Davis Reunion

Saturday morning July 31st we got together with some of Grandma W.'s family.  Her maiden name was Davis.  She has a few relatives that still live in Iowa, mostly cousins.  The Davis reunion was at the Community Center in Murray, Iowa.  Our hotel was in Osceola, but was only about a 10 minutes drive to Murray and a 5 minute ride to downtown Osceola.  Grandma lived in Murray when she was a little girl, just outside of the town in the country on a farm.  I thought it was funny that people there actually made a distinction between the towns and the country because to us it was ALL the country!  Murray is a very small town as you will see in the pictures and Osceola is a little bit bigger, but still very small.

The Davis reunion was a brunch that started at 10am.  There were probably 15-20 people there. We had a nice time and we able to meet some of Grandma W's extended family, including Linda.  Grandma and Grandad stayed with Linda, whose late husband Dixie was Grandma's cousin.

Madison with cousin Carla.

And downtown Murray, Iowa...

After brunch we headed back to Uncle Skip's hotel and then Uncle Skip, Grandma, Grandad, Scott, Madison and I loaded up in Skip's van so he could take us on a tour of Murray and Osceola.  This tour was the main reason Scott wanted to go on this trip so badly.  Since his mom was only 13 when she moved away, Uncle Skip had more memories/stories to share (Uncle Skip is 13 years older than Grandma). Here are some highlights from our tour...

The view all around.  There was a ton of corn everywhere.  They also grow a lot of soy beans there too.

Madison looking out the window at the farm where Grandma grew up.  We made a trip back to the farm later in the week where I took more pictures, but I'll save that for another post.

The farmhouse Scott's Grandpa built.

Grandma was born in this building.  It used to be a doctor's office.