A Wedding and General Wackiness

I ended up on a whirl wind trip out to Utah a week and a half ago. One of my SuperFriends was getting married and I was a surprise guest at her wedding. I got in town just in time for a girls night out. One of my friends and I went over to the brides house to pick her up and we were immediately stopped by the family. Apparently, the bride's apartment building back in Pennsylvania was on fire and it was a total loss and she was on the phone at the very moment trying to get more details. Everything they owned, most of their wedding presents and a new car went up in flames. What a devastating loss to have two days before you get married!!! The bride, I think, took everything in stride and even though she was very upset handled the news reasonably well. I was very impressed. I even had the privilege to help her file insurance claims the morning of her wedding.

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Girls Night Out

For the girls night out we went miniature golfing. I hadn't done it in years and it was good just to be silly and hang out with some of my girls. A couple of them I hadn't seen in years!! I had a lot of fun catching up and hearing all the fun adventures all of them are having (except for the fire of course). The entire trip was a little crazy and I was all over the place, but it was a nice rest from the kids. Plus, now that the SuperKids are a little older, SuperDad was up to the challenge of watching them for a few days on his own. I also got a new mom to add to my family while I was out there. The Bride's Aunt from Australia and I had a great time together and she offered to be one of my mommies. Australian Moms Rock!! How could I refuse?! For an sixty-eight year old she was kicking it up on the dance floor the entire night of the wedding. The Bride's entire family is so awesome and have always been so good to me. The wedding and reception took place up a beautiful canyon and it was such a nice, cool, perfect night.

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The Beautiful, Blushing Bride and Handsome Groom

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A SuperFriend and her hubby

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My newest Mommy!

With all the wedding stuff going on I was still able to visit a few other people. I was able to meet up with my sister and her four kids to meet the latest addition to the family. My sister and I were able to take the kids to this roller skating rink (yes, they still exist) that also had tons of those huge bouncer things and climbing mazes and such. It was so cool!! We need one of those in Iowa! We were all able to go out to lunch with my mother (the real one), my brother-in-law, my sister and all the kids. I had another lunch out with my mother and mother-in-law. Right before I got on the plane to go home I was able to visit with one of my other favorite families. Brouhaha Brienne is soon to be married as well and I couldn't be happier for her!!!! It was really good to see their SuperFamily again!

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The nieces and nephews

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Brouhaha Brienne and Family

It was really good to see the kids again. I didn't get to talk to them till the next day because my flights were delayed due to SNOW in Denver. SNOW in AUGUST!!! What's up with that? So I got in really late and the kids were already in bed. The kids were ridiculously excited the next morning though. That made up for it. I spent the next week recovering from the whirlwind trip. For some reason I don't fly east very well. I travel west just fine every time whether I'm going somewhere or going home. Does anyone have any insight as to why this happens? Till next time SuperFans!!

-SuperMom

Ho-Hum...

Well, it appears another week has slipped by with us barely noticing. That means its time to update our SuperFans (yes...I mean you!). The week started with a continued heat wave that dissipated by Tuesday. Then the fun really began! Well...not really. It was a fairly uneventful week at Iowagners HQ. The world did not appear to be in peril for the time being. So...here are a few pictures of the SuperKids for your enjoyment!

The Many Sleeping Positions of Bear

Monkey Feeding Rocks to the Ducks and Geese

Monkey Honing Her New Telepathic Powers

Heat, Humidity, and Hava Nagila!

Lately, we've been cleaning the secret lair (a.k.a.-basement) so we are ready for more tornado warnings and/or tornadoes. For some strange reason we've been feeling a really strong need to work on our 72-hour emergency kits and food storage. My sister and I brainstormed what to put in the kits and food storage over the phone. She had a lot of great ideas and SuperDad and I have decided to buy at least on item on our lists each time we go to the store. If anyone has any suggestions on food storage please let us know.

Saturday we went to the Cultural Festival here in town. It was really fun, but we were disappointed that not more people showed up. When we got there a group called the Israeli Celebration Dancers were performing. Monkey and I went out and danced with them a few times. They showed us how to Kibbutz and everything. We only got SuperDad out once to dance with us, while I danced holding Bear.

It was ridiculously hot out and humid and we were shocked to see an 80 year-old woman and an at least 8 month along pregnant lady in the dance group. They were both keeping up with the best of them. There was also a man there with a Green Bay Packers yarmulke. Go Packers!!



