The juniors and seniors at SIG travel to Bloomington every year for a world music and arts festival called Lotus. According to the website, huge crowds of people have been descending upon Bloomington for 26 years now to “experience places far removed from their everyday routines and to broaden their worldview through the arts.” The […]
In the spirit of spending time together, we decided to take Bill on a surprise field trip to celebrate his birthday. Walker was our driver and Bill rode shotgun. The hitch was that no one but me knew where we were going and I was sitting in the backseat! Walker navigated purely with an address […]
Today was the day we traveled to Indianapolis to cash in Mason’s St. Nicholas gift and see Jeff Dunham perform. We made a day of it and got up in time to have a late lunch at P.F. Chang’s and make a stop to the Apple Store in the mall. Unfortunately, the service at P.F.’s […]
Yesterday was Faith Day and Mason went with his classmates to Ferdinand. He is hiding in the back but he’s there. The group visited the monastery there run by the Sisters of St. Benedict. Mason shared with me that they had met with several of the sisters who spoke about vocations. They also did a […]
Walker, Bill and I trekked up to Bloomington today. Bloomington is one of our favorite places to eat and there are some really good outdoor sporting good stores in town. It’s also an easy drive from here. Since Walker now has his permit, we let him drive up to get some practice time. Bill rode […]
Living in Southwestern Indiana, surrounded by corn and soybean fields, we see our share of heavy farming equipment. Maybe for that reason or maybe just for the sake of curiosity and learning, Bill has wanted to tour the John Deere plant. Since we were already in the northern part of the State of Illinois, we […]
Taking a trip to Mississippi over Memorial Weekend was a sudden but splendid decision. The timing was right and the opportunity just presented itself so naturally that we couldn’t pass it up. You see, my aunt and Spencer live due south of us on a big piece of land outside of Tupelo in a small […]
Yesterday, the middle school students journeyed out of school for a Fall Faith Day. Last year Bill and I attended. This year they visited Saint Joseph Holy Family. I love the spirit of fun and faith these pictures show. I do not know all of the activities that took place but I do know they […]
Today I had to take my car to the dealership in Jasper for its oil change. I have been to Jasper a few times since we moved to Indiana but never taken much time to explore the area. One of my friends suggested we take a walk along the riverfront. Riverfront? I thought Jasper was […]
I caught up with Mason and some of his friends during the walking program. They were quite excited about the third grade field trip to Berry Plastics and proudly showed me their t-shirts. Every year around the week of Earth Day, all the third graders go on a field trip to Berry. The company challenges […]