mr. max

Well, Marla and Melissa, here is your old house.  You can't quite tell from this picture, but the entire (facing) right side of the front yard is completely covered in hosta plants.  Sorry about the quality, I was trying to be very covert as we drove by at dusk in the hopes of not being noticed.  Lots of great memories in this yard and house.

Introducing....MAX!  On our last night in Iowa we drove to Iowa City to stay with my good good old friend Jessica and her husband Eric and five month old Max.  I cried a little when I saw him for the first time.  It's just so cool to meet the child of a friend you've had since third grade.  He is absolutely delightful and so easy to smile.  He has big brown eyes and a sweet little personality.  You love him immediately.

Here is Jessica in the background explaining to Gabe and I her immense fear of "cougars"---or in Colorado, we would say mountain lions.  It's funny...because she lives in Iowa...but she read that one was seen across the western Iowa border a few years ago.  I don't want to mock her, because I'm much more likely to be attacked by a mountain lion being that I live in Colorado. That would be a really unfortunate "I told you so."

Once again, the brilliance of our camera shines through.  Who need clarity in a picture, give me a blurred image anyday.

Krissi, if you're reading this, will you please email me the Iowa pictures from your camera?  I'm sure you got some great ones.  Especially from Frank's party.  

More tomorrow!