On a brighter side, a group of newly wed women my age are starting a bible study on Wed. nights. I am really looking forward to this. I have always wanted to be in some bible study and to learn more. I try reading the bible on my own but then come up with so many questions that go unanswered that I get lost and confused. It will be interesting to see other peoples take on Gods Word and to learn and grow through God.

Side note, I also signed up for a Hip Hop aerobics class at the Y across the street. It’s 8 weeks long, but only 1 day a week. I have a “dance” aerobic tape that I do at home and have thought about getting another, but when I went to swim at the Y a few weeks ago I saw that they have a class and thought it would be fun. I’m excited for that as well.

Joel is doing great. He is diving into Cross Country season. This will be his first season of Cross Country at the University. (He started there in the spring for Track). I was hoping to get to go to some of his meets, but since he’s in the college level their meets aren’t as close. I will at least get to see them when they have the HU Invite, I will be there with camera in hand.

Going back 2 weekends ago to the 31st of July. Joel and I, plus Jon, Caddie, and Nic packed up and headed to Cincinnati for a Reds game and to spend time with my family. If you know me, you know I love the Reds…MY Reds as I like to say. It was a bobble head game, which makes it even better. It was a really hot Saturday, and we were in the bleachers for the game, I might have been the only one who didn’t seem to care lol. My Reds were down 2-0 in the first and I was just really hoping that we would get to see a good game. The Reds prevailed and in the 7th inning, totally rocked it. Hannigan ended up producing a 3 run in the park HR, or it might have been 4. Either way, we ended up winning 5-2, to put us back in 1st place in the NL Central! Needless to say I was a happy camper. After the game, we went back to my Aunt’s house and had pizza with my parents, sister, sisters boyfriend, Aunt and Uncle, We also had a corn hole tourney. We stayed at my Aunts and had breakfast with them in the morning. On our way back home, we had lunch with my Parents, sister, and Drew. I really enjoyed the visit home to spend time with my family, and of course a Reds game while there.

A packed house

Last weekend we were in Greensburg for Bre and Tom’s Wedding. I was one of the Bridesmaids. We went down Friday for the rehearsal and rehearsal dinner, and then stayed Saturday after the Wedding. It was good to see friends from college, and just to enjoy a wedding instead of making sure everything went ok.

Sunday on the way home from the wedding, we had lunch with Joel’s family. We got to spend time with Joel’s family that live in Illinois. Here are some pictures from that.

We are starting to slow down at work. Not very many seniors coming in over the summer, which I enjoy the down time because once it picks back up there is no stopping. My boss has said a few times that on days there is not much to do and he is shooting he would let me come back and take over the camera! It hasn’t happened yet, because every time he is shooting I’ve been in an order or working on sports stuff. How cool would that be?! I would be really nervous, but to get that experience with seniors and get pointers from him would be awesome. We are shortening our staff, so the chance of me getting a free second to get back there and shot is starting to look slim, but I’m not giving up on the option.

I’m fixed on reading Harry Potter again. I forgot how good the books were. I love to read, and recently read a really good book, “The Five People You Meet In Heaven” It’s a very easy read, pretty sure I finished it in 3 nights, if I had the time I would have finished it in a sitting. Anyway, after reading that book, it was hard to find one that really sparked my interest. I had started a few, but it just wasn’t giving me what I was looking for. So when I saw the preview for the new Harry Potter movie (coming out in Nov.) I figured that I should probably start reading them again to refresh my memory. Now, I can’t put them down…second time this has happened to me lol. I was one of those people that doubted the hype everyone was putting into them, but when I read them in college I was wrong. I will not, however, get into the Twilight books. lol

I will leave you with a picture Joel took of me, on his phone, on the 4th of July. I was trying to light all the sparklers left that I designed into a firework. lol

After the Winery we drove the rest of the way to French Lick. They have two resorts, West Baiden and French Lick Springs. We stayed at the latter. We went and checked out West Baiden before we left, and it was really cool. The dome was beautiful!

Once we got to our hotel, we went and had massages and just relaxed. We thought we also got aroma therapy baths, but the package only worked for one person. So we opted for just the massages. We had our anniversary dinner ( a day early) at the Steak House at the resort. I had to get over the high prices before I started to enjoy myself. We had a nice dinner, huge dinner, but a very nice time! The hotel has a casino, and neither one of us has been gambling before, so we went Saturday night to check it out. I didn’t really want to play, but Joel was trying the penny slots and handed me $2 just to try. Low and behold I won $20! Joel only won $3. haha I think he was a little disappointed, or thought it funny, that I didn’t want to play and I won the most money.

Sunday, we had breakfast and went horse back riding! I have never been horse back riding before, let alone been on a horse. It was really cool! I was pretty nervous at first, but Joel told me that the horse can sense that, so I quickly had to change how I felt. My horse’s name was Cody, Joel’s was Star. Mine liked to stop and eat a lot. Luckily I was in the middle (our guide in front of me and Joel behind) so they both made sure I got the horse going again. After horse back riding, Joel wanted to try the Casino again. He played until he had only 85 cents left and told me I could spend the rest of it, and of course I won $5!

Needless to say, we had a great time and it was really nice to spend it with each other. My husband’s pretty great (:

Still learning how to balance 2 jobs and a social life. The 2nd job is getting pushed to the back burner this week, and I don’t want that to happen. I just don’t know how to keep them flowing at the same time. I will learn, with Gods help of course. Well, off to work. Just wanted you to know what’s coming and that Joel and I are doing great!

As promised, here are Adalynn’s 1 month pictures. She is so cute. I went to their house around her nap time…but she was wide awake! She was very good and loved moving around as if she was posing for me (: I had a lot of fun taking these pictures. Enjoy:

This is by far my favorite picture that I took!

The happy family

Mike was trying to get her to like laying on his arm

My favorite one in color

She’s posing in this picture

original

Different color

Here is a picture of the Chicago skyline from the top of the Handcock Building. We went to Chicago at the beginning of March.

Here is our silly Kitty. She got into a plastic bag and was terrified at the noise it made. It kind of looks like a super hero cape. haha

Have a good week!