The Johnson Blog

Ramblings of a geek with a few hobbies…

Tag: summer

  • David at the 2010 Illinois State Fair

    Yesterday after work we went out to the fairgrounds to partake in the 2010 Illinois State Fair.  Unlike the past 2 weeks, the weather was great and made for a very pleasant evening of walking around.

    David got to see and touch many animals, as well as enjoy a Corn Dog and some Lemon Shake-Up.   With the small crowds and great weather we were able to make our rounds to everything we usually do, with the exception of Conservation World which closes early.  If this great weather continues we may just head back out there sometime this week.

    There are plenty of photos in our gallery, enjoy!

  • Springfield Sliders

    Today’s weather was fantastic so we decided to make the most of it by heading to the ballpark!

    We took david to a game last year, but he was just a little too young to begin enjoying it.   Today, however, he had a BLAST.  He was cheering the players on and happily watched 6+ innings before it was time for us to leave.  To top it off he got to meet Speedy 🙂

    More photos in the gallery.

  • Swimming!

    Springfield finally had weather warm enough for swimming, so we took advantage of it and headed over to Jay and Katherine’s pool for the afternoon.  David took a while to relax in the water but ended up having fun and wearing himself out.

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    More photos on the gallery.

  • Lots Done

    Today was an extremely busy day – after getting breakfast made and eaten I ran a half dozen errands, came back and mowed the lawn, ran more errands (with Ana and David this time), then came back and did some more work on the garden we’re putting in this year.

    Today I got the frame of the raised bed put into the ground, so we’re ready for some dirt!  Last weekend I sprayed roundup in the area with the dead grass because that will all be covered with landscaping rock.  It should be a lot of fun once it’s done and we can get things planted.