Rhonda and Nancy

Rhonda writes Mimistoes and Nancy writes Bacardimama. They both have grown children and they both have husbands and they both have jobs. Nancy loves her hot tub (or any hot tub for that matter) and Rhonda has a job where she can dress as casually as she wants. They both like to shop at Costco, they both have grown children, they both have grandchildren, and they both have a grandson named Jack.

They're both really nice.

They were friends with Brian's mom:

Sometimes they didn't like it when I took their pictures:

They were very good about encouraging each other:


And they both agreed that I couldn't use this picture of artificial daffodils for Beth's Spring You Capture this week:

I must admit that I thought the colors seemed exceptionally brilliant. But, in my defense, when else but in the Spring would someone plant artificial daffodils?

So, all in all, I learned a lot about these two lovely ladies. We're going to start walking together once a week as soon as school is out. We'll take turns choosing a new venue each week so not only will we learn more about each other but we'll also learn about new and interesting places to walk. And you can bet, we'll all be competing for photo shots to post on our blogs. We planned to call our club the Jack Club because they each have a grandson named Jack and I have a great grandson named Jack, but I'm not so sure now. When I've mentioned it to certain people, (think Beth) they've responded as if there might be some kind of connotation to the name so I'm sure we'd all be open to suggestions.

But once again, it's a small bloggy world and through it, I've meant some incredibly wonderful people.

The Walk

It was all we hoped for and more. We reached our personal goals and we reached our team goal. We headed out with a spring in our step and an umbrella in our hand, determined to go the distance and exhilarated because the friends and family that we asked for help had come through for us; and from the bottom of my heart, I can honestly say nothing feels better than that.

Beth was there along with fellow bloggers and dear friends:

Her sister was there:

And her husband:

And of course her kids:


Anna started out with the most spring in her step:

But she eventually succumbed to the temptation of a little help:

There were even some old people there:

I didn't recognize them but I give them a lot of credit for doing the whole walk. I KNOW it wasn't easy.

All in all it was a wonderful day! Thank you to everyone who helped and everyone who wished us well. You kept the rain away.