A little of this and a little of that

It has been a very nice weekend, not only weather wise but on all other counts, too. Yesterday John and I went to Waukesha to take a walk around our old stomping grounds. We both went to Carroll University, then Carroll College and that is where we met and the rest is history. So, every so often, we like to go back and walk through memory valley.

We started our walk in Frame Park which is right on the Fox River and has a river walk that goes for a few miles on both sides of the river. There were lots of other people out and about on the lovely day. After walking the river walk, we had a picnic lunch and people watched for a bit. We then headed to Carroll College/University to check things out. We ended up at a track meet on the new track field. I hadn't been to a track meet since High School and it was fun and interesting. We got to see some pole vaulting, hammer throw, dashes, and distance running. I could not help but notice the similarities between a track meet and a swim meet. Each team had its own little area set up under the bleachers, a place to go and refresh yourself between events just like the swimmers do. I noticed the same camaraderie (hope that is the right word, not how I would have spelled it, but that is what came up on spell check) going on with the tracksters as with swimmers. I always thought swimmers were a different breed and I am thinking the same is true of the tracksters. The announcement of events, waiting for your event and your heat-all the same. Big difference is no water and no swim suits at the track field. It was indeed a nice way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

We returned home to continue to get things ready for a city wide rummage sale happening in mid May. Watch out, I am selling anything that is not nailed down! We also enjoyed some good "monster" movies on the ScyFy network. Doesn't get much better than that!

Today was church and another beautiful day. We walked and did some yard work. Disaster movies on ScyFy today so we will do a bit of that, too. School starts tomorrow after our spring break. I am ready to go back as I usually am after a break, the kids are always ready to come back, too and they are always good. Looking forward to a busy, enjoyable week.

We started growing plants for our garden. This year our Mother and Father's Day gift is a garden dug by our kids and in-law kids, so we are starting some of the plants early to hopefully insure some success. Here I am digging away in the soil. Yep, we planted right in our family room-too cold outside! And here is John planting one of our many planters.
This is how everything looked in the middle of the planting mess.
And here are our tomatoes. They survived the transplant and now hopefully they will continue to grow until we can get them outside in our new garden. I am ending with a few more Easter pictures. Tizita always has so much fun with her Uncle Cheddah. Here she is in the nesco. We teased her about being our Easter dinner. Here are the proud grandparents with our sweet Tizita. And here are the lovely ladies all ready for church on Easter Sunday.
Finally, I will leave you with a picture of Tizita with her Aunt Alissa. Those two always seem to be up to something when they are together!