What a week!!

What a crazy week! Monday was Nick's birthday. I am happy to report that I successfully made angel food cake from scratch. All credit goes to Nancy's recipe and her generous loan of her egg separator...and my mixer. Whipping those egg whites was actually quite fun! Monday afternoon we headed north to Indy. While I would like to say the trip was solely for pleasure, we had a conference on Tuesday. But we did enjoy a fantastic meal at the Weber Grill Restaurant. I highly recommend it!!

Tuesday through Thursday we absorbed all we could at Hort Congress. I look forward to it all year long- 3 days of veggies, fruits, farmers markets, and a trade show where I get to dream of all the stuff I'll need for my farm market. As a bonus, all this information is also helpful for work.


Thursday afternoon, we headed even further north to Illinois where we braved the ice to drop in on my dad. By the time we started, the ice had turned to rain and it was safe driving all the way up with the added bonus of pretty scenery. I don't like to be out in it, but the ice is pretty!!


While in Illinois we were able to catch up with my uncle Loren, aunt Sue, and cousin Chucky at Ziggie's. No trip to Mendota is complete without Ziggie's for breakfast! I've even got Nick hooked!


Congratulations to my little brother, Matthew, who had his first wrestling meet and won (he's the one on the left)! Good job, buddy!