Iowa Vacation June 2009

We started our travels June 17th to fly into good ol Waterloo Airport. Our flights were smooth for the most part and Greg and I had the whole row to ourselves (every flight).We flew from Phoenix to Mnpls and then caught a smaller flight into Waterloo.Our pilot explained there was some "interesting" weather. I had dozed off for about 30minutes (the majority of the flight) and woke to a BRIGHT flash outside the window. Greg and I were wowed by the fact that our plane was flying down the center for a lightning storm! So on each side of the plane we could see intense strikes of lightning. Of course it was beautiful:)
We were greeted in the airport by my mom and Tessa. They had been waiting for us an additional 45 minutes since we were delayed because of the storm. It made for some fun conversation on the way home.
The next day it was raining, Greg and I had a lot of running around to get done for the wedding. I had party favors to make and Greg needed his suit cleaned. Greg was off running around and Dad had just come home from his visit to the hardware store. He was so proud of his $2.78 repair kit for the leaky faucet in the bathroom. About 20 minutes later I heard a clanking noise and followed it to see if my dad needed any help (keep in mind I have not showered yet). He asked me to press on the faucet (which already had a wrench on it) while he used another wrench to turn it.....I was a little panicked, my fingers are fragile haha I watched as he put all of his weight into it and the whole piece moved the WRONG way severing in half.......so his 2.78 cent project was now going to add some zeros:) Thankfully Dad was able to get a hold of Uncle Mark who came to our rescue. So after 3hrs of making a 3ft whole in the closet and soldering pieces back together we had water again:)
Gregs comment on Iowa weather, as we were driving to Hobby Lobby for extra supplies, "only in Iowa will you use your heater, AC, headlights and wipers in a two hour time frame!" Its so true! The sun was shining and you would of never known that it stormed that morning!