Ames

This weekend I had to go to Ames for the IT Olympics with my Extension job.  Here is our Starbucks stop on the way.

Sharing the same parking lot as our hotel was a habachi grill so we ate there.  It was Link's first time (from memory).  Funny enough he was wearing his Samari shirt already.  We had a blast including trying to catch bits of egg in our mouth as the chef tossed them at us.

A little snap shot from the robotic challenges.  Link enjoyed watching this the most.  He said to me "I guess you do like playing with Legos, just as robotics."  That made me smile.

The kids only lasted so long at the IT Olympics so we crossed the street to Reiman Gardens.  Not the most in bloom time for a garden tour, but we had a lot of fun with the sculptures, kids activity, and butterflies.

We set up a little lego store in our house of kits with real price tags on them.  Link gets a quarter for doing different jobs and then he gets to pick something out when he has enough money.  He picked this crane out.  As you can see the Star Wars characters already love it.