long weekend

Ryan and I had a nice weekend. We drove over to Cedar Rapids Friday night to hang out with my sister, brother, cousin and their spouses/significant others. We headed to Strawberry after a mammoth muffin at Perkins. Yummm.....

My grandma was visiting my parents house. It was so nice to see her. It had been a long time - since my grandpa's funeral last year. My brother and his girlfriend came up to go four-wheeling. They headed out with my dad to clear brush for my dad's trail ride in a few weeks. I stayed home to chat with my grandma and sister.

Sunday we ate breakfast at Johnson's after church. Ryan and I were off to Prairie to go to Cabela's. Because we can't be within a fifty mile radius and NOT go there. Afterward we took the Great River Road along the Mississippi. Drove through McGregor and Guttenburg. They're such neat little towns. We wanted to take the Cassville car ferry over to Wisconsin, but we didn't have any cash on us. So for a little adventure we took a random gravel road and headed back to mom and dad's.

We went for a ride on the four-wheeler, down the same trail I've ridden on horse back every year for I don't know how long. You make better time on a four-wheeler but the experience isn't the same. I forget how beautiful it is there.

Monday morning we helped my dad unload a couple wagons of hay. Hadn't done that in awhile. Ryan insisted I wear gloves - but they're always too big and just get in my way. So I have a blood blister and lots of scratches, but I was much more efficent.

On our way home we stopped at my other grandparents house. My grandpa couldn't stay long. Even at 81-years-old he's still a farmer. Gotta make hay when the sun's shining. So we chatted with grandma for a little while longer before heading home.

It was a nice weekend, but it's always good to be home. Until 6:15 a.m. when the alarm throws you back into the normal routine. Ah, well...such is life.