August Already?

I know it's been a while since I last posted anything, but it's been crazy busy around here!

We had a wonderful visit last weekend with Jared and Sonny and the girls coming out to spend the weekend with us!!! The girls (and even Jordan too) had a wonderful time playing together, and it was just a nice time to get to hang out with them all!

On Saturday we went downtown to walk on the Canal in the morning, but since it was misting rain (and then started raining a bit harder after that), we decided to turn around and head back down to the south side. We ate lunch at O'Charley's and then headed back home for naptime.

Meggan danced at the Marion County Fair later in the afternoon, and so everybody came and watched her there (Jas and me & Jordan, Jared and Sonny & Jess and Randi, Dawn and Jer & Lucas, and of course the Johnsons were there watching Maggie dance too)! After they did their little Teddy Bear performance, we headed over to the rides. We bought the kids a wristband so they could do as many rides as they wanted to, so they had 1 1/2 hours to ride as many as they could! Jordan and Faith just got some tickets, but they had fun too!!! :)

The girls performing Teddy Bear!

The kids enjoying their first ride at the Fair!

The girls on the ride that goes around and you can make it spin!

Jordan on the Nemo ride!

The guys all went to the Brickyard 400 race on Sunday, and they had a lot of fun! The weather was actually pretty nice, so it was an enjoyable one for them - not raining and not 100 degrees either! In the meantime, the girls and the kids all went to the YMCA to hit the pool. It was really so much fun! The kids all enjoyed swimming, and Meggan even figured out how to get little diving rings off the bottom of the big pool!!!

Allstate 400 at the Brickyard - the view from the guys' seats!

Then came the start of this week. I was asked on Thursday afternoon of the week before last if I would be able to cover a trial ... THAT WAS STARTING ON MONDAY. Of course, I said I could, and so Pat and I were off to the races (literally). We started on Monday morning with jury selection, and it was a pretty exhausting week. I'm glad the weekend is here for a little bit of a break, and then we're back to it Monday morning at 8:30. The case is supposed to be submitted to the jury for deliberations on Monday, so one more day we go!

It's been a busy week, but it will be worth it in the end! :)

Hope everyone has had a great last couple weeks since I've been a little bit removed. Sorry we don't have better pictures, but I'll share a few of last weekend anyway. Until next time.....