Memorial Day Weekend So Far

Sunday's Evening Sunset:
There was a beautiful sunset tonight after a Sunday afternoon of rain.

Saturday Afternoon Scrapbooking

I don't know how long it has been since I worked on a scrapbook.
I was invited to join some women working on their scrapbooks and of course I said, 'yes'.
I had supplies in a box of our Red Wing trip from a few years ago, pulled it out and joined the group.
Great fun! D's husband made us Frapacinnos,while we worked on pages.





I even finished my travel scrapbook - including journaling. But only because it was just Bill and me on the trip (no children or grandchildren) and Bill didn't let me take many pictures. This project was done in no time.

I arrived home in time to join Bill for dinner at Noodles and Company (now in Burnsville) and then we caught the movie 'Date Night' - really cute and hilarious!


Did you have a fun day too? Hope so. The weather was beautiful.

Wisconsin Road Trip

I drove to Appleton, WI last weekend and stayed with my friend Wendy. She moved a year ago to be closer to family and I wanted to spend some time with her.
She is in a lovely townhouse with a great club house, pool and wonderful, caring neighbors nearby.

We toured downtown Appleton, the river front and Lawrence University.
We broke the tours into two days and didn't do a lot of walking since Wendy recently fell and broke her heel (Can you say OUCH?) and then a few days later fell again and broke her left wrist (another big OUCH). She gets around quite well on a scooter outside and inside too.

The weekend was spent at her house, eating, making cards, watching movies, and being entertained by friends that stopped by.
It was my kind of girl friend weekend - lots of time to chat, catch up on news, and relax.

Thanks, Wendy. I had a great time.

Wendy (above) and me (below) with a bear. We had lunch at Good Company.
Note to granddaughters - M and L: this bear has glasses just like me!


Campus tour:



The flowers were beautiful all over campus.


Wendy's house (my car is in the driveway):

A baseball game on Sunday evening - Wendy's son Paul is in a league.



Monday afternoon and time to get on the road again. Happy travels, until next time.

Happy Birthday Evening

Our family met at The Good Earth to celebrate my birthday. I received gifts from my family and a chocolate ice cream from the restaurant.
Good food, fun evening, time with family = priceless.

From One Cube to Another

Our office staff moved over the weekend. We packed up our PCs and paperwork on Friday.
We unpacked in the new office space on Monday.

I'm all packed up for the movers.

Settled in the new office already:

Some other sights around the office:

At some office cubes near me:


Now we can get back to work!

All in the Family Genes

Passing on the genes within the family is an interesting adventure. Our children's children, better know as grandchildren seem to show signs early on (either in looks or personality) that they belong to your family.
As our first granddaughter grew from baby to toddler most of us agreed that she looked a lot like her mother.

We also thinks she looks a lot like her daddy.

One year old M.

And the little girl in the corner is M's mother.

Granddaughter #2 looks like her daddy's mother (me) and sisters.
One year old cutie L.

Grandma Jan and sisters - the younger version:

Check out WE Holman blog here for more cute photos of L as compared to G Jan and sisters as E points out.

Lunch with My Daughters

Sarah, Becca and I met for lunch at the Good Earth today. We all love their food. I always have the Cashew Chicken Melt. It's the best. My currently veggie daughters had the Ginger Carrot Soup with a wrap or a veggie burger. Yummy.
We posed for a few photos outside after lunch in the nice, warm spring weather.
The photos are so fun, I had to share them all! What did you do out in the sun today?