My Three Sons: It's a Hawkeye Weekend!

For my mother-in-law and father-in-law, for Christmas, we bought them a weekend to Iowa City to see a Hawkeye basketball game. Since this was going to be their Christmas present, we decided to go the weekend before Christmas. On Saturday, December 21, we loaded up the van and headed to Iowa City. On Saturday, when we got there we had a nice lunch at Steak'n Shake. For as long as Brandon and I have been together, every time we go to Iowa City we have to eat at least one meal at Steak'n Shake. What's better than burgers and ice cream?? Yum yum!!! After lunch we headed over to the mall for some last minute Christmas shopping, and let the boys play at the play area for about 2 hours--just to tire them out a bit. Then we headed back to our hotel for a nice relaxing night while enjoying some Papa John's Pizza!

On Sunday we woke up to 8 inches of snow!! It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas that morning! After breakfast and after Brandon and Bill dug the van out of a snow bank, we headed to cheer on the Hawks at Carver Hawkeye Arena! The boys had a blast watching the basketball game and seeing Herky! After the basketball game, and of course a Hawkeye victory, Brandon and I took his parents to see the Iowa Athletic Hall of Fame. While Brandon, Bill, and Cheryl, caught up on their Hawkeye history, I took the boys to the third floor to play some basketball before our long trip home. Once the boys started getting sleepy we thought it would be a great opportunity to head home.

We had a nice little weekend away enjoying family, shopping, and Hawkeye basketball!