Day 3 Saturday

This was just a neat day and what the trip was all about.
Marita, Kathy's sister, picked up her daughter Julie, a sophomore at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, and two of Julie's college friends, both of whom are from the Boston area to spend a short fall break on a true Iowa farm. They came to Jackson Friday night. The girls stayed in a motel while Marita stayed at the Pines, a nursing home where Esther lives. The Pines rents out 2 apartments to guests of residents. We rented both rooms for two nights. This means we don't have to take the boys outside to see their great grandmother. Saturday morning Julie and her friends met us at Esther's apartment. It was like a photo shoot with several cameras going at the same time. Of course, we had to get the four generation picture with Esther, Kathy, Keri, and Aiden and Reid. The boys now are so accustomed to pictures they just perk up and almost pose. The boys were passed around from great grandmother to aunt to the St. Olaf girls. The boys are already smart enough to know that you don't urp on cute coeds. They are well behaved. We take a break for feeding and nap. Marita and the girls go to the farm where brother Kent and wife Debi now live and farm. I heard that one of the girls got to make a round in the combine. Then they head to Iowa for a few days.
Kathy, Keri, the boys and I went out to the farm in late afternoon. Our nephew Mark and his wife Jenn are in Jackson this weekend with Mark helping with the combining and Debi and Jenn making apple pies. Naturally we have apple pie and ice cream. We turned on the football games and see that Texas is whupping Nebraska-all right! We also go out to some sites on the farm where they are installing wind generators. They are huge when you get right up next to them.
After supper we return to visit great grandma Esther. Later we go back to the rented apartment to feed and put the boys down for the night. I turn on the TV and find Wisconsin beating Ohio State. I'm not real happy about this although I'm not a real Big 10 fan although I did attend the U of Minnesota one summer. They fired their coach Saturday.
The weather was great; we saw lots of relatives, and there was little driving. What a day!
Day 4 tomorrow.