Bits and Pieces

Mike Mains concert in Bloomington/ Magnifying glass paper reading

Spanish Mass in Oldenburg/ Lunch date with sister

61 years together/ Bread baking

Happy Father's Day!

I might be just a little biased, but I really do think I have the best Dad around. He is the most caring, sacrificing, loving, involved, and funniest guy I know. I am fully aware of how lucky and blessed I am to have him. Plus, he looks pretty dapper in a bow tie.

Happy Father's Day to all of the wonderful dads (and grandpas) in my life!

Bike Ride

Dad has been talking about this amazing bike trail along the Ohio River in Lawrenceburg, Indiana for a while now. We finally found a time to explore it tonight. We had beautiful view of the river and tree covered pathways for about eight miles of trails. We did have a few bike chain problems, loose handlebars, and I may or may not have stopped traffic trying to get across the road in a casino parking lot. Oopsie. In the end, I was a very happy (and sweaty) bike rider!

 Notice Dad's steering wheel bike? He had it made just like the one he had as a kid.

Bits and Pieces

Here's some bits and pieces of my weekend. Jake was out of town for a youth conference, so I visited Mom and Dad for a few days. We didn't have a lot planned for once and it was nice to just relax and spend time with the parents and Kels.

 

Flowers from Grandma and Grandpa's 60th anniversary/lazy Saturday with the family/Kevin and Michelle's ADORABLE lab pups/planning our Michigan Spring Break/Dad is ready for Spring, clearly

Chautauqua in Madison

The parents and I headed to Madison, IN for the annual Chautauqua Art Festival on Saturday. I ate some festival favorites (gyros, pumpkin rolls, and kettle corn), bought way too many vintage earrings, and enjoyed being in one of my favorite towns during the fall.

I smell like zucchini.

My student council kids have started a garden at school. We're growing all kinds of things to serve in the cafeteria, but we also decided to make zucchini bread later on in the year as a fundraiser. I knew we wouldn't get enough from our garden, so I asked parents for any extra they had. Um, ask and you shall receive! I ended up with three garbage bags full of zuch.

Luckily, I have a wonderful dad that is willing to learn how to work a food processor to help me. I think he secretly liked it...it's basically a kitchen version of a power tool, right?

Behold: Forty cups of blended zucchini.

In other news, a first grader tried to get my attention today by calling me "Mrs. ManDyke". That is most definitely one name I have never been called before, for sure. :)

Daddio

This is my Dad...

..

...and he celebrated his birthday over the weekend. We made a trip to Olive Garden for dinner (specifically so that he could get his beloved minestrone soup), and gathered the family to celebrate the next day. He really enjoyed his rock speaker we got him for his Disney-inspired garden he's building in the back yard. Here he is using it boombox style around the house.

Happy Birthday, Dadjo!

Oh, and I decided to make some changes to the blog. You like? It looks great now, but at this time last night I was crying tears of frustration trying to understand how to simply change my header. Just ask Jake. Like I said, he handles my crazy very well.