Tuesday in the Backyard

Test Run

Rachel and I headed over to the conservatory at Garfield Park yesterday.  It was not raining and I wanted to give the new camera a test run.  Mainly so I could use it and figure out where all the buttons and settings were.  It had the added bonus of getting me out of housework for the day.

One of the workers there let Rachel feed the koi.

Then we swung by White River Park for a couple quick shots.

Mother's Day Outdoors

Warning:  There will be a lot of photos in this post.  Mother's Day is about treating mom and that is what this Mom likes to do.  After a great morning at church we grabbed a quick bite to eat.  The kids got me the newest MercyMe CD, so I popped that in the car and off we went.  We drove down to Cataract Falls and spent some time there and then we weaved around on some back roads until we got to Cagles Mill Lake.  Spent time relaxing in the sun.  Rachel got wet and filthy...a great time.

After a fun day outdoors, we headed home and went over to Daniel & Becky's and I got to see my Mom.

Cue the theme to Mission:Impossible!

Earlier this week we caught wind of the fact that Jars of Clay was going to be doing a concert and you could get tickets for free.  The local radio stations were handing them out in various locations around the city this weekend and next.  First place up was in Broad Ripple from 12:00-1:30 PM.  That's a little bit of a haul, but concert + free = good!  Rachel and I headed out in time to get there at noon.  We arrived and there was a bit of a line waiting at the door, but there wasn't that many there so I thought:  No problem!  We got up to the door and found out that the tickets were gone!  Turns out there were only 50 per location and you could get up to 4 per family, so we were out of luck.  Determined not to waste a perfectly beautiful day we snagged lunch and headed to Holiday park.

We enjoyed the sunshine and playground. Rachel got to meet up with her buddy Hayden and all was OK in the world. Especially after ice cream. :)

Later in the afternoon, I found out that another radion station was passing out tickets in Plainfield at 5PM. It was 4 PM. In record time Aaron, Rachel and I were headed out and this time: SUCCESS!!

Indy Farmer's Market Opening Day

Rachel and I headed out to the farmer's market downtown yesterday.  It's mostly bedding plants, herbs, and lettuce this early.  Of course there's always the amish baked goods and street food vendors to save the day.  So we snagged some cookies and shared a yummy soft pretzel.

And if you go and it happens to be Cinco de Mayo you get treated to a mariachi band.

Rachel grabbed the camera and started snapping away.

We also snagged some asparagus which Rachel has never ate, but has promised to help wash, cook, and eat. Hmmm...we'll see.

And on an unrelated note: I discovered that it was a good idea that I hadn't planted anything in this flowerbox yet.

Spring Storm

Cousin Time

Thursday Madelyn and Molly came over for a while.  As soon as Rachel saw that Madelyn had on a shirt that she also had...of course, they had to dress alike.  They spent the majority of the time outside enjoying the sun.  And Molly....she spent most of the time doing this: