Camp Grandma Day #3- 2009

We spent a lazy morning followed by a lunch of grilled bacon and cheese sandwiches. Oops I should say some of us were lazy. Grandpa and Anna mowed the whole yard. Thanks guys. It always amazes me that Anna still loves to mow after the burn catastrophe a few years ago. It still makes my skin crawl.

This afternoon we did a little graffiti or paint whatever you want to call it on the walls in the basement where Grandma sews. I love it and it will be a lasting reminder of the fun. They actually got very little paint on themselves. I was surprised by the things and style that they each painted in. We finished up and now there is a little bike riding and wheel chair driving going on. If only my mother could see all the fun they have with her old wheelchair.

Camp Grandma Day #1& 2

We arrived home on Monday afternoon and headed to town for a few groceries and items that were necessary to have a great week. After shopping we came home and grilled burgers and watched a movie. Ok grandma is not sure of what she is always picking and so we spent part of our evening fast forwarding through what I found to be inappropriate parts of the movie "Uncle Buck". Better luck on movie night. We all headed to bed about 10:30PM after a round of root beer floats. Yummy!!

This morning we started our points competition for the week. Today is Game Day. We have several event taking place including Frisbee Golf, Bean Bag Toss and a bike ride that included trying to find the flags that were hidden earlier by Joe. It was all fun but I do think the young ones loved the bike search. There were also card games and board games for those who were not busy with an outdoor event. We will be going to Taco Tico for dinner followed by all visitors favorite thing - a trip to the Dairiette. We will end the night with one more board game. :)

Race Weekend

What a fun weekend with the C's, the D's and Joe and his friend Zach. We went to Des Moines on Friday morning and picked up Joe and Zach from Dara and Alan Green. From there we headed to the Iowa Speedway to watch the practice for the Nationwide US Cellular 250 that would take place on Saturday. There were not a lot of people so we were able to see all of the events and visit the display booths and eat a little race food. It was really fun. After we finished at the race track we decided to do a little geo caching. It was Zach's first time. We had a fun time and found three caches. One in Mariposa State Park - a beautiful drive through the winding hilly country side. The second two were in Agnes Johnson Memorial Preserve. Lots of wonderful walking trails and varieties of plants. We snapped a few shots and just enjoyed the whole day. After we finished we headed to Des Moines to spend the night with Craig and Cindy. We had some great pizza at the Tavern.




On Saturday morning we had breakfast at McDonalds and went back to the track. We were able to watch the qualifying laps and then have a little lunch before the race began. We all decided to cheer for Brad Kesolowski to win. It was a great race and we were not sure of a winner until the last few laps. We rented a scanner with 2 pair of headphones so the boys were able to listen to the drivers and crew chiefs talk during the race. GREAT RACE!!!!!


After the race we had dinner at Cracker Barrel and headed back to Omaha for a late evening arrival. We stayed over Saturday night and Sunday. We went to Mass, breakfast and a little geo caching again on Sunday. On to Camp Grandma.