Winter in Iowa

Road tripping in the cold meant bundling up and driving careful! We spent the first night at Nick's parents, and then headed to my parents house 2 hours away after Nick and his brother Jim had an unsuccessful deer hunting expedition.

Here are the kiddos all ready for the trip to the other grandparents!
We hadn't seen snow like this since we moved to Hawaii. When we were back for Christmas 3 years ago, there was little to no snow....I loved the scenery! This was the gravel road just leaving Nick's parents.
You may not be able to see it, but there was a 1/4 inch of ice covering EVERYTHING...even the barbed wire fence.
Another picture of the gravel roads...
Looking back at Turner Mountain...you can see the tip of the roof of the house.
Here is Turner Mountain...

Nick pulled off some boards off this old corn crib at his parent's house. He wants to someday use them in our house....whatever house we end up in!