Cook out June 2010

the family :)

It isn't often that we are all in the same city at the same time so to celebrate the fact that we were we had friends over for a cookout. It was soccer tryout night so different people came at different times and we enjoyed seeing some great friends. The food was great, we played cornhole, we got caught up on each others lives and celebrated! The weather was not terribly hot, the sky was blue and we had shade in the back yard. After it got dark, the kids chased fireflies.

danny grillin'

adrianne's introduction to silly bands

which led to, 'remember pogs?'

i did a terrible job with the photo and the sun/glare :(

sarah and kristin doing a prom pose, not sure why exactly but it's cute of both of them

one of our most favorite families!

danny had to hurry back to franklin, as he was driving a borrowed car with no headlights

loved having him home for a little while!

sisters and brother

adrianne and meghan

danny and tom

Sarah's Bacherlorette Night

sisters!

Sarah was home for only one week this summer and we made the most of her time here with us. Emily put together a night out for Sarah in celebration of the wedding in August (in Alabama). The girls got together on a Monday night and had a great dinner at Don Pablos. The girls all missed Chelsea (California) and the only other damper on the evening was that Sarah lost her driver's license. It was a bit of a rush to get it replaced in time to use as ID for boarding her plane back to San Diego!

getting ready!

cute!

ready to go!

best friends - minus one

room for chelsea

brought chelsea along in a picture

gold shoes!

Indianapolis 500

Mark, Emily, me, Neil

I hadn't been to the race in a few years and when my friend Neil got free tickets, I thought it would be fun to give it another go. The seats were up high in the straightaway between turns 4 and 1 and even better, they were the last row so our backs were against a chain link fence where we could feel a little breeze! Good thing too, as this years race was the hottest on record, with the temperature reaching 96 degrees!

colleague of neils and her husband

flyover

two gentlemen shook the hand of each serviceman waiting to walk out

tv interview about how hot it was and how much water they were selling :)

common sight around the infield

actually found danny in this bleacher stand!

back to danny's new apartment in franklin for pizza after the race

cute!

Liberty Plaza

I attended the Fishers Memorial Day service this year at town hall. The Liberty Plaza project was again represented and this year given a boost by two young men's fund raising efforts within HSE schools. I purchased a brick in honor of John (did so for Elliott last year). They have broken ground on the monument and continue their fund-raising efforts in order to be able to complete it. Total cost is expected to be $350,000.

model of the project

project progress

saw my friend Karan at the service

sat behind a group of veterans - thank you for your service

2009 - taps in the rain

2009 official groundbreaking

2009 - adrianne and elliott

2009 - me and danny

There is an explanation and a video explaining the project here.