Family Reunion
Great River Bridge over the Mississippi in Burlington, IA I arrived home this afternoon from a family reunion in Burlington, Iowa. Nestled on a hill overlooking the mighty Mississippi River, this picturesque village was full of historic homes and shady, green parks. We had a blast getting to know each other again after three years apart. At the picnic held in Dankwardt Park, I presented my cousin, Becca Ballew McDermott, with custody of our family's tangerine talisman, Orange Fuzzy Ballew . He will have fun on her Iowa farm with Becca, her husband and four adorable kids. We took a historic home tour, golfed, swam, played card games, watched fireworks, ate a bunch and just generally partied for two days straight. It doesn't really matter what we did...we reconnected. And that is what families should. You can't pick your family, but I sure was blessed with the greatest bunch of folks to love. *** Female in Motion Exercise Update: I did three disco aerobic worko...