fun times in indiana

jon and i arrived home from indiana around 9 last night. we had a great weekend with my brother, patrick, and his family. my niece, zoie, and nephew, maddox, are absolutely adorable! (i so wish we lived closer to them!) we got in late friday night, so we crashed as soon as we got to their house. we started saturday morning with zoie's first soccer practice and then headed to the iu/western michigan football game! we were able to get a little tailgating in before going into the game! saturday night we relaxed with some of their friends after a busy day!

sunday was zoie's 5th birthday...i can't believe how quickly she is growing up! the morning began with putting up the jump castle and getting a few jumps in before the birthday party guests arrived! she got lots of neat things for her birthday (and maddox even got some cool things too)! we got to see my cousin, holly, and her husband, matt, at the birthday party, and we haven't seen them since our wedding last year! sunday night we headed to greenwood, in to meet jon's friend from the citadel, josh, his wife, stacie, and their adorable son, aaron at the cheesecake factory (what an awesome restaurant)! jon and i hadn't met aaron (we'd only seen pictures), and he's even cuter in person! what a fun little guy!


monday was a big day for jon and i...we kept the kids while valerie and patrick went to work! what a day...we played, we went to the mall, and we jumped in the jump castle! we had a lot of fun with them, but it definitely made us realize how much work kids are...we decided we aren't quite ready for that full time responsibility! :) our time will come though...just not for a few years!

tuesday was a fun last day! we went to the indianapolis motor speedway for a track tour and to see the museum! we got to ride around the whole track in a bus while learning neat facts about it...jon and i definitely want to go to the indy 500 within the next few years! we met holly for lunch at buca di beppo....our favorite family style italian restaurant! it was sooooo good...i wish we had one near us! jon and i then boarded our plane home to sc!

what a great long weekend it was! i was sad to see it end and say goodbye! here are some pictures...