Iowa's windy city

Of course the windiest little town in the middle of Iowa would host it's own kite fest and we road tripped it on down to check it out. Shannon, Bruce and Liam invited us for the weekend with the lure of a possible tethered hot air balloon ride. But of course it was TOO windy for even the balloon to go up, but the owners were sweet enough to let us climb on in and check out the basket.

Kids were able to make their own kites which were impressively good fliers, especially Liam's. All three of the kids were loving the sport of kite flying and Bruce couldn't help but buy his own fancier version to fly. Henry with his keen nose figured out that these markers were sure smelly and couldn't stop sniffing the darn things.

Bryn's favorite thing to draw lately is rainbows and her kite was no exception.

Liam was a doll and sat with me just checking out all the kites flying overhead and I couldn't help but snap some photos of the cute dude with his new haircut.

Racing down the field on all fours.

Aunt Shannon bought a bag of sour apple cotton candy and we all got in on that action. nummmmm.

Later on the kids found a perfect hill to roll down as the day was coming to an end.

Thanks to Bruce for starting off Mother's Day on a very delicious note with a mouth watering breakfast. We all had so much fun, just wish they lived closer......