Category Archives: activities
Congratulations to Shawn Johnson from Des Moines
June 22, 2008 
patwatson What a thrill it must be for the family of Shawn Johnson, the 16 year old that has just won the Olympic trials to go to China. She is a very poised, pretty young lady, a tribute to herself, her family and her coach. The news has been covering her since we moved to DM [...]
Sale Over, We’re Back in DM
Whew, the sale is over, the stuff is gone and we had a delightful dinner with friends after the sale. It’s probably the last time we will ever go to "the Little Pink House" for dinner, but it was a delightful way to end a long and stressful day. Janet and Ernest are so fun [...]
Bogging for Friends and Family
Just look at the new site available for you to explore join 3gb community www.3gb.biz This is a neat way to meet new friends, catch up with family members and see the latest pictures they want to share. The site is easy to navigate which makes it even better! Don’t miss out on the opportunity [...]
The Quilt
Ok, so I have taken this weekend to get the quilt for IAYM put together. I thank Bobbi for her wisdom and help when she was home by laying out the quilt with me, determining how it should go together and then being wise enough to draw out a chart so all I had to [...]
Charlie Wilson’s War
We just returned from seeing the movie "Charlie Wilson’s War". It was a good movie, Tom Hanks does a great job and does Julia Roberts. I would recommend that you get it on DVD when it comes out, some interesting history in it.
Darn it, Schedule Changes Drive Me Nuts
Ok, so we had the schedule for the weekend all figured out, not a problem. Then last night we found out that the date that we had set for going to the races with our friend and his girlfriend is a day earlier than we planned. That means that Friday is in DM and it [...]
Comments Off Adventureland in Iowa
If you have a houseful of kids (regardless of the age of the kids) you may want to fill their day with a trip to Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa. Altoona is just a couple miles to the east of Des Moines so it is centrally located in the state of Iowa. Although the price seems [...]
Garage Sales
The house is getting full of items that you no longer need or use, what the heck do you do with all of it?? Well, you can have a garage sale and find someone that thinks the stuff you have is something they really want to add to THEIR collection of too much stuff to [...]