John's Place and Farm Est 1887
Where Country is Fun!
John’s Place was able to host our 1st Pumpkin Carving Event on Sunday 10/28. Lots of Kids carving, painting and putting stickers on their pumpkins. While looking at the pictures I am sure you will see that there are kids of ALL ages having fun. Let’s plan on this again for next year…..
Sunday October 27th was Christina Laubscher’s House “Cooling” Party. Christina (Stienie) had experienced a house fire earlier this year and her friends gathered to help her with re-stocking her rebuilt home with everything they could to make it a “Home” again. What a great group of people and a great cause for a co-worker /…
Double Birthday Party for Willimina (4) and Valentina (2) on October 20th was a great success. Everyone who attended had fun and gratefully did stay warm as the outside temp dropped all day.
Mark Downey celebrated his 60th birthday on Saturday with 80 to 100 of his closest friends at John’s Place. Guests from as far away as Kansas and Colorado helped celebrate with Mark and everyone loved the chance to hang out with Mark and Sherry for the evening.
We were able to have our Frist Craft show at John’s Place thanks to a great group of crafters from the Fairfax – Cedar Rapids area. There were Florals, Chalk Art, Essential Oils, Baked Goods, Wreaths, Soy Candles, Chimes and so much more. This was a one day event and all of the crafters were…
Kathy and David had the honor of hosting the wedding rehearsal dinner for Scott Sesterhenn and Waiverly Daniels (Michaela’s best friend) on Saturday 9/1/18. The couple had 54 of their family, friends and bridal party at John’s Place for a relaxing evening, games, and a host of good food. Scott and Waiverly’s Dad made Pulled…
Jessica Cerveny hosted a baby shower for her daughter Allison Tucker on Sunday 7/22/18 at John’s Place. There were lots of family and friends attend and everyone enjoyed the games as activities. Jessica had a nice snack lunch prepared for the guests and everyone had a great time. Allison was so excited to work though…
Waiverly Daniels was the guest of honor at a Bridal Shower that was hosted by Michaela Illig and Lisa Sesterhenn. Many of Waiverly’s friends were able to attend and help her enjoy the visit. Waiverly had asked for no presents however there was a group of friends that just could not arrive without a gift…
The Herb family hosted a Baby Shower for Rachel and baby Scarlett Kaye at John’s Place on Saturday June16th. It was a very hot day outside with temperatures reaching in the high 90’s and of course the barn does not have air conditioning. With keeping the barn closed up and a lot of fans running…
Erin Wilde had her Troop 1590 Bridging Ceremony at John’s Place on Saturday 6/2/18. After many months of planning a pool party for the girls the high chance for storms forced Erin into looking for an indoor option. We were so glad to be able to accommodate her request on a short notice. As you…