Sectional Champs!!!

Well, it has been a great season thus far for the boys. Nearly 2 1/2 decades after Brownsburg last won a sectional title -- back in 1985, the Bulldogs (9-3) finally claimed another trophy, this time by beating rival Avon 42-14 on the road Friday in the Class 5A Sectional 6 final. Derek, and Daren have enjoyed the season and have been working really hard. Next friday they host Warren Central (10-2), one of the powerhouse teams in the state.
Becky and I have enjoyed friday night football, especially when it doesn't rain. If all goes well and their team plays like they did last night, the journey will continue and we will have the opportunity to play in Lucas Oil Stadium for the State Championship. Meanwhile, we will take it one play at a time and enjoy the ride.



Boys after sectional championship game vs. Avon (42-14)



Boys after first secional game vs. Arsenal Tech (65-0)


We will keep you posted on next weeks results. Hopefully it will be something like.....VICTORY for the Bulldogs!!!!!!!

Until next time.....

Halloween Wedding

mom and dad dancing the night away at the IMA
the hubby and i at the reception
So it was a Halloween wedding and there was a photo booth there where you get your picture taken to put in the guest book next to where you sign. These are the costumes that we chose to wear for our picture...I hope the bride and groom can tell who we are! :-)

Just thought that I would share some pictures from the wedding we went to last night. It was a beautiful day for a beautiful wedding. The reception was at the IMA and it was fabulous.

Off to study for the rest of the day. GO COLTS!!!

....til next time

Ladies and Gentlemen.........

My brother and sister-in-law are expecting their first baby in March and we just found out that it's going to be a baby GIRL!!!!!!! We are so excited for them and can't wait to spoil her to pieces. :-) I didn't think they were going to find out the sex but we were pleasantly surprised today. I see lots of pink and green in her future.

We just wanted to share our excitement over being an Aunt and Uncle come March. Have a fabulous weekend!

.....til next time

Can you tell that I rediscovered the digital camera...

I have to apologize in advance because these pictures will be out of order. I can't figure out how to do slideshows on here so I have to upload the pictures individually. If you know how to get a slideshow onto the blog let me know. I'm sure it would make posting pictures a lot easier. :-)
Above: Hoosier and JR raking the leaves so we can see our backyard again


She's just so pretty. Her coat matches the leaves. :-)
Gingersnap came over to play on Thursday and if you can't tell by the excessively long tongues here...they wore one another out!
Here is JR and his brothers after Derek and Daren won their first sectional game on Friday. They have a second sectional game against conference rival Zionsville this Friday. GO DOGS!!!
The rest of these pictures are from our adventure down to southern Illinois to celebrate one of our really good friend's birthday. We even slept in a tent with NO air mattress in 38 degree weather. We are so hard core!!!
This is the birthday boy, Jake. He and his wife are some of our really good friends here. They are in our small group and live very close by.
Here are Keely (Jake's wife) and I taking a night horse ride. This was probably my favorite part because if you know me at all you know that I LOVE horses.
Here are JR and Jake just hanging out
Just sitting on some hay around the camp fire staying warm and enjoying being in "God's country" as Jake and Keely call it. I have never as many stars as I did that night. And did I mention that I saw my FIRST shooting star there. Pretty awesome!


So we had a wonderful weekend full of fellowship and friends. Today was spent catching up on life around here (i.e. laundry, leaf raking etc). As soon as I finish this post I will be heading straight for bed to enjoy a good night's sleep before another week of school. Hope you had a wonderful weekend!


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Catching up with friends

Blowing out all 25 candles! (wow we're old)
The birthday boy!
Me and my handsome hubby
Friends from WAAAYY back
My dad and Gingersnap came over to watch the USC vs Notre Dame game
Hoosier got a new toy and she LOVES it!


There is a group of us that try to get together once a month (it's usually about once every 2 months) to hang out and catch up. I have known them all since middle school or earlier. It's fun to think that we have been friends since we were 11 or 12 years old. That's about half of our lives. CRAZY!!! Well we got together to celebrate Rob's 25th birthday and had a wonderful time.

