We spent Thursday night, June 20, 2013 at this hotel in Castle Rock, Colorado.
Early the next morning we ate breakfast and then started a long drive to Des Moines, Iowa.
At Mcdonald's where we stopped for lunch they were honoring the Pony Express riders.
This was one of the stations for the Pony Express riders.
I enjoyed reading about some of the pony express riders. One man rode 350 miles without a break.
Mark enjoyed visiting with this farmer about his fancy farming equipment.
It took us all day to drive to Des Moines, Iowa where Dallin and Laura were waiting for us. They kept Maylee awake waiting for us.
They have a beautiful little apartment right across the street from the Des Moines University.
We were all happy to arrive at their home.
They made us feel welcome.
Laura had burritos waiting for us.
Mark and Marlene are enjoying their granddaughter.
They had room for most of us to sit around and visit.
I got my turn to hold my great granddaughter.
Marlene enjoys being a grandmother.
Dallin shows his little brothers his helicopter.
We blew up air mattresses and had wall to wall beds.
Mark and Marlene enjoy having Maylee in bed with them.
Laura makes a list of groceries needed for our picnic.
Maylee is the sweetest baby.
Marlene tries out their piano.
Dallin just has to walk across the street to go to school.
I went grocery shopping with Marlene.
Marlene organizes the food for the weekend.
Laura had this cute sign next to where Dallin sits. It says "
The best Dad in the world sits here" with an arrow pointing down.
I really like this picture of Christ holding a baby that they have in their home.
Dallin is a cute Daddy.
We drove through some of Des Moines on our way to the park.
They have some nice looking bridges.
We went to the Bray's Lake Park.
The boys enjoyed playing frisbee.
It was fun to watch them throw the frisbee.
Dallin catches the frisbee and throws it.
We made sandwiches for our picnic lunch.
The park had lots of nice shade trees.
We called the boys to come for our picnic.
They had to throw the frisbee one more time before coming.
We enjoyed as nice picnic lunch.
Ryan wanted to build some sand castles in the sand on the beach so his brothers went with him.
The policeman came over to t ell them that the beach is closed.
They didn't get to finish their sand castles.
The Iowas State Capitol Building in Des Moines is beautiful it's gold dome.
Swimming helped cool everyone off.
Maylee wore her swimming suit for the first time.
She is so cute.
The parents have fun with their little daughter.
She provides lots of joy for all of us.
Laura was saying how cute the back of her daughter's swimming suit is.
This was a good way to cool off on a hot day.
Back at home they put on Maylee's pajamas.
Dallin wears his Des Moines University tee shirt.
Ryan chose where to go for dinner.
He wanted pizza. This was a great was to end a fun day visiting Dallin, Laura and Maylee in Des Moines, Iowa.
