One week down

Week one of Kindergarten has been completed successfully.  Rachel was the "Star of the Day" on Thursday and got to bring in a couple special items and talk about them so the kids could get to know here better.  She's had a great time!  Here's what I've accomplished:

• 3 - Trips to Starbucks
• 1 - Breakfast with friends
• 1 - Lunch with friends
• 1 - Lunch with Dusty
• 2 - Photoshoots
• 2 - Craft stores visited
• 10 - Lunches packed
• 1 - Call from Kindergarten teacher (Just to say everything is going fine!)
• 1 - day spent cleaning house (Got more accomplished on that day than in the previous 3 weeks)
• 1 - day spent doing ridiculously fun stuff like riding Segways

I think I'm going to like this!! :)

2-wheelin' around Indy

This morning I headed into Indy with Sarah and Heather for my birthday outing.  And this time around I had no idea where we were going and what we were doing.  All I knew was that Sarah said that we were doing something that none of us had ever tried.  I told her if skydiving or bungee jumping was involved...I was out!  No need to worry; we went to White River state park to take a Segway tour.  After giving us a few minutes to get used to our wheels we were off.

These things are a blast to drive!  We spent the next hour and a half zipping around the canal and park having a great time.  Our tour guide was a newbie and we were his 1st tour.  I think he was relieved to find out that we were from the area, so our focus was just having fun on the Segways and not on the sites and history of the area.  He was trying to remember everything that he was supposed to say about the sites he pointed out.  We were a good group for him to practice on. :)

After that fun we had lunch at Creation Cafe which is up on the north end of the canal in an old church

I had a wrap with chicken, apples, walnuts, and brie.  YUMMY!  Great food and a funky atmosphere to boot.  Had a great time!  Thanks gals!

And they're off!

First day of school, and for Rachel it literally is the 1st day of school.  She was ready and excited to go this morning.  No bus for us because we're too close to her school, so with her name tag, backpack, and lunchbox in hand we headed out.  The school was hopping...tons of parents walking their little kids to the classes.  I walked with Rachel to her class showed her where to hang up her backpack, snapped a photo and left her playing Play-doh at her table with 3 little boys.  :)

Aaron headed out to the bus stop at 6:50 AM.  He was up with no problem this morning.  I think it was more of a shock to my system than his to be up that early!  First day of 7th grade for him.  He was excited about being placed in Honors Art this year.

Dusty wanted to know if I was going to snap his photo as well.  Since I don't think I've actually seen him off to work for over 4 months I obliged.  (He leaves early....me sleepy!)  Dusty even had the "School Dream" last night.  You know the one....you're at school, but can't remember where your next class is.  You don't have the right books.  I hate that dream!

And me....well this is what I looked like at 9:15 AM!

Cruisin'

35

I'm wrapping up my 35th birthday.  Had a great day!  Mom and Dad are here on the last leg of their vacation.  Mom whipped up an angel food cake that Rachel helped frost and we dug in

After Dusty got home we left the kids with Memaw & Papaw who promised a trip to Burger King.  Going out to PF Chang's on a date is a treat in itself.  Having a very generous friend who will let you drive this...

...even better!  We took off in Paul's Miata, which I affectionately refer to as Lil' Blue.  This thing is a blast to drive, and don't I look good in it!! :)  As we were headed into the city, downtown looked like it was about to get soaked so we pulled over and put the top back up.  But when it was time to head home, the sky was clear and we cruised around the circle and downtown with the top down.....feeling cool.  I only killed it once and that was in the parking garage so it doesn't count!

Had a great time....had a great day...have a great family....have great friends...don't need anything else.

And Lil' Blue....let's just say she takes off like a bat and corners likes she's on rails!!  JUST KIDDING!  Thanks Paul! :)

Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUSTY!
WE LOVE YOU!

She's a Barbie girl in a Barbie world

Dusty's cousin Lezlee and her kids came over this weekend to visit the Children's Museum.  Dusty, Rachel, and I met up with them for a day of fun while Aaron was off running wild at King's Island with the youth group.

Rachel's favorite by far was the Barbie exhibit.  So much that after we got home I went up into our attic and got down all of the Barbie's that I had stored away.  JACKPOT!

Pulling double duty on the phones for Barbie

Working the runway.  Got to love the little boys pretending to be the photographers for the fashion show.

I liked these...from the Rock Stars and Cars exhibit

Or this...Chihuly glass from the Fireworks of Glass sculpture