August brought the Willis family to our home for an extended stay. We got to babysit with Colin and Makenna while Allison and Jared went to the Iowa State fair. The next day the six of us went to the fair - the weather was overcast, which made it a great day to enjoy the fair. Makenna took it all in too. She loved the animal barns, the little hands farm, and she would have done the giant slide all afternoon... Colin slept most of the time - what a good kid!!! Allison was going to head home on Monday, but came down with a horrific headache. Makenna ended up going to work with me and what a helper she was folding t-shirts. Allison was finally feeling better on Tuesday, so they left for Ames that evening. Lo and behold we were inundated with one of our worst storms of the season, especially Ames. Having their drinking water declared undrinkable, the Willis family made their way back to Carlisle on Thursday morning. The grandkids got to entertain us for the next 5 days - what an unexpected, special time for us to cherish.
