Music on the Wabash

Friday night my cousin and his friend played their guitars on the bridge. It was serendipity!

Fantasy Football

Kevin and his friends are sucked in to fantasy football now...this was them during the draft...2 cell phones (1 call including 4 guys at a house) and another guy on the internet. this is serious business!  

Gillespie Get-a-way!

This weekend, the Gillespie's went to Indy for a vacation! We had a great time! Saturday we went to the Zoo! I haven't been there since I was in elementary school! Yes, it was very hot out!

For dinner, we went to Maggiano's by Keystone mall. Yummmm! 

Sunday, we went to Erin's church (Kevin's brother's girlfriend!) It was huge and had great music. We had lunch at a cute restaurant on the reservoir and then headed back to reality!

It was just what we needed...a lot of laughing and food and sleep!

Kendra and Matt watching the walrus

trio of lizards! sitting with their mouths open! at first i thought they were fake!

Here is one of two baby monkeys! The other monkeys fought to hold them and about pulled them apart trying to get them!

at dinner, we asked for a sampler platter and the waiter brought this!!!! the equivalent of probably 8 desserts! we wanted a small sampler cause we were all full and just wanted a bite of something...well, we must have had soooome room left cause we finished this off!! there were 7 of us so no i didn't hog it all myself! amazing!

Joyce Meyer Conference!

My mom, aunt Von, and our family friend Kathy went to see Joyce Meyer speak at Conseco on Friday night!!! What an amazing time! If you haven't had  a chance to hear her speak or read her books check it out! Matt Redman did the worship!

Free chair

I got this free chair and felt that it needed a coat of red to cheer it up! of course!

Before with a little primer

After!

Baby Maisie

Check out this gorgeous baby!! My godparent's son, Jacob, and his wife, Emilie just had their first baby on Sunday! She was a week overdue and we've been anxiously waiting a call! Well, she finally made it and now we have to wait more to see her in person!...they live in D.C.! 

Jacob, along with his brother Justin, grew up with me as my "brothers"! So, really, I'm an aunt!

Junior mint

Kev and I met with one of my good friends from college and her boyfriend! We had a great night in Lafayette. It felt like I almost lived there again :) It gets confusing but my friend's name is Jennifer, her friends call her Jenners, and I also nicknamed her Junior Mint cause she was a junior when I was a senior...hence the title of the blog. Anyway, on to the pictures!...

Kevin wanted to pick me a flower but I told him he couldn't so I took a picture instead

We were frolicking!

Jenners and Marcus and the Hello walk at Purdue

We thought his huge leaf looked like a heart. Of course...we had to get a romantic photo!

Kevin's new office!

Well, it's not really an office yet! Here is the beginning of what will be his office...right next to some cornfields! 

Indiana Beach

Well...it has become a tradition for my family to go to Indiana Beach for a birthday at least once a summer...Last night it was my uncle Terry's turn!

Terry getting a birthday hug from dad

Cassie (Donnie's girlfriend), me, Donnie (cousin), Kev

Us sitting after we got kicked out of the store cause they were closing...really!...the lady was standing at the door making people leave!

Cassie and I coordinated and we didn't even plan it! 

mom and dad trying to be romantic so I could take a picture! nerds!

Thankfully, after many years of going downhill,  it seems that the new owners are cleaning the place up and adding some nice things. The restaurant (Roof Garden) is on the list of things to close I guess...and I wouldn't blame them partially for the wacky bathroom...

I went in to a stall that when you stand up you can see the person next to you standing cause the partitions only go up to your shoulders. As soon as I started to shut the door the toilet started flushing! It didn't stop! So I went to another one and Von went in it!...It flushed the entire time we were in there...Good grief it needs some renovating!

Take your wife to work day!

So...I went to work with Kevin on Sunday because, after three weeks of detassling, things are finally slowing down! I took a lot of pictures cause farming is something I've never done and I figured that most people I know haven't either!...Enjoy...

middle of cornfield

this is how Kev drives to see if the detasselers missed any tassels

Kev carried his 4-H bug collecting skills into his job...checking how many moths are in the fields

there were a lot of butterflies around, this one likes shoes so we bonded

this is a scary picture of me...but it's proof i was on a huge, loud, bumpy "cutter" that gives the corn a haircut

where am i?!

this machine has eyes to "see" the height of the corn to cut it 

the worms that eat corn-gross!

my way of walking through corn!

look! i'm detassling!

who knew this was the roots of the plant?

where is my husband?

There you have it! I am a good worker! My boss even got me a slushy at lunch!