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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds poses for photos with her family in front of Terrace Hill, the governor’s mansion, while two turkeys -- named Caitlin and Clark -- wander the grounds during the annual turkey pardoning ceremony Tuesday morning in Des Moines. The governor said she’d be preparing a Thanksgiving meal for around 30 family and friends Thursday. (Erin Murphy/Gazette Des Moines Bureau). — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds poses for photos with her family in front of Terrace Hill, the governor’s mansion, while two turkeys — named Caitlin and Clark — wander the grounds during the annual turkey pardoning ceremony Tuesday morning in Des Moines. The governor said she’d be preparing a Thanksgiving meal for around 30 family and friends Thursday. (Erin Murphy/Gazette Des Moines Bureau)

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds reads a proclamation pardoning two turkeys -- named Caitlin and Clark -- on Tuesday morning at Terrace Hill in Des Moines. (Erin Murphy/Gazette Des Moines Bureau) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds reads a proclamation pardoning two turkeys — named Caitlin and Clark — on Tuesday morning at Terrace Hill in Des Moines. (Erin Murphy/Gazette Des Moines Bureau)

Caitlin and Clark, turkeys from the Moline family farm in Iowa, wander the grounds at the governor's mansion in Des Moines after being pardoned Tuesday morming. (Erin Murphy/Gazette Des Moines Bureau) — Caitlin and Clark, turkeys from the Moline family farm in Iowa, wander the grounds at the governor's mansion in Des Moines after being pardoned Tuesday morning. (Erin Murphy/Gazette Des Moines Bureau)

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