Surprise!

For those that don't yet know, we are in Des Moines, Iowa for a few days (right this minute!). We kept the trip pretty quite as we planned a surprise for our bike group in Clear Lake. And what a surprise it was! We had a lot of shocked people when they saw us- and we got to do the surprise about a dozen times.

John and I arrived in DSM Thursday night. We met up with the O'B's Friday at lunch for a bit. Saturday was spent doing a bike ride/bar ride around Clear Lake. We have spent today with John's family.

Tomorrow morning John is flying to Las Vegas for a work conference (the work conference provided the opportunity for the trip). I will be going to Cedar Rapids on Tue and Wed to see my family. I am then flying out to Las Vegas to met up with John for a night. We leave Las Vegas to fly back to Auckland Friday evening.

A couple quick things on being back in Iowa. There is a lot of corn and beans and really straight roads!!!! And how I have missed Super Target (The Warehouse doesn't even begin to cut it). It also seems like we haven't been gone for the last 10 months. We are just picking up right were we left off.

As you can see this is a whirlwind trip and we are packing in as much as possible. I appologize now for not getting a chance to see everyone.