Hava Nagila

We then went inside to the air conditioning and tasted food from countries like Greece, Ethiopia, Bosnia, Mexico, etc. One man was brave enough to take on an entire continent and had a table display for Africa. It was really fun to learn about all those different countries and taste the yummy (free) food! Bear really liked the Greek spinakopata (we're not sure how to spell that), a spinach and feta cheese filled pastry.

Speaking of the heat, on Sunday we reached 97 degrees F. It may not seem like much for those of you in Arizona and other 'dry' states, but once the humidity factor was accounted for the heat index reached 118 F! Needless to say, we did not go outside much.

Later that night we went to visit with the Super Schloemer's. They put on a very delicious shrimp boil. We also met a great new SuperFamily that just moved here from Idaho (not to be confused with Ohio or Iowa). Good eats and good friends, what could be better?!

Stay tuned for more advertures of the Iowagners!!!

SuperMom's been tagged!!

The ABC's of Me:

A. ATTACHED OR SINGLE? Attached
B. BEST FRIEND? Too many to narrow down
C. CAKE OR PIE? Yes, please!
D. DAY OF THE WEEK? Sunday, no chores
E. ESSENTIAL ITEMS? Purse, diapers, wipes, fruit snacks, etc. It's a never ending list.
F. FAVORITE COLOR? baby blue
G. GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS? bears!
H. HOMETOWN? Menomonie, WI
I. INDULGENCE? Ice Cream
J. JANUARY OR JULY? July, cause it's B-day party time. Raise the roof!
K. KIDS? 2
L. LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT? The kids!
M. MARRIAGE DATE? Springtime
N. NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS? 6 Sis, 8 Bro.
O. ORANGES OR APPLES? Love oranges but I hate to peel them, so apples.
P. PHOBIAS OR FEARS? Kids getting hurt.
Q. QUOTE? I have notebooks full of them. Too many good ones to choose from.
R. REASONS TO SMILE? Hugs and Kisses
S. SUPERMAN OR WONDER WOMAN? Superman!
T. TAG 5 PEOPLE? Missy, Julie S., Kristi, Christina, Skye (I just picked who I thought would do it.)
U. UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME? I always wanted to be Superman!
V. VEGETABLES? Yum, yum
W. WORST HABIT? One of my superpowers; nagging.
X. X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND? Ultrasound!
Y. YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? ice cream
Z. ZODIAC SIGN? Leo

The Not So Crazy, Crazy Weekend

Sorry folks, not much to update on. We had a very lazy weekend. SuperDad and I didn't even change out of our PJ's (a.k.a- secret disguises) all day Saturday. I did give SuperDad and Monkey haircuts. Does that count as something?

We were awakened by the tornado siren this morning some time after 3am. SuperDad and I ran down to the TV to see if it was just a warning or an actual tornado threat. The news reported that we were getting wind gusts upward of 80 mph and then it started to hail. We ran back upstairs and grabbed the SuperKids and headed down to the basement, I mean secret lair. That's right, our SuperFamily hid. As we've stated before, we are no match for Mother Nature. Luckily there was no tornado, but we did lose a few large branches from our Ash tree out front.

Don't worry SuperFans the Iowagners are still going strong. 'Till next time...


Good Thing it Missed HQ and the Super Iowagon


Tree 0 80 MPH Wind 1

more cat pictures

'No More Candy, Please!' or 'Don't Rain on My Parade'

Well, astronauts, it's been another whirlwind weekend for your favorite SuperFamily. The fun began with a cool and candy-filled parade. The best part is that the parade route is less than half a block away. This parade is known for supplying children with way too much candy provided by overeager parade floats and other displays. Needless to say, the SuperKids hauled off enough candy to last them until the next parade. We had a little bit of rain, but we survived...the Iowagners always survive!

...and the streets were paved with candy.

We were also privileged enough to witness the tradition of the Cardboard Regatta. It is a boat race involving boats made of only cardboard, duct tape and paint. It was fun to watch. We already have plans for an unsinkable stealth boat fabricated from an old refrigerator box once the SuperKids are old enough.

Cardboard and Water...A Good Idea?!

Of course no city festival would be complete without scary, antiquated carnival rides and equally scary carnival ride operators. As an adolescent superhero SuperDad's mom used to threaten to sell him to the 'Carnies' (carnival workers) if he was bad. I guess it worked! Nothing says fun like paying $6 to ride a flying elephant for a couple of minutes. I guess the SuperKids will never know the difference.

Either she is giving Bear a hug, or keeping him from falling out

Monkey and Her Requested 'Red Cuckoo Clock with Yellow Cuckoo Bird'

Until next year Summerfest...

The Next Danica Patrick

Just a Cute Picture of Bear