For our second wedding this past weekend we had to go to Iowa. It wasn't until Friday that we really thought to look at where exactly in Iowa we were going. It ended up being the middle of nowhere Iowa, 6 hours from our house. Good thing we didn't just decide to look at the map Saturday morning and go or we would have missed it. Our hotel was called "A Hole in the Wall", and no one ever answered the phone when we called to see if we could check in early to change for the wedding. We were getting a not so great feeling about our accomodations. We literally were in the middle of nowhere. The roads had weeds growing out of the middle of them. It was endless corn as far as our eyes could see. We could not figure out how a hotel could survive in circumstances like this. We called a friend of ours to make sure we weren't lost in Iowa, and he said just trust the road signs and that we were almost there. Sure enough, about 5 minutes later we found the hotel. Which turned out to be an $8 million hunting lodge that people rent the whole thing for events. Not expecting that. It was amazingly gorgeous. We truly could not believe it. The above picture is from us at the reception. They had the skull of an American lion, when we used to have them. It was probably one of the most unexpected and best surprises we have ever had.
The wedding was absolutely beautiful. The bride and groom waited a long time for each other and it was so neat to witness them getting married. And to top it all off, my niece was born on the same day, a little early, but perfectly healthy. What a great weekend!
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