End of Kindergarten for Landon!

Our dear, sweet Landon is finishing up his kindergarten year! Class of 2024!

He invited me to join him for their class park and picnic field trip to the Swisher park. Of course I will!! When I arrived at the park he spotted me and ran over for a hug. And then he was off.

He had a great time playing with his friends. It was fun to watch him play and interact with the friends from this school year.

His wonderful teacher

Thanks, Landon for inviting me! I LOVE you and pray that every school year will be at great as this one for you.

Mother's Day & Sisters Weekend

MOTHER'S DAY I was blessed to spend Mother's Day with my parents. I attended church with them in my childhood church and the church where Don and I were married. Then we went to Amana to eat out. The afternoon was spent walking mom's beautiful flower gardens, playing many games of sequence and enjoying time with my sister Judy when she arrived.

SISTERS WEEKEND Judy and I drove to Charles City to spend the weekend with our sister Jane. Jim and Jane were transferred to Charles City a year ago from Pella. Jim is the pastor of the United Methodist Church there.

We spent Saturday afternoon driving through the area to shop - antiques and flowers! Did you know that this area is FULL of Mennonite Greenhouses? Wow, we only got to 4 or 5 but we all found flowers to buy at each stop. Jane packed a picnic lunch for us so we had no need to take too much time with that.

Saturday evening we toured Charles City - the river and all of the wonderful areas around it. Sunday we attended church at Jim's church, had lunch together and then Judy & I started home. Fun weekend! I am so BLESSED with this family!

Celebrating Birthdays in Indy!

Cade and Brent have May birthdays so that was a great reason to fly to Indy for an extended weekend stay.

Brent is 31 - how can that be? Our son has grown into a wonderful man, husband, and father. Through all the years Brent has given us joy and activity. He was an energetic little toddler and boy, an athletic teen, a mature college student and a dedicated law & MBA student. Now he is a husband and dad.

Brent chose Fogo's for our evening out!

Cade is 4 - how can that be? We so remember the excitement when Brent and April told us they were expecting and then waiting for the call after they were off to the hospital. IT'S A BOY announced Brent on the phone. We canceled the weekend plans and headed to Indy to meet this sweet babe! We returned the next weekend for more time with him. Cade - our bright, curious, thoughtful, loving, hoop-crazy grandson.

A weekend of fun with in Indy!

Cade invited us to go with him to preschool on Tuesday morning. This nana and papa had a great time!

And ever so quickly it's time for us to fly home. We enjoyed lunch together at the airport and then it was time to say good-bye.