Fall fun

Yes, it's that time of the year again. The leaves are changing colors, the stores are filling with seasonal items and of course, the annual pumpkin carving! Drew and I spent the gorgeous Monday outside with the bright orange vegetables trying to carve the perfect jack-o-lantern. We thought about watiting until it was closer to the weekend, but it was so nice out and he figured someone will probably steal or smash them anyways so we went ahead and cut them. If you know me, I can get quite competitve when it comes to carving. Drew likes to believe his is the best, and I'd have to DISagree. You can judge for yourself....

(By the way, the one on the left is a skeleton and the right is a "B" for the Bengals.)

We did take a picture of the two of us holding our pumpkins, but it's on Drew's camera so I'm not sure if I will be able to post it or not.

It's hard to believe October is coming to an end. Time is flying by so fast. I'm sure I will be writing about Thanksgiving before I know it. But first, I need to figure out a costume and enjoy the weekend.

Speaking of time flying, Drew and I brought out the old school Nintendo this past weekend. I was disappointed that Duck Hunt doesn't work on his TV, but we were able to compete against each other in Paper Boy and Dr. Mario. Boy, do I have some practicing to do!! I was awful. It is crazy how much systems and graphics have changed over the years. Everything use to be so simple. It made me laugh to think how much fun we were having stacking colored pills on top of viruses in Dr. Mario. I can't imagine what kids would say who didn't grow up with the game.

We are the champions!

Yes, that's right, my sand volleyball team won the league last night! I have to say, it was probably one of the most fun nights on the court too, and not because we won. Obviously, it's fun to win, but I think everyone was enjoying themselves more than usual because we knew it was our last night playing together.

This is my team between the first and second matches (we played three over the course of the night).

And this is us wearing our League Champions shirts. (Remember back in the day...think grade school...when we posed around the ball.)

Now, our job for this week is to find another sport or activity to play in during the winter. Everyone agreed that it's a fun group to hang out with and we all enjoy having something (exercise related) to do during the week. We were hoping to join a flag football league, but apparently that already started a few weeks ago. There are rumors that there is an INDOOR sand volleyball facility around here, so someone is looking into that. I said if nothing works out, we can start a game night. I've been wanting to pull out the Twister board for weeks now!

Friends and football

Another weekend came and went WAY too fast, but not without a reunion with friends and lots of football! I was able to get some time off from work and work it out so I could go back to Bloomington for Homecoming! I regret not seeing as many people as I had hoped to, but those that I did see, showed me a good time. And in return, I was able to (hopefully) show Drew a good time. I was really excited to share a little bit of my college experience with him.

Reunited with Bolen (and her roommate Kendall)!

All smiles and laughs at Nicks!I think Drew had fun too :)Standing in front of the newly renovated stadium. The Hoosiers won!!

Our time was cut short due to the Bengals game Sunday. The good news was I was able to get tickets through work and took my brothers.

Bump, set, spike!

Good news, my sand volleyball team withstood the cold and won our game last night! In that case, tournament play continues next week. Let's just hope it warms up a bit before then. Surprisingly, it didn't seem that cold, but I was wearing two pairs of socks, long yoga pants, a long sleeved shirt, and fleece jacket. I did have gloves at the beginning of the first game, but those had to go. A handful of my teammates didn't even take off their shoes for fear that the sand was too cold. (I couldn't blame RJ though, his feet turned purple last week.) Besides winning, the hot chocolate was probably the highlight of the night. Dave came prepared with a large canteen of hot chocolate and cups for everyone.

Overall, our team played pretty well. We ended up playing against a friend of mine that I use to play JO volleyball with back in the day. It was fun seeing her again and of all places...the volleyball court. I will let you know how we do in next week's game. As long as there isn't snow...

Halloween surprise

Most of you have already seen this, but in the case that you haven't...Halloween is coming!! I hope everyone is staying warm. I can't believe how chilly it is getting here. We have a sand volleyball game tonight and it's only suppose to get to a high of 49 today. I can't even imagine how cold it will be tonight. I will definitely be wearing socks tonight. I'll let you know how it turns out - it's tournament play. And, even though the weekend is not getting any warmer...it is looking up because I am Bloomington bound and I can't wait! I will hopefully have new pictures to post come Sunday :)

Mission accomplished

The surprise party went off with out any problems! The party was for Drew's 26th birthday. His actual birthday is this Wednesday, but with army stuff and other activities it was better to have it early. I was really nervous the entire day because his friends were suppose to take him golfing to get him out of the house and it was raining for the second straight day. Needless to say, golfing was canceled and they went out for food instead. By the time they finished, the guests had arrived and the cake was lit.The following day Drew went with Kevin and me to the George family picnic in the woods. We didn't last too long because the mosquitoes were awful. I did, however, in the couple hours we were there get thrown off a kids playground ride. This thing was dangerous! I flew off this thing, smashed my knees, semi-blackout and jammed my ribs into the foot bar. It definitely needs feet straps. That or a warning to riders to use it with someone of the same size.
The tire swing was much safer.