I am officially an Iowan

Well, it was a really long drive (23 hours to be exact) but I made it to Des Moines with my back seat driver, Rob. I have one word to describe the scenery: CORN!!!! I swear that from the very beginning of Nebraska all the way until I pulled into my new driveway, there was CORN on both sides of the highway, THE WHOLE WAY!

We have pretty much spent most of our time getting settled in, buying everything that I need and enjoying the beautiful weather. It is so funny when I hear people say "it is soooooo hot!" When I was just thinking to myself, man, it sure feels good out here!

Moving in Des Moines weather was absolutely wonderful compared to Mesa. I wasn't drenched in sweat after the first box...

Let's see... what else could I tell you about...

I have really enjoyed cooking dinners and lunches for us. Emily's cooking website has came in handy and we have LOVED all the recipes we have tried from there.
We also went to the farmer's market and picked up a bunch of fresh fruit and veggies and had a scrumptious dinner with them. Of course we had to try the Iowa sweet corn, which was delicious. You should be jealous. mmmmm....





For Labor Day, we kayaked the Raccoon River. Well, part of it. 6 miles to be exact. If anyone visits or moves to Iowa, I do not recommend this. If I wasn't paddleing, I was moving backwards. The water was so low and it was pretty windy. For about the last 45 minutes, I did not want to paddle one more time. But... that's the awful thing about it, I mean, the GREAT thing about it. You can't just stop paddleing when you want to quit, there is no where to get off and quit.... you just have to keep paddleing. But we did it!

Um... I think that is about it for now. Rob has to go back home to Phoenix tomorrow, so I better spend as much time with him as I can.