Oh Iowa

So last weekend we went out to Iowa for Mike's grandmother's 80th b-day, and we had a blast! It was a lot of travel, and we were only out there for a weekend, but it was definitely worth it. I am so glad that I got to meet Grandma and Grandpa Smith! And of course we all had lots of fun - we were out there for Pi Day, so what did we do? Buy 3 pies of course and eat them while watching SNL :)
Each morning we were there we went out for breakfast at this place called the Village Inn - definitely some good breakfast food! They had every kind of pancake imagineable - I think Shannon got Chocolate Chip Cookie dough one morning - crazy!!
Travel was....fun :) Here's how it went:
Itinerary Out: 2 Groups
Group 1 - Tom, Cyndi, Mike, Sarah, Shan, Megs, Dan, Amy, Chris. Leave home at 7AM Friday morn, drive to Newark airport, fly to Kansas City Airport, Drive 3 hrs to Des Moines. Arrive at 6:45 pm.
Group 2 - Michelle and Sean. Leave Saturday morn, fly out of Philly, to Chicago, to Des Moines. Much Simpler. But granted it's amazing they survived Chicago.

Itinerary Home: 3 Groups
Group 1 - Mike, Sarah, Shan and Megs. Same thing as above in reverse. Done all over again on Sunday starting at 1 pm. Home arrival time - 2:30 AM :)
Group 2 - Sean and Mich - same thing in reverse about an hour after our departure on Sunday.
Group 3 - Tom, Cyndi, Chris, Amy and Dan - Same as above in reverse beginning on Monday at 1 pm.

It was a crazy trip, but definitely a fun one! Here are some pics!