Iowa

Mitch's mom was sent to the hospital and we decided we needed to be there, there being northern Iowa. It turned out that we spent much of the next two weeks there as her health continued to fail.

Caryn, Jason, and the boys were to arrive from Florida for their vacation, so we drove back to Minneapolis to pick them up at the airport and then back down to Garner so Caryn could visit with Granny.

Fortunately Granny had had a really good day a couple of days earlier and all the grandkids had a chance to talk to her on the phone, but she passed away before Caryn got a chance to see her. Granny knew what she was doing, though, because now the funeral could be the next week and all the grandkids would be able to be there. So with funeral arrangements made, we headed back to northern Minnesota for "vacation."