Iowa or Bust.

If you would have asked me a year ago where I would be living..... Iowa would have probably been one of the last places I would have said. But life comes at ya with all kinds of twists and turns, so here I am living in Iowa City, IA. I guess those are things that come with getting married.... So Adam has always wanted to get his MBA and had been thinking about it for a few years. This just happened to be the year that it all came to past. So why Iowa City? First of all Adam was born the small town of Anamosa, IA, which is located about a hour from where we are living. He lived there til he was five years old...... Adam still has lots of family in this area so he was always interested in coming back here to get to know all of them a bit better. Second the University of Iowa has a really great MBA program. Just when I thought that I was done with the student life.... here we are back to living the life of poor college students. Oh the Joys. :) It is very exciting to be in a new place, full of new adventures though. I am super excited for Adam and actually a bit jealous that he is going back to school! He is especially excited for Big Ten football and the great Wrestling Program. He thinks he is going to get me to a wrestling match or two... I'm not sure about that. Go Hawkeyes.

Now onto our first week in Iowa--

Adam's mom, Penny met us in Nebraska(she was awesome help with moving in and being a tour guide of the area) We next went off exploring the cities where Adam was born and where he spent the first five years of his life. It was fun to explore and see the hospital where he was born, one of the houses he lived in, and where he grew up playing. We also made sure to stop at the Family Restaurant there in Anamosa, and as much as Iowa has so many good fruits and vegetables..... the hometown restaurants def. don't take advantage of all the fresh produce. I have yet to see a salad bar that has more than Iceberg lettuce, Cottage Cheese, Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad, and Jello. mmmmmm... oh ya and lots of butter on everything. I also think it is hilarious that on every menu you have the choice of cottage cheese instead of fries etc. They also love their Brown Gravy and White Bread. Example-- I ordered a hot beef sandwich thinking it would be like a typical roast beef sandwich and this is pretty much what I got.

I am sure that some people love this.... but its not my style. :)

I plan on taking advantage of all the good produce though.... especially the SWEET CORN! There is corn everywhere and anywhere you look. Miles and miles and miles f it. Thanks to Adam's relatives we were hooked up with all the corn we wanted for Free. So we went picking, then husking, of course eating, then with the surplus of corn we went about freezing a bunch so we can have corn all year long. I am getting so domestic.


We next took a trip down to Nauvoo and Carthage, Illinois which is just a couple hours south of us. I hadn't toured Nauvoo for a good 15 years or so... and I had never seen the temple. We did some touring, and did a session at the temple. It was beautiful and neat to learn more about the saints that suffered so much for their beliefs.





At Carthage Jail.



Other than that we have been doing lots of unpacking, organizing, and trying to decorate our little apartment to make it feel like home.
Adam started Orientation this week at school so he is busy with that. Most days he is gone from 8-5 and even has an overnighter at a Scout Camp. I am just hoping to see him once in awhile.

Now onto the Next Task--- Find Marci a Job.