Dave and Ginger

Dave finally found his soul mate in Ginger Pratt from a little town in Tennessee just under a year ago and made it official on the 28th of September.  We had a nice weekend with the entire family.  We actually rented an airbnb that would house us, Tyler's family, Trenton and Susie and Gabi just 20 minutes from the venue (Cumberland Mountain State Park).  We rented a 15 passenger van, loaded up on Thursday morning 4 am and headed south.  Took Tyler and his family, Trenton and Susie, Gabi and also had room for Bren and Colby along the way.  Aunt Annie and Uncle Jay followed us with Pam and Leigh.  It was a very pretty and intimate wedding...just perfect for Dave and his bride.  So very very happy to see Dave happy.  Sooo...forewarned...lots of pics ahead as we all got cleaned up and looked pretty snazzy if I say so myself. And the last video is Ben's Best Man Speech...so very heartfelt.  Welcome to the family Ginger!

Notre Dame Home Opener

66-14 was the final score at the home opener Notre Dame vs. New Mexico.  Got to go to the game with my honey today...beautiful day...not a cloud in the sky and upper 70s...almost too warm at times, but wow, great game!

 Got to see a flyover too!

Game Day Chase

First time doing this race and it was a fun one!  A 5K to benefit cancer research and before a Notre Dame Game - this year's home opener against New Mexico.  Weather was great...in the upper 50s to start and lower 60s to end.  And how fitting that Ben and I get to go into the game as well!  Felt good doing this race...hopefully done with injuries...no PR this round, but placed fourth in my age group in at 27:17
And got to do it with my favorites by my side like always!

46 Is Just a Number

Yep...turned 46 yesterday.  And spent the day with my favorite people...my family.  Started the day off with Starbucks and a great message at church.  Decided to take all the kids (and families) to lunch at Logan's and met my parents at Trenton's house for cupcakes afterward.  I wouldn't have wanted to spend my day with anyone else.  A good day, indeed.

Blueberry Festival

We opted to take Lennox to the Blueberry Festival on Saturday this year since the weather was pretty much supposed to be perfect...high in the 70's and cloudy.  We picked her up for breakfast at OC Cafe and headed to the festival right when it opened.  We were able to hit the pony rides first without a crowd, do some shopping, Gabi took her on some rides (she loved the carousel) and of course had to get her a "baby shark."  We even stopped at the Safari Show on the way out.  Ate lunch at Chick Fil A on the South Side on the way home and Lennox was down for the count on the way home.  A great time with out sweet little Lennox.  A good start to the weekend.