John and JT visit April 2010

We had such a fun and busy visit with John and JT. JT surely got good use out of his new boots! He rode his trike a lot, played in the yard with the Tonka trucks, visited the rabbits, and just ran around all over. He helped Grandpa get new goldfish for my pond, and visited Great Grandma and Great Aunt Judy twice. (Great Grandma Lawson came here on Friday and Sunday for visits.) He helped me make a lamb cake and had so much fun with the vintage egg beater that we looked for one for him at the Amish general store in Kalona.
On Saturday morning, after breakfast, we left for a visit with Aunt Elizabeth in Iowa City. We drove through Kalona on the way and stopped at the Community Country Store and the new grocery, also. Both these stores are beside Amish farms and so the farm houses are in the background of some of the photos. If you look closely to the distant right in the photo of John and JT looking over the fence you'll see an Amish woman walking toward the back of the buildings. We did find a new version of the old fashioned egg beater. :-)
We had a busy visit with Aunt Elizabeth, walking to the barbecue restaurant, the park by the library, the bookstore and the ice cream shop. One photo shows JT looking out the car window at the Old Capital, which is central to the U of I and was the capital building when IA City was the capitol.
Today JT had a great time in the garden. He helped Grandpa plant the new asparagus bed and helped Grandpa and Judy and me plant potatoes, including purple potatoes.