Surprise!

My friend Emily surprised her mom and flew back from Texas to Iowa for Thanksgiving. Here is a link to the post she wrote about it on her blog- I literally cried when I watched it. I want to see MY mom! Emily is awesome and her family rocks! Watch and try not to cry! Anybody who misses their family will appreciate this one.

http://francygirl.blogspot.com/2008/12/noise-of-year.html

More Iowa Comments

Today in the office we were talking about state capitals. One of my coworkers asked the other how he was with his state capitals and he said "proficient". I asked the state capital of Iowa (naturally) His response:

Cedar Falls.

WRONG.

My other co-worker guessed Iowa City. Well, if you lived in the 1800's, then yes- Iowa City would be the right answer.

They were stumped and one of them goes "We've named the two cities in Iowa- that's all there is, right?"

Granted, they said this jokingly but still- yikes!

Funny stuff.

A Very Happy Thanksgiving

So we went to Boulder for Thanksgiving break and got to spend 4 days with the Clark's. It was so awesome seeing our family and amazing spending time with our niece and nephew. They are such awesome babies and we LOVE them! Here are a few pictures that I managed to forward to myself from Graham and Marie's camera (since I forgot my camera- argh!)

They are both wonderful and very different. Ryan is constantly in motion- a little bundle of smiling and adorable energy, whereas Audrey is this sweet, calm, thoughtful looking little girl. It's so much fun being an aunt! I love them and their awesome parents who are really amazing to me- they are awesome mom's and dad's! I can't wait now for my third niece/nephew coming in July!! This time it will be a Brummer- hooray!