A New 'Do

Before: shaggy dog with no eyes



After: Ooh-la-la! Isn't he handsome?

Happy Sunday!

Family Week-Part III

On the last day of the boys' visit to Indy, we headed over to the Indianapolis Zoo. We had a great time checking out all the animals, and the weather was absolutely perfect for walking around.

We saw the giraffes...



and the elephants...

then we headed over to the dolphin show. We had a terrific time there!

This is my favorite little guy at the zoo. Isn't he adorable? I wanted to take him home...I mean, he would fit in my bathtub, right??

After we finished up at the zoo, we went next door to the adjoining White River Gardens...which, of course, the boys loved...ha!

Here are a few pictures of some of the beautiful things I saw (in the 10 minutes the boys allowed me to walk around!)...

The following day, we packed up the car and drove down to Santa Claus, Indiana, to Holiday World, an amusement park and waterpark in Southern Indiana. Well, that's all the fun we had...and we all survived!!

Family Week-Part II

We began Day 1 of Noah and Brock staying with us with a trip to the Children's Museum in Indianapolis. If you've never been, do yourself a favor and plan a trip. It is well worth it!

At first, I wasn't sure whether or not they were too old to enjoy the museum, but once I told them about the new exhibit, "Rock Stars, Cars and Guitars," they were jumping at the chance to go check it out. I'm so glad we did!

Here are a few pictures from that exhibit...

We also got to play Rock Band (the boys came up with the genius name of "Bill, Bob and Lady" for our band), draw on a giant Etch-a-Sketch, go down slides, build boats and play with them in the water, see dinosaur fossils and ride in a race car, among many, many other things!

Brock, posing in the race car...

Now it's Noah's turn...

Making silly faces in the room full of mirrors...

Later that night, once Don got home from work, we headed to Olive Garden for dinner and then onto the local mini golf course.

Here's Noah, concentrating intently on his putting...

And Brock, finishing off the hole...

All three boys, after our round of mini golf...

What a fun day! Stay tuned to find out what we did next...

Family Week-Part I

A few weeks ago, my Georgia family traveled to Indiana for a long-overdue visit. Their first stop was to South Bend, where we enjoyed a cook-out at my older brother's house.

Don has missed my younger brother, Brock, so much, but clearly the feeling wasn't mutual...



My bonus mom, Penny, and younger (although taller) brother, Noah...

We ate a lot of great food, enjoyed each other's company and even played a little cornhole...

A few days later, Don and I met up with them again in Muncie. We spent the day visiting my grandma, aunt, uncle and cousin. My Uncle Mike even came for a visit from New Hampshire.

The siblings: my dad, Aunt Mary and Uncle Mike...

Daddy and his little (and I'm pretty sure, favorite) girl...

After a nice visit, we all headed back to Indy.

Coming up: My dad and Penny entrust Don and me with the lives of their two rugrats for 3 days. Will we survive? Will they? Check back soon to find out!

Cataract Falls

A few weekends ago, we packed up the car and headed to Cagles Mill and Cataract Falls, two State Recreation Areas not too far from us. There wasn't a whole lot to see at Cagles Mill, but we did have a nice picnic lunch and took a short hike. Along the way, we passed through a covered bridge.

Don even did some swinging on a vine...

Hoosier found a small (and I do mean small) creek and jumped right in. I love this picture...he plopped right down and layed in the water. I think he was hot from all the hiking we'd done.

We soon headed over to Cataract Falls which was a MUCH more scenic place to spend some time. They had a real covered bridge that dated back to the 1800s.

This is part of the Upper Falls which had about a 20 foot drop. I got in with Hoosier and we walked around a bit, but it was SO slippery that it was really hard to move around.

We walked through the covered bridge to the other side of the Falls.

Here is a view from the other side...

Again, Hoosier got to swim so he was a happy camper!

What a fun day! Cataract Falls was such a pretty place and there was so much to do! I love exploring the state parks.