Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Iowa Vacation (Part 4)

Wednesday we woke early and all got as spiffed up as we could.  This is because we were going to have family pictures taken for the first time in three years!  We all piled in the van, drove across the street, and went to the Sears Portrait Studio.  The pictures turned out great.  The girls did not want to cooperate at the same time (so a picture of them together was a challenge, but for them both being one and a half, I think that they did pretty well.



As you can tell, Grace had fun at the photo shoot dancing and laughing.  I think that we got some great family pictures.

After pictures we went out for a quick bite to eat, then to see Sue's work place.  We got the full tour of the law offices and most importantly Sue was able to show off her beautiful grandgirls to everyone.

Then we headed straight to the Grout Museum.  The name of this museum was the source of great laughter from Matt and I earlier in the week.  We were trying to imagine a whole museum dedicated to grout.  Different colors of grout, different tiles that you use grout with, ways to clean grout...you get the idea.  I am still not sure why it is called the Grout Museum but it has nothing to do with what is between tiles.  It is a collection of 3 or 4 museums.  We went to one that focused on pioneer, multiple wars, but the upstairs was  world war II, and some of wars of today (I may be missing some, but those were the focuses).  There was a large exhibit of the Sullivan Brothers.  These brothers were very famous because there were five of them who enlisted all at the same time.  They chose to serve together during the war.  They also died together during an attack on their ship.

The museum was very nice and also a good cool place to go during this very hot week.  But by the end of the second floor of exhibits I was very tired and Grace was too.  So we went back to Steve and Sue's place to rest and relax.

That night we went out to a very nice restaurant.  Grace would only eat if she was climbing the stairs up and down and up and down and up and down.  But at least she ate and she was happy!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very good family picture! Also I love the great pictures of Grace. Her hair is so pretty on those pictures. Betty

Sue Daniels said...

And don't forget two exhibits in the Museum on Grout: The History of Floor Tile and an interactive "Get Down and Dirty" display where they issue each participant a leather apron and a trowel.

The Grandgirls were a big hit at my office. After I got back to work, everybody remarked on how adorable they are. Of course, I already knew. Thanks for letting me show them off.

Love your header picture.