Geocaching in the Celery Bog

This weekend our adventures took us down to West Lafayette for the annual Blue Night Auction. While Grandma and Elizabeth got all dolled up for the big event Uncle Bobby and Chris took Meg and Zach to the Celery Bog for a little hiking and of course treasure hunting (aka geocaching).

It was a beautiful day to be outside and there was lots to see. A number of swan and geese had their babies with them and the ducks had nests along the shore so more baby fowls are sure to come. We found 2 geocaches, the Thomas Say's Purdue Entomology Cache and the Looking at Wally World. The later cache was one of the best hiding jobs I had ever seen, but Uncle Bobby would not be deterred and eventually found it.

St. Louis Trip

We had a fun mini-vacation in St. Louis last weekend.
Fri - City Museum, Flamingo Bowl, Renaissance Hotel
Sat - The Gateway Arch, Magic House, Grandpa's Birthday Party
Sun - Missouri Botanical Gardens 

Birthdays Everywhere

It seems like April is the month for birthdays... Saturday we celebrated our neighbor's 80th birthday. Sunday we went to the Garfield Park Conservatory. They were celebrating the 100th birthday of the conservatory. We saw lots of cool things there. More birthdays this week...

Elizabeth In Kindergarten

Here is a blast from the past. Thanks Josh for finding this classic.

Think you know which one is Elizabeth? Click the picture to go to Flickr and see!

Geocaching in the Savannah

 Today we introduce a couple of Meg and Zach's friends to geocaching. We were searching for the Raccoon Cache located in a savannah in Hodgkins. 

The kids had a great time exploring and I think we have two new treasure hunters on our hands!

Hiking the I&M Canal

Sunday morning we had planned to make a trip to Starve Rock. Unfortunately, the weather didn't cooperate. It was cold and misty. Instead we decided to do some hiking in the Joliet area. We did a small hike in the McHenry woods and then checked out the canal locks in Chanahan's Canal Woods. The kids loved being up on the bridges watching the rushing water.

Grandma's Visit

Meg had a fun spring break this week. Monday she stayed with the neighbors. Tuesday and Wednesday she went to Little People's and saw lots of her friends. Thursday she did some geocaching with Dad in the morning and had a playdate with a friend from school in the afternoon. Grandma Chris came up to visit and watch Meg on Friday. Grandma took the kids to see Horton Hears a Who, they said it was a great show. Saturday before Grandma left we checked out a model train show. I had no idea there were so many different types of model trains (and none of them were Thomas).

Easter 2008

We had a very nice Easter. It was great seeing everyone. The kids had fun doing an easter egg hunt in the morning with Grandma Chris and Uncle Bobby. After breakfast we went to Mass. Kendra, Maryann, Mrs. Meetz and Josh joined us for easter dinner.