Lovely weather we're having

Paging Schmidt & Young!

The wind left us a present - a gaping section of siding gone. Late last night I was hearing a loud banging on the side of the house. You wouldn't think that siding hitting the side of the house would shake the entire wall, but it will. Went outside and two strips of siding were hanging down. Decided to sleep in the living room, because the bed is right on the wall where it was hitting. After 30 minutes we didn't hear it anymore. So we figured either it was blown completly off or one of the neighbors came out and ripped it off so they could get some sleep!

Out at the Home Show

Dusty and I loaded up the kids and trekked out to the Indianapolis Home Show. I figured that Aaron would complain, but he really liked it. He said that there was a lot of interesting things to look at. Here's a sampling:

The CP Morgan Showcase home built in the middle of an exhibition hall.

Aaron at the booth of our favorite construction company
Schmidt & Young Construction!

Professional pool player, Jeanette Lee "The Black Widow" running the table on some poor schmuck who went up against her.

Rachel with a piano just her size!

Princess Play Date

What can I say. They're girly girls. David was here too, but he was too busy playing the piano to go near the dress up stuff!

Things you don't see everyday

a stretch Hummer picking up kids at the elementary school

I think he's exaggerating

It's not THAT cold in the house...but I turned up the thermostat...a little

Here we go again

This was the scene outside when I went to pick Aaron up from school at 3:30 PM. Fortunately it lasted all of 15 minutes and then the sun came out. I'm trying to send the snow your way, Briana! It just doesn't want to leave us!!

Go Cardinals

Today the Hackney 4 will be cheering for the Arizona Cardinals. Yes, I know, we are Indianapolis Colts fans, but they're not in the Super Bowl now, are they! Therefore today we are officially Cardinals fans. It mainly boils down to the fact that I like Kurt Warner. I liked him back in the day when we lived in Illinois and were St. Louis Rams fans. He seems to have his priorities in place and I hope he wins another Super Bowl! Go Kurt!