Week away activities

Here's a little more on what we did last week...

Monday, we visited a nursery and a greenhouse to buy bushes and plants to put around Bob's new gate.  He put a trellis on the side and planted a clematis to grow up it.  He also put down that brick walkway, then planted the plants.  It may look a little sparse now, but should fill in soon!

 On Tuesday, we took Alaina to her first movie.  We saw Shaun the Sheep, which she enjoys in the shorter version.  This one was a little long for her (1 hr, 25 minutes), but she enjoyed herself.   We got some popcorn which was a huge hit!

When we got in the car, the sun was shining on her face, so she snatched Bob's hat to shield her face.  We went for supper, which was her favorite - hamburger and fries!


Wednesday was a day of working at home.  I did some cleaning and sorting, also worked on a few projects I've been trying to get done.  Bob worked on a new end table for our living room.


On Thursday we visited the Michigan State Extension Garden in Grand Rapids.  It's an idea garden, where they try out lots of different plants, and people can wander through and get ideas of their own.

 They had some beautiful plants and we did take note of the names of some.

 I think these are the handprints of many of the gardeners who worked here.  I thought it was a nice piece in the middle of the garrden.

There was a pretty water feature too.

 The bees were very busy, buzzing around the flowers.

I have one more outing to share, but will do that later in the week so this post doesn't go too long!