Sorry ladies . . . .

He's all mine! And I LOVE him! He keeps me laughing hysterically!

Retreat Time!

Today I will be leaving to go on a retreat! I am very excited to be able to join our pastor's wife for 5 days. We will have so much fun! Please pray for safe travels . . .. we will return on Saturday. Thanks!

Beach Day!

Chrissie's graduation open house

Mom & Dexter

My mom is coming today!

I am very excited that my mom and her new husband Dexter will be arriving soon! They are coming in for Chrissie's graduation open house that is Saturday. My brother (Chrissie & Cassie's dad) and his wife, are riding down with them as well. They are all staying until next Wednesday. We are excited to meet Dexter and get to know him. My mom seems so happy!

You know you're from Indiana when . . . .

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM INDIANA WHEN:

• You think the state Bird is Larry.


• You can say 'French Lick' without laughing out loud.


• There's actually a college near you named “Ball State.'


• You know Batesville is the casket-making capital of the world and you're proud of it.


• Your feelings get hurt whenever someone points out the acronym for Purdue University is PU.


• You know several people who have hit a deer.


• Down south to you means Kentucky.


• You have no problem spelling or pronouncing Terre Haute.


• Your school classes were canceled because of cold.


• Your school classes were canceled because of heat.


• You know what the phrase 'knee-high by the Fourth of July' means.


• You've heard of Euchre, you know how to play Euchre, and you are a master of Euchre.


• You've seen a running car, with nobody in it, in the parking lot of the grocery store, no matter what time of year it is.


• Detassling was your first job.


• Bailing hay, your second.


• Or you could stack hay, swim in the pond to clean off and then have the strength to play a couple of games of hoops, all in the same barn lot on the same day.


• You say things like catty-wampus and katty corner and know what they mean.


• You install security lights on your house and garage, and then leave them both unlocked.


• You carry jumper cables in your car regularly.


• You drink pop.


• You catch frogs at the crick.


• If you want someone to hear you, you holler at 'em.


• You know that baling wire was the predecessor to duct tape.


• You know that strangers are the only ones who come to your front door.


• Kids and dogs ride in the passenger seats of cars and the backs of pickups.


• You think nothing of driving on the roads and being stuck behind a farm implement in spring and fall. You just hope it's not a hog truck or a manure spreader.


• High school basketball games draw bigger crowds on the weekend than movie theaters, IF you have a movie theater.


• Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.


• The local paper covers national and international headlines on one page but requires six for local sports.


• You can repeat the scores of the last eight NBA games, but unless the MVP is a Hoosier, you are not sure who he is.


• You can see at least two basketball hoops from your yard.


• You can name every one of Bobby Knight's exploits over the last few years.


• The biggest question of your youth was IU or Purdue?


• Indianapolis is the BIG CITY.


• Getting stuck by a train is a legitimate excuse for being late to school or work.


• Everyone knows who the town cops are, where they live, and whether they're at home or on duty.


• You've been to the Covered Bridge Festival. And, you took back roads to get there. Why sit in traffic?


• To you, tenderloin is not an expensive cut of beef, but a big, salty, breaded and fried piece of pork served on a bun with pickle and onion. (John makes the best!)