Rockin' the Convention

We took several kids from our church into Indy tonight for the Southern Baptist Convention. They were part of a kids choir that sang with Travis Cottrell this evening. It was a long evening, but the kids did a fantastic job. As we were walking through the convention center to our vans people would see them in their matching shirts and congratulate them on a job well done. Those kids felt like rock stars by the time they got to the vans. It was quite funny. And hey, I got to meet Travis Cottrell! I'll try to post more pics later.

My Favorites - Part One

I've been trying to keep in the habit of blogging once a day. Occasionally I hit a day, where there just isn't much to report. Dennis and Vickie watched Rachel for us this evening while Dusty and I ate a heaping amount of Thai food. I returned shoes to Kohl's and bought a magazine at Wal-mart. As you can see my day was full of excitement and suspense at every turn! So to give me something to post I'd like to introduce "Heidi's Favorite Pics". You're on the edge of your seat....aren't you. So from now on when I get in a jam I will just post a couple of my favorite photos that I have taken in the past. Hold on...here we go!

This is Rachel at 3 months. I didn't plan this shot, just grabbed the camera while she was laying in my lap and took it. Sometimes you just get lucky!

The back of the Statue of Liberty. Why? Why not! You always see the front of the statue or from the side with the NYC skyline in the background. I just loved the detail.

Going to Camp

Got up at 6:00 AM this morning to drive Aaron and 3o other kids from our church to kids camp in Robinson, Illinois. We loaded them in on the church van, a 15 passenger van and a mini van. We were quite the crew! I thought we was going to have problems with traffic since I-70 West was shut down between here and Terre Haute due to damage from the flooding, but we rolled down US-40 to Brazil and got back on the interstate with little problems. I'm glad we took that route because on the way back we could see that the westbound lanes of the interstate were backed up for 5 solid miles where they were routing traffic off! Hopefully everthing will be back up and running when we go to pick them up on Thursday. Thanks to Diane and Angie for driving and thanks to Diane for the photos. Here's a sample of our morning!

Be Flexible!!

This morning we all got up to head down to Spring Mill State Park for the Woodmizer Picnic. I was really looking forward to a day away with the family. There was going to be plenty of fun activities and good food. They were giving away prizes and the grand prize was a 5 night Carnival Cruise!! I just knew we would win. :) The radar looked horrible for our area, but it was not showing any rain at the park. So off we go. We were headed down Highway 67 when we came to police blocking the road and turning us around. Flooding. No way to get through. No problem, I pulled out the trusty road map and we made our way over to IN-37 which is the major highway that runs to the park. Ten minutes later we hit stopped traffic. Blocked again! Turned on the radio and learned that the entire county was under a state of emergency and the roads were impassable. Then I did something I have never done nor hope to ever do again. I turned the car around in the road and headed down the shoulder on a 4 lane highway in the wrong direction. (I wasn't the only one). We headed home...through a monsoon!

There was no way I was giving up my day of fun. We stopped at home and conjured up a plan, and here's how the day went:

1. Lunch at Wendy's (Rachel's choice)
2. Watched Kung Fu Panda (Rachel's 1st time at the theater)
3. Went to the zoo
4. Drove around Monument Circle
5. Drove Aaron past the new Colts Stadium
6. Dinner at McAllister's
7. An evening swim at the Tetricks

And you know what....we had an awesome time together!

Where's my pot of gold?

We've had a lot of storms around here lately. Fortunatley we've missed most of the really bad stuff. Here's a glimpse at what rolled in this evening.

After this storm rolled through and dropped us some rain, I looked out the window to see this

This was one of the most beautiful rainbows. The photos don't do any justice. It was very bright and a complete arc. Actually it was a double rainbow with a fainter band of colors on the outside of the entire arc. Simply beautiful!

Sneak Peek - Madison

Here's a couple of sneak peeks at Madison's photos that I took on Wednesday. Can't help but smile at that cute little sweetie! :)

Double Trouble

Well, actually they were not that much trouble. Rachel's friend Rylan hung out with us for a while this afternoon. They are a lot of fun to watch. They didn't argue with each other, but at one point they were telling the doll that it was time to go to bed. "Now I'm SERIOUS, you have to go to bed", is what they were saying. I wonder where they have heard that before. :) They played hide and seek with Aaron. Everytime Aaron would say, "I wonder where they are", Rylan would let out a high pitched giggle. The afternoon was almost drama free. That is until Rylan decided to hold Rachel's prized "raggie". You know - Raggie - the worn out old cloth burp rag that she holds while sucking her thumb. Rachel is yelling "raggie" over and over. Finally I convinced Rylan that we had much better things to drag around than "raggie". Everyone was happy again. :)