave, Lucille, and Peter) are here! Their flight arrived a little after 9 PM. Darold and Diane were waiting for us at the hotel...a nice surprise. We chatted for awhile and they got checked in. Flying is so grueling, so I know that they had to be exhausted. We are planning to meet tomorrow for some museum time and lunch. Looking forward to a fun day! : )

Road Trip

Today Adam, Jaime, Tyler, and I took a road trip to Dubuque. Tyler's highlights:
Singing "Old Mcdonald" to the animals at the Storybook Hill Zoo
Playing on the patio at Catfish Charlies
Watching a scuba diver at the aquarium
Playing in the water at the museum
Looking for water towers
Eating ice cream from Four Queens