Travelogue

  I missed Donna's zoom this weekend with good excuse.  We were on the go! So if you're interested in the travelogue, settle back with a tea or wine and enjoy our Memorial Day weekend.  If you don't want to see pics of the grands, move along till the next post!

The weekend started on Friday with PH's birthday.  We went to see the new Top Gun movie and then out to dinner at a place we love.   If you are even  hesitating a little bit about seeing that movie, GO! And if you are ever in the area we'll take you to this restaurant (hint, hint, Jenny!)

Saturday we traveled to Canton where the whole city is transformed for the Canton Cup soccer tournaments.  Thousands of people descend for these tournaments. It's all for the kids, after high school they've aged out.   Charlie is now a ref because he's traded soccer for LaCrosse, and in a moment of grandma bragging, he was team captain this year and voted MVP for the JV team AND earned his varsity letter. So, yeah, he's a LaCrosse guy now.  But since he's played soccer since he could stand up he joined the ranks of referees for this tournament. 

Ceci waits for her team's turn.  The kids are guaranteed three games during the event.

And Mike's team won the Cup for his division.

The we drove home but next morning by 9 we were on the way to daughter's family's cottage. 

This was their first chance to get up there this year so everything looked new and first weekend jobs needed tending and the kids tried to fit everything in at once.

                                                                 Dock fixing and painting

                                                   lake raking

                                                    hammocking

                                                      Kayaking and swimming

Project painting

A walk through a beautiful park where at points the river was shallow enough to walk in.  At once point as we were strolling along the paths I told Adelaide I had to watch where I was going or I'd trip on the tree roots and fall and kill myself and then they'd have to figure out how to get me out of there.  "Grandma, we would just roll you into the river and let you float.  And if you got caught we would just get a stick and poke you till you were loose."   We decided Adelaide would not be our first call for help.

 

 

And of course there were naps to be had.

We came home today and look ahead to another busy week that includes a trip to Shipshewana with a friend. I'm going to break my fast and actually look for some fabric for Donna's churn dash group stitch.  I have plenty of fabric but need something for the background to make it all stick together. Then I have to get busy with it.