An evening of dinner and boating...

We took the boat out for the second time this year.  We had it out a few weeks ago, but it was still a little chilly.  Tonight it was in the mid 90's, and the water temperature was in the low 80's!  When Austin got home, we grilled brats and packed up a picnic dinner with pasta salad, chips and drinks.  We went out to Irish lake and stopped the boat in the middle.  We ate dinner on the boat, which was tasty, and then we all got in the lake to swim.  Austin and I took turns getting in because we didn't want to leave the boat un-manned.  Hadley had a blast swimming!  She even tried to push me in (unprovoked) because I was taking too long.  She probably jumped off the boat 50 times, and was very angry when we had to go home because it was getting so late.  We definitely have ourselves a water bug, which is good, considering we live on the lake!   

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Moser!

Austin and I left for Indy yesterday.  We came down to attend the wedding of our friends David Moser and Jillian Elliott.  They were married this evening at the Indiana State House with a reception following at the Skyline Club on the 36th floor of the One America building.  It was an awesome wedding, and we stayed just two blocks away at the Hilton. 

Austin and I have been looking forward to this weekend for a few months.  We ate at the Melting Pot last night, I had a spa day today that consisted of a 1 hour massage, manicure, pedicure, hair design and makeup application and then we had dinner reservations for St. Elmo's Steakhouse.  We were going to eat an early dinner, because the reception was serving heavy hor'devours.  However, Austin hasn't felt well since last night, so we cancelled our reservations for dinner and ate appetizers at P.F. Chang's instead.  It was good that we changed things up, because the hor'devours were definitely heavy, just like a dinner. 

The view from our hotel room. The tall building is where the reception took place on the top floor.

Heading out to the wedding, which was held at the Indiana State Building, just across the street from the hotel!

Uncle Zeb was a groomsman in the wedding.  He took a little peak with the groom, from the second floor, to check out the wedding crowd just prior to the ceremony. 

 The groomsmen...

 The bridesmaids with the soon to be wed couple...

You may kiss the bride...

...and I now present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Moser!

Immediately following the wedding ceremony, we walked two blocks to the reception, which was held at the Skyline Club on the 36th (top) floor of the One America Building. It was an awesome view!

There was a short cocktail hour while the wedding party took more pictures...

Shortly before the wedding party arrived, we were moved into a large reception area for the remainder of the party.  It had glass windows all to the side, overlooking the city. 

 The newly married couple.  Check out the view behind them!

The traditional Delta Sig serenade, where the fraternity brothers sing "You've Lost that Loving Feeling" to the bride.  Oh how I remember my serenade!  How sweet it is and how special they make you feel...

The same view of the city from earlier, but at night.  It's absolutely breathtaking!

A picture of our dinner table with our friends.  I took this picture, and I think the lighting turned out pretty awesome.  One of my favorites!

This is Zeb's million dollar shot.  A little blurry, but still pretty cool!

I guess I'm not worth a million dollar shot.  We couldn't get my new camera to shoot the right brightness again. Austin took this one with his phone while I messed with the camera.  Oh well, you can still see the city!

  

Thanks for inviting us to share in your special day.

Congratulations David and Jillian!   

No longer mom...I'm mommy!

Hadley has been calling Austin, daddy (more like da-eee), for several months now, but I have always gotten a short and sassy "mom!"  It melted my heart when I heard that sweet little word, "mommy" come out of her mouth today!     

Oh how I love this little girl!

Happy Memorial Day!

After our long race filled weekend, we had a nice relaxing day at home on the lake, with Austin's family.  It was so nice to just wake up and have the whole day with Austin and Hadley.  We swam in the lake, played in the new pool and then ate a tasty lunch that included some of Austin's smoked meat.  Yum!

Aunt Shelby enjoyed playing with the neighbor kids on their rafts.  Ahh, to be a kid again!

Hadley played with daddy in the lake, running back and forth to her count of three.

This is what Hadley does when she wants you to count to three for her to jump or run into the water.  She holds up her fingers and says "two, two."  I think it's super cute!

Great Grandpa and Grandma Reames came down to spend the day with us. 




Grandma Kim came down to spend the day with us too... 

Hadley sported her patriotic swimsuit, which was ideal for swimming on Memorial day!

Hadley probably had the most fun playing with the water hose.  We could barely get the pool filled up, because she kept pulling it out to play.

...and let us not forget the reason for this day. 

I think this quote speaks volumes, "all gave some, some gave all." 

Happy Memorial Day!

Potty Time!

Hadley has been extremely interested in the potty lately.  She likes to go in and sit on the toilet, and then flush when she gets off.  She also tells me when she needs her diaper changed.  We bought her an Elmo potty last week.  I am happy to announce that she used the potty for the first time at Grandma and Grandpa's house on Friday evening.  She also went again on Saturday.  Yeah for Hadley!  When she got home, we put her Elmo potty together and she has been practicing going potty ever since.  She has yet to go again, but it is a work in progress!  

Today we had Austin's family over for Memorial day, and Hadley had to come in from swimming to try out the potty.  That's why she's still wearing her sun hat.  Too cute! 

   

Indianapolis 500 - 100th Anniversary

Once again, Memorial day weekend was very busy for us. Austin traveled to Indy on Saturday with Keith, his friend from high school, to partake in all of the pre-race events hosted by our friends. Austin's parents watched Hadley, and I had to work. Today he attended the 100th anniversary of the "greatest spectacle in racing," the Indianapolis 500 race.  He took a few pictures on his phone, so I "borrowed" them for the blog.  I'm glad they survived the super warm weather.  It always seems to get really hot just in time for the race.  All in all, it was another fun day at the track for the boys! 

Austin took Keith out to eat in Warsaw on Friday night, when he got into town.  They ate at Wings Etc. and Keith obviously had a huge beer!

On Saturday, before the big pre-race party at the Ladisich house, Austin took Keith out to eat at one of our favorite downtown eaterys - Bourbon Street.  They have the best tenderloins around, and it looks like Keith got to find out for himself.  Yum!

Hanging out in the morning before the race started.  It looks like they enjoyed some bloody mary's for breakfast...one of Austin's favorites!

Gentlemen (and ladies), start your engines!  It looks like the sun came out and the boys enjoyed another hot race day. 

...and this years winner is: Dan Wheldon