Beautiful Day

Yesterday was Mother's Day, and Jack and I spent it here in Dubuque. We began the day going to Grandview UM Church. It's the same one we went to last August when we were visiting here. Nice church.

We came back, changed clothes, and then we were off to son in-law Jack's parents' house in Farley, IA, just a few miles up the road. All of Jack's sibs were there with their families, and the mood was festive. Terese and Dan had a lunch for us, there was golf on TV, and we played some poker. Here are Michele and Jack's children, Matthew and Katherine, playing in the backyard:





We stayed much of the afternoon, and then we were off to Dyersville, Iowa. Does this name ring a bell? If you said "Field of Dreams," you'd be right! :) We stopped and took a few photos, before heading out to dinner at the Olive Garden.








Here are a couple that I took at Sandstone Gardens in Joplin, MO:




Iowa countryside ... and an emu: