4/1/06...No Foolin'...our first day in Indiana!  A very cold picnic lunch with brisk temps in the 50s.

A nature walk at Happy Hallow Park with my dad and stepmom.

Annabelle and Nathaniel with Grandad and Grandma.

Admiring some springtime flowers - it will be another month before we see any blooms in Minnesota.

A moth that Nathaniel spotted on the flowers.

4/2/06...Reading a story at Grandad's.

Happy (belated) Birthday  Grandma Rudy!

4/3/06...A special visit with my good friend Amy, who teaches at my old elementary school.  Annabelle loved her behind the scenes tour - thanks Amy!

Annabelle spent the day as Grandma Rudy's office assistant.

Meanwhile - Nathaniel and I got a VIP tour of Purdue University's sites with Grandad.  We are seated here inside one of the boxes at Purdue's football stadium.

Our view from the box.

Looking out over Slayter Hill.

Go Boilers!

Nathaniel loved the model of campus inside the Union.

A visit to my childhood church...Battle Ground United Methodist.  A very special place to me - especially since Chris and I were married here.  The sanctuary had recently been renovated with new paint.

Annabelle and Nathaniel watching a train chuff through Battle Ground outside the church.

Annabelle and Nathaniel entertained us with their own Muppet Show play - with puppets that were my toys as a child.

4/4/06...In Grandma Rudy's kitchen

Playing at the creek behind Grandma and Grandpa Ludwig's house.

3 generations of Ludwig men. (Grandpa Ludwig and Nathaniel on the swing, Dad on the lower left).

4/6/06...Grandpa Ludwig reading to Nathaniel.

Annabelle coloring Easter eggs with Grandma Ludwig.

Nathaniel coloring eggs too...

4/7/06...Annabelle and Nathaniel making mud pies at Grandma Rudy's while the grown-ups did some yard work.

Nathaniel reading a book on the swing.

4/8/06...Nathaniel and Grandma Rudy. reading a book

Visiting the monument at the Tippecanoe Battlefield.

Hiking on the Heritage Trail.

Annabelle reading on the swing at Grandma Rudy's.