Wonderful Weekend

The past several weeks in Indiana have been cool, rainy, and most of all...dreary! I think we were all ready for some SUN! So the sun came on Saturday and now the temperatures are in the 90*s and it is summer!

Craig and I both had a GREAT weekend. We spent it separately on Friday with me spending time with my friend Mandy and Craig with some of his friends from college who came into town.

Saturday afternoon, Craig and I headed to Brown County State Park! It was a beautiful day and it was really nice to hike in the shade.

Craig loves it when I take his picture!

I decided that we would do trail 8 all the way to the Lookout. Even though it said 3.6 miles, Craig swears that it was at least 6 miles. It took us a full 3 hours!!

There were some very muddy parts of the trail and then there were the stairs...if I counted correctly, 143 of them!

I played tour guide and pointed out the trees, the poison ivy, ferns, and the mud. Craig appreciated it. I tried to lead us in camp songs, but I couldn't remember most parts of them. It has been too many years since girl scouts and church camp.

We finally made it to the Lookout!!

This friendly guy guarded the stairs to the top of the Lookout. I just closed my eyes, made myself skinny as possible and tried to hurry past him.


This was the view from the top!

After a quick shower to wash off the bugs, we went to the Starlite Drive-in and saw Shrek The Final Chapter and part of Iron Man 2. Shrek was very good and very funny, but we couldn't make it through Iron Man. The other problem is that we were both low on sleep from Friday night and the movie didn't start until dusk, so after 9. By the time Iron Man came on after Shrek and an intermission, it was pretty late!

Sunday we went to Indiana University's Art Museum. Their featured artist was Thomas Chambers. We saw a lot of his ship and landscape paintings.

In front of the Art Museum

The fountain in front of the IU Auditorium

We both loved spending time with friends and loved our time together! It was a wonderful weekend!

Mini 2010

Woohoo! Saturday was the Indy Mini and a neat thing happened: Eric, Sarah, and I all got personal best times for the 13.1 miles! Not only did Sarah get her best time, but she also ran the entire race!

The temperature was around 50 degrees, but with the wind chill, it felt about 40. The wind was very strong and gusty. I actually thought the weather was awesome during the race and felt the wind push me along. However, while we were waiting on the race to start and then after the race, everyone was sooo cold! This was the type of weather that I was really hoping for during the marathon in March!

Visit with the Grays

This week Craig and I got to spend some precious time with Dana and her boys, Karter and Kaden! They were in Indiana visiting family and we were able to meet them at a park in Terre Haute. We met 3 month old Kaden for the first time. I didn't get any pictures, but he is a very happy guy who loves to "talk." While Kaden was having lunch, Craig and I were on Karter watching duty and we had a lot of fun chasing him around!

Craig couldn't resist picking up a remote control car for Karter. For only being 23 months old, Karter figured out how to run the car pretty quickly! It was pretty fun to watch the determination on his face as he worked the controls. We also got to test out his A,B,C's and counting skills. Karter is one smart kido!

We missed chatting with Kris, but had a wonderful time with the Gray family!