Catch-up Post?

I was about to start this post saying I would try to do a few over the next couple of days so we can catch-up on things. Now that I think about it, I might as well do an all-out catch-up post. We will see how much I ramble before committing to the full catch-up.

So - we were two weeks behind when we posted a week ago. That puts us on Ethan's first trip to B-town.



We loaded up the family truckster on Thursday night and headed down to Bloomington with a stop-over at grandma and grandpa's in Lafayette. We got down to B-town on Friday around 1pm and headed to Laughing Planet for a burrito. Does anyone have a recipe for blackbean hummus? They have a good one at the Planet and we have some blackbeans from the farm - makes sense to grab a recipe. We did some shopping and showed E-man some of the campus.

We were joined at the Courtyard by Ali's parents and sister around 6:45 that night. The reason for the trip was to celebrate the graduation of Ali's cousin Katie from IU. Katie is doing something that I didn't know could happen and I think its really cool - she is completing her student teaching in Ireland. Not too shabby. So, we went over to the McArdle's and their party for the rest of the evening. As no trip to B-town is complete without it, we hit up Pizza Express for two bags of breadsticks on our way back to the hotel.

We awoke Sunday morning and it was snowing heavily. We took E-man out for some pictures at the Sample Gates - his first taste of snow if I am not mistaken. Lunch at the Village Deli and then we headed north to Zionsville.

We went to Z-ville to get our pictures taken with our friend/photog Nathan (see link to the left). We met in downtown Z-ville and it was decked out for the holidays - so cute. At least that is what Ali would say. After some pics downtown, we headed back to Shannon and Mike's for some more torture, er, I mean, pictures.

We spent the night at the Barron's and when we woke up the car didn't start - didn't even budget. We even had my Uncle Mike over to figure out what Mike Barron and I were doing wrong. It ruined a brunch with the Connolly's and we ended up leaving the car there for the better part of the week. Luckily, my mom and dad were able to come down from Lafayette to pick us up and we drove my mom's car home.

And that's the Bloomington trip. And I have realized that if anyone is still reading this, they probably need a break and I will not do a full catch-up post. Maybe the Green Lake holiday party later today, maybe tomorrow.

In the meantime, here are the pictures from Bloomington-Zville.