Duck!

Sunday was a sun filled day. Still a bit chilly, but a perfect day to get out of the house and walk. We headed right for the Riverwalk and the boat ramp to feed the ducks. There were so many of them that we couldn't keep up! Five or six of them even got out of the water to get the bread and at one point we were surrounded by ducks.

The kids had fun tossing bits of bread and once it was gone (it didn't last long with all those ducks!) we carried on our way to downtown. On Sundays there are only a couple of stores that open, the Hallmark store and the liquor store. We stopped in the Hallmark store and looked around.

The kids did not have school on Monday so we drove to my older brother's house. He lives about an hour from us, and although he and my sister-in-law were working, my dad was home with their son, Eric. The four kids had fun playing while Mark, my dad and I chatted. The topic of conversation came around to Sam's Club. The Sam's Club in Grand Rapids is very much lacking in comparison to the Traverse City store that we are used to. The Lansing store is quite nice and my dad goes once a week with two of his friends and Eric. The store is not far from my brother's house so we all went over. I must say that the Lansing Sam's Club is much better than Grand Rapids'. The food section is much larger and we would have happily have gotten some food if we didn't have the hour drive home. Still, it was a fun little trip through the store. They were giving out a few samples as well so the kids found that amusing.

Back at my brother's the kids played a bit more and both Mark and my dad fell asleep. I finally had to wake both of them since we needed to head home.

We had a nice, sun filled weekend. Too bad it is raining now with a chance of snow later!