Quick Trip to Iowa!

Made a quick trip to Iowa to see Jackson's first home basketball game of the season.  They won!  He took a selfie with me after the game.

And the whole crew........

And his girlfriend.........

I sat between my sister and Jackson's girlfriend, Carmyn during the game.  They were wearing their new white uniforms for the first time, and we noted that Jackson was wearing his patriotic undies...........one butt cheek was red/white stiped, and one was blue with white stars.  It only got more noticeable as the game went on and he got sweatier!  He wasn't the only one not wearing tidy whities!

Prior to the game, we went the the Festival of Trees that was put on by their Chamber of Commerce.  Local businesses and organizations, and even individuals decorated trees and we were given 2 tickets to vote for our favorites.  It was pretty amazing for a small town...........lots of creativity!

The Man Cave tree!  Notice the red roping garland, that's an extension cord!

A baking tree............

A craft store tree............

There was even a scavenger hunt list for you to look for certain things and put down which tree you found them in.  This little girl was looking for a squirrel.

The public library tree.......

The Sweet Shop Tree............

And this!  The elves were trying to save the cookies for Santa!  
 

It deserved 2 photos and one of my tickets!  Note the open jaws on the packages to put your tickets into!

This was the local garden club's entry.  They included their vintage garden club books as decorations.

And this was from a dental office!  Note all the molars on the tree and all the cute little elves who had the name badges of the people who worked there and the snowman was the dentist.

This one was done by the Ram Fans.  All of the high schools winter sport athletes were pictured there.  We found Jackson's photo on the tree.  Nice pom poms on top!

This one got my other vote.  It was done by an organization promoting kids programs.  Each of the ornaments had a different kid handprint on it and all of the decorations were made by the kids.

And of course, the Cyclone fans got in on the action!

And the local vet clinic...........

And you could have your picture taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus..........so we did!

They had cookies and a silent auction, and you could make a donation.  I was very impressed with this event.  I circled all the trees at least twice and could have gone again, but we had to get to the game.

Christi