We headed to Bloomington Friday night and hung out with the Ingalsbes (thanks, Nate and Suzanne) and then got an early start Saturday for the IU Circle of Life Mini Marathon and 5K. While Chris’s time was awesome, Emily realized that a) running outside is much harder than running on a treadmill, especially when the entire course is up and down hills b) running in the cold makes breathing very difficult, and c) dude, David+jogging stroller= 50 pounds of heavy.

We enjoyed lunch at the hippie grocery store, made another stop at the hippie garden store, and then fell into bed once we returned home. Yes, it was a beautiful day out, but the naps needed to come first.

Sunday, Emily was up early again for another run (with a new friend she made at the IU Mini;) and then we all headed out to the garden to experience varying levels of mud. It felt good to be in the sun, to have dirt under our fingernails (or in David’s case, to have sand in his ears and mouth) and to get our vegetables started. Today’s crops: lettuce, spinach, Swiss chard, broccoli, and sweet peas. Next week: cucumbers, okra, squash, and possibly tomatoes and peppers and eggplants. We also put in some peonies, clematis, and a hydrangea. We’ll see what happens…

What a glorious day! Even after all the running around we did all weekend (literally…we had 24 miles between the two of us), we still headed out for a bike ride Sunday afternoon, and then treated ourselves to buffalo burgers on the grill. Ah, finally spring

	Zipping towards the finish Sunday, 04/06/2008 09:43 AM tags:
	Sunday brought an opportunity for some much-needed yard work, and as usual, Gus was his helpful, useful self Monday, 04/07/2008 12:13 PM tags:
	If you had any idea how hard it was to keep the orange flags away from David… Monday, 04/07/2008 12:13 PM tags:
	Needle in the hay? More like a turkey in the straw Monday, 04/07/2008 12:14 PM tags:
	And Gus still with the helping. Meanwhile, Emily adds fertilizer to the broccoli sprouts we planted (settle down, Nana and Cappy…it was organic fertilizer. Bat guano, to be exact) Monday, 04/07/2008 12:24 PM tags:
	Finally, someone gets in Gus’s way for a change Monday, 04/07/2008 12:26 PM tags:
	Waving his flag, up on his (soap)box. Perhaps he was protesting being shut out of the sandbox (for throwing too much sand) or for being told not to eat sand. Either way, he was happy enough being “up high.” And no, the mud didn’t come out of his jeans. Monday, 04/07/2008 12:27 PM tags:
	So many opportunities for messy face photos this weekend. This one happened to be of the “special treat” we gave him for dessert…part of a chocolate baseball from Aunt Sara and Uncle Kevin (who else?) but we did also have hot chocolate, nachos and cheese, sand, ketchup, and sushi rice to choose from Monday, 04/07/2008 07:16 PM tags: