In the Agriculture Building. Click photo for full size.
Grandma Stogdill treated us to a day at the Iowa State Fair. We arrived in the morning on opening day. We always start by getting weighed at the Varied Industries Building.
Here are Grandma Stogdill, Josiah, Nicole, Lizzie, Jeri and Tim after our weigh-in.
Grandma Stogdill, Josiah, Nicole, Lizzie, Jeri and Tim after our weigh-in at the Varied Industries Building. Click photo for full size.
Next stop for Grandma, Jeri and Tim was to get a Pecan Cinnamon Roll. We had to wait awhile for them to make a fresh batch. In this picture, you can see the dough rolled up.
Jeri and Tim after getting yummy Pecan Cinnamon Rolls. Click photo for full size.
The Iowa Egg Council had a social media competition where you upload photos and tag it. Later Lizzie received a notice that she had won.
Victoria taking a picture of Lizzie to enter into the Egg Council competition. Click photo for full size.
Here we all are (sans Grandma) in the Agriculture Building. Josiah is in the very front. Then in the next row are Nicole, Lizzie, Jeri, and Tim. In the back are Victoria, Rachel, and Jonathan.
In the Agriculture Building. Click photo for full size.
It was a typical hot (but not overly hot) summer day.
Walking at the Iowa State Fair. Click photo for full size.
Lizzie found a place to use her art skills.
Lizzie using her art skills in the Varied Industries Building. Click photo for full size.
Because we saw how easy it was for this guy to make salsa that we bought one for ourselves. We’ve already used it several times.
Josiah where we watched a salsa-making demo. Click photo for full size.
Tim, Nicole, Victoria, Grandma Pau, Jeri, Lizzie, and Josiah out on the deck. Click photo for full size.
Josiah helped Tim take a load of stuff to donate to Salvation Army.
Josiah helping drop stuff at Salvation Army. Click photo for full size.
Back in seventh grade (around 1971), Tim wanted to learn how to play the guitar. Here’s what got him started…a course that came with an audio cassette and a book. Remember this was before there were VHS tapes or even YouTube.
How to Play Rock Guitar course. Click photo for full size.
After loading up the SUV, we took a group photo and said our goodbyes before leaving for Des Moines.
Tim, Nicole, Victoria, Grandma Pau, Jeri, Lizzie, and Josiah out on the deck. Click photo for full size.Victoria, Jeri and Grandma Pau. Click photo for full size.
For our pictures, Tim set up the camera with a 10-second time delay. Here’s a video of our picture taking.
Victoria, Nicole and Jeri working on a 1000-piece puzzle. Click photo for full size.
This summer, Nicole, Victoria, Lizzie, Josiah, Jeri and Tim flew to the Midwest to visit family. We started our trip by waking at 3:00 AM for an early morning trip to LAX. We flew non-stop to Des Moines. After spending a night with Grandma Stogdill, we drove our rented SUV (a Kia Sorrento) to Moline, Illinois to visit Grandma Pau.
Most of the time, we just hung around the house. We would watch Wheel of Fortune in the evenings. We (especially Tim) helped sort through stuff.
Here’s Lizzie playing the electronic piano. Lizzie playing piano. Click photo for full size.
We worked (but never finished) a tortuous 1000-piece puzzle. Victoria, Nicole and Jeri working on a 1000-piece puzzle. Click photo for full size.
Josiah still found time to create new things. He turned a model plane launcher that was nearly 50-years old into a dart launcher. Josiah working on his dart launcher. Click photo for full size.
Grandma made a lot of yummy food including sushi. Grandma Pau fixing supper. Click photo for full size.
We really liked the vegetarian sushi that Grandma made for us. Nicole and Lizzie enjoying vegetarian sushi. Click photo for full size.
