Vacation Part 3 - Far Away Friends

After a few days in Michigan, we headed out to Minnesota and Iowa to see some of our friends. We stayed with our best friends in Minnesota and had a great time.

On Saturday, we had lunch with the Buskers and I got to see my favorite five year old again. Both he and his sister thought Joash was really cool and he kept making faces at Joash and doing other things to get Joash to smile. It was great to see them again and get caught up on their lives and what was happening at school. Saturday evening one of Wilbert's roommates from college was married, so we saw many people that we haven't seen in a long time. Alas, I did not take any pictures since I was busy with a little boy. But the wedding was very nice and it was good to see so many people again.

Sunday we went to our old church in Edgerton and it was so much fun to see everyone. We were able to talk to just about everyone we wanted too, expect for one couple who was away for the weekend. There were four of us who were pregnant and all due around the same time at our church. We all had boys, and it was interesting to compare the boys. We stayed inside for the rest of Sunday because it was HOT outside. I know I have complained about the Island weather being cold, but I was so thankful for air conditioning. If you went outside your eyelids started to sweat. I am now enjoying the nice Island summer again with my windows open.

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