Our Weekend Recap

John and I had a really nice weekend

Of course, we are still excited about his new job and that is what most of our discussions revolve around these days.

Courtney and family were visiting the out laws in Iowa this weekend.

Please don't judge me for this, but I don't share very well, never have and I don't like the times they spend with the out laws, but I know in my heart that it is important to get to know all of your family.

I know that my granddaughters are blessed to have two sets of very caring grandparents and other relatives.

But, I cannot help but be envious of those friends of mine who have children and spouses that don't get along with the out laws.  Makes life much easier for them since there is no sharing involved.

I will also add that we all get along fine at necessary family functions, in fact, we almost enjoyed each other's company in the beginning, but truth be told Courtney's in laws are so different from us on every level.

We are punctual, they run late,

We are conservative, they are way liberal

We are up and at 'em people, they are laid back

We like to be doing things, they like to sit around

They are from Norway and celebrate that on every level every chance they get, we are of German and Polish heritage, but our life and love is here in America, we celebrate this great country every chance we get.

They care about causes, us, not so much.

They are thinkers, questioners, we just dive right in.

We would never be friends in real life, but our kids brought us together so to speak.

We love our son in law and we have to be grateful to these two because they raised him to be the great husband and father he is today.

 

It is also difficult when they live six hours from Oshkosh, so every trip involves multiple days and nights.

Holidays are also difficult with so much travel time, but for the most part, I do get the ones that I want, to I am not complaining just stating some feelings.

Since this is my blog, I think I can do that here without judgement, right?

 

Now, that being said, on to our weekend.

We started out by having pizza and beers on Friday night.

Like I said, our conversation revolved around the new job and all that it will entail.

Right now, it is our favorite topic

 On Saturday, we woke up to rain.

We had planned to go on a bike trail to Lake Michigan in Port Washington but due to the wet and rather cool weather we packed up the bikes and decided we would see where we ended up

We headed toward Waukesha, bought a dehumidifier at Menard's, had a great lunch at Sonic, and then we noticed that the sun was trying to peak through the cloudy skies.

Time to bike.

We chose the New Berlin Recreation trail which goes from Frame Park in Waukesha to Greenfield Park in West Allis.  It is a paved, smooth, easy ride.  A perfect choice for a rather wet day.

As we approached the trail, there was a huge gray cloud overhead.  I took inventory of shelters in case we needed one quickly, but the sun was peeking through again in no time.

Good thing, the shelters were few and far between on this trail.

I know I say this each time, but we love biking in Waukesha and seeing all the old haunts.

This is the apartment that Courtney and Alissa lived in when Alissa was just out of college.

It was a perfect place for the two of them, it was lofted, so Courtney could keep all her mess up in her lofted bedroom while Alissa was able to keep the rest of the place orderly and clean.

The trail is six miles one way.  It is an Electrical right of way so it is lined with electrical poles.

We found this cute little bench along the trail.

And, then we realized that this trail encompassed both John's old job and new job.

These fiber optic towers are what he works on at Kapitan which will soon be his old job.

These buildings are what he will be working on ( among many other things) at  his new job.

He tells me these buildings are assembled right there in the factory in Iron Mountain, Michigan.

Yes, Electricity has and will continue to be our bread and butter.

There isn't a lot of scenery along the trail in amongst the poles, but there is an area where there is a swamp that is very nice to look at.

Here we are at the end of the trail in West Allis.  We continued our ride into Greenfield Park for a few miles before heading back.

Grand total for our ride-20 miles.

When we got back to Frame Park, the weather was gorgeous and we spent a bit of time just sitting and taking it all in.

Frame Park is full of memories for John and I.

We spent lots of time there while we were in college, it is a very happy place for us.

We saw this swan floating around in the Fox River near where we were sitting.

We wondered if the little swan was looking for its mother pictured above.

All in all, a great Saturday.

After church on Sunday, I learned to cut the lawn.

You already know this if you read the previous post

While I was cutting, John was able to do his favorite Sunday activity, wash the cars.

Our new Buick Renedezvous is so tall, he had to stand on a ladder to do the roof and windshield!

What a man won't do for his car.

Sunday was a picture perfect weather day and we enjoyed ourselves again.

A good weekend all around.

Now I will wait to hear that Courtney and family are safely back in Oshkosh and then I will get ready for our 4th of July celebration with them.