Winter weekend at Jack’s

March 3: We’re back home after a nice, long weekend at Jack’s.  Our group was diminished this year.  Maretta and Kyle were supposed to join us, but Kyle broke his leg a couple weeks ago.  Poor guy slipped on the ice and broke his leg. He had surgery last Wednesday.  So we missed Merry and Kyle, but we all had a nice time.
Pictures are in the gallery.

Terry, Tom, Michael, Lisa, and I drove out on Thursday night.  On Friday, we drove to McGregor, Iowa to have lunch and do a little shopping at some sweet shops they have there.  Paper Moon is a great store…be sure to stop by it if you’re ever in the area.

Bryan drove out on Saturday morning, just in time for breakfast.  We headed up to the woods on Jack’s land and burned one of the many brush piles that Jack has created while doing land restoration work.  Andrew had fun sliding down a hill on his bottom…over and over and over!  Later in the day, Andrew and Bryan had a great time playing outdoors.  When Andrew came in, his cheeks were so red, it looked like he had applied rouge 🙂

We enjoyed celebrating Sylvia’s first birthday (Feb. 11) yet again with a delicious cake.  She likes people singing to her!

Over the course of the weekend, we played several games of Trivial Pursuit.  When we played with a more recent set of cards, some of the “youngsters” shone…particularly Bryan and Michael.  Thanks to Bryan’s great contributions, the Jack/Bryan/Tom team won on Saturday evening.

Overall, it was a great weekend.  The kids had a nice time, I had a nice time.  I’m already looking forward to going back this summer!