I just finished my midterms so it was a great way to celebrate. JR and I then came home to do some stuff around the house which was surprisingly relaxing. With school being so busy I don't get a chance to stay caught up on house work/cleaning etc so whenever there is a break in school I try to catch up with that. Since JR is such a clean freak I know he appreciates when I do that because I am sure it drives a little crazy when the house is in disarray. I honestly believe that the way your house looks (i.e. clean or messy or whatever) is a representation of what your life is like at that time. Needless to say our house was in desperate need of some good ol' cleaning. So we got that done and now we can enjoy a weekend free of cleaning since we already marked it off our to-do list. WOO HOO!!!!!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend and enjoys the beautiful fall colors. Here are some pictures from recently.

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New recipes anyone....

So it feels like recently that I have been cooking the same thing over and over again. I was wondering if anyone had any recipes that they LOVE and would like to share. It can be for anything from soups to fish to oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. I'm up for anything. I'd like to kind of "spice it up" in the recipe department. (and I'm sure JR would enjoy this as well since he is stuck eating the SAME things OVER and OVER again.) You can either email me the recipe or leave it as a post on the blog. Whatever you prefer. Hopefully I'll get some delicious recipes from you all.

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No need to search

You can call off the search. We are still here. We still live in Brownsburg. I am still in school. JR is still working full time. And Hoosier is still spoiled. :-)
Sorry for the lack of posting recently. School has really kicked into high gear. I just took my first Neuroscience and Clinical Neurology exam today. Whew! Glad that one is over. It was quite intense so needless to say this evening was spent relaxing on the couch (which came after going to get a couple beers to celebrate being done with that exam). We have midterms in a couple weeks. It's hard to believe that it's already October. Where in the world has time gone? I feel like that is a theme with my posts lately. And let me tell you, time does not fly ONLY when you are having fun. School just seems to suck me in. I guess that just means that graduate school will be over before I know it. And then that will mean that I will be married for almost three years at that time. CRAZY!!! Wasn't I just graduating from high school and moving into IU with Liz? So many "life moments" (as my dad calls them) happen in the twenties and it feels as if it's hard to digest them before another one comes along. I will try harder to enjoy the time that I have now instead of wishing that this day or week or month or year is over. We never know when time will run out. So lets enjoy the time that is given to us. :-)

JR is still enjoying his new job. The people he works with have really embraced him so that is encouraging to hear. His hours are significantly better and much more consistent. He gets home on Fridays at 4 which is incredible. He rarely works past 5 with some days being done at 4:30. He has been staying really busy which is right up his alley.

Our house is slowly shaping into our home We included some pictures of the outside of the house just because I wasn't sure if I had posted pictures of the house since we closed and moved in. It's much different keeping a house clean as compared to an apartment. It requires a little more time management but it is definitely worth it. I will try to throw in some pictures of the inside when we get around to taking them. (So don't hold your breath) We are thoroughly enjoying being home owners and Hoosier is certainly enjoying being the queen of the house/yard. She has recently upgraded to not being in her crate during the day. 98% of the time she does well, but there is the other 2% of the time when she gets in trouble. This happened today when I came home to the edge of a rug shredded and some doggie puke on the hardwood floor in the hallway with rug pieces in it. You would think they would get the point, but they are just hard headed sometimes. We sure do love her anyways. Afterall, who is perfect?!?!?

The pictures of JR and I (and Hoosier) are from a wedding this weekend. One of my pledge sisters got married so we celebrated with them on Saturday. That is wedding 2 of 4 this semester. I'll try to be better at taking pictures but my camera broke and it just never occurred to me to use JR's.

Well I think that is enough rambling for me. I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying some fall weather. It sure is beautiful when the leaves change. Let us know how you are doing as we love to hear from friends and family. Take care!!

.....til next time