Sunday at Mema's house!

 There's the newest great-nephew, Reed, giving me a big grin!  (That's his uncle Brian behind him.)

 Uncle Brian has Reed, and Brian/Nicole's son, Blake, reviews the situation... (Reed is now 4 months old and Blake is 18 months old.)

 Brian (my nephew) had his arms full of these boys!

Blake getting ready to jump into his dad's arms... He LOVES that game!!  (That's Blake and Reed's grandma Shirley, my sister, in the chair behind Blake.)

Pelicans on Twin Lakes near Rockwell City, Iowa!

 Last week when were heading to Sac City to visit John's mom and aunt, we saw this long line of white on the water at Twin Lakes near Rockwell City.  

 This was a bunch of birds that had broken off from the main set of pelicans to find some lunch!

We could not even guess how many pelicans were on the water!

Fall in the Iowa countryside...

 This is the 'before' picture

This was 'during' the baling of corn stalks...