The Experiences That Shaped Us
My first business venture was a Dairy Queen style restaurant I leased and managed. (I paid off my senior year of college with the funds it generated). Kim and I operated several restaurants. Later in life, I launched a roofing company, which grew exponentially, and morphed into a massive real estate enterprise. Soon after our wedding, Kim and I became missionaries. We traveled the world and had many spectacular adventures. We lived in Hawaii, New York City, Russia and we even traveled through Africa and South America. In total, we visited 48 countries. Eventually we returned to Iowa to home-school our seven children. Fortune, grace and… elbow grease, enabled us to purchase a massive, historic farm estate, where we spent fifteen years raising our children.
Our older, biological children now have their own families and live abroad. Our younger children are adopted, and still live at home. We love to travel! These days, however, the Mossman family travels as a large group of fifteen (since we now have grandchildren!) We enjoy renting spacious homes in destinations such as Canada or Colorado, so that we can all snow ski together. In addition to skiing and winter sports, we love bowling, movies, and family cruises. Our love for family-oriented travel inspired us to open our own private home as a destination for weddings, large groups, family reunions, corporate retreats, business meetings, etc. It is our life mission to share the fortune of our personal estate and help guests to create memories that last a lifetime.
About The Mansion
The Mossmans' Take Over the Mansion
The Mossmans made renovations and extensive modernizations to The Conrad Mansion. They installed a gymnasium and a state-of-the-art theater room. They raised their six older children in the home. (Those children are now grown and on their own.) The Mossman’s are currently only raising their youngest adopted child. They also now have five grandchildren who enjoy visiting the estate. Some call The Conrad Mansion “palatial, fancy, extravagant, a masterpiece in workmanship, and a dream home.” But Jeff and Kim Mossman simply called it “home”. Their three oldest children hosted graduation parties at the estate and their eldest even held her wedding reception in the grand gymnasium. Their second eldest daughter held her outdoor wedding and reception around the backyard fountain and gardens.
Jeff Mossman’s fondest memory is his children’s ‘blizzard parties’.
“When a blizzard was in the forecast, the kids would call up their friends and invite everyone over. If the forecasters were right, we’d all be snowed in for days with nonstop fun and food! If only the walls could talk!”
Clearly, the Mossman’s have always enjoyed sharing the splendor of their dream home and welcoming guests with world-class hospitality. Their interest in sharing this grandeur bodes well in the age of the sharing economy.