Jorth of Fuly!

One of the sad realities of being a grown up is that holidays aren't always holidays... you have to work. So Nate was compelled to work the fourth and I opted to do the same to avoid being alone. However, we happily reunited that evening at the Indianapolis Indians game!

Now I posted this picture because for some reason Nate loves to make this face when I want to take pictures. Not funny any more now is it Nate!

They had the most pathetic firework show.... but the cities fireworks were awesome! But we had parked in a 8 story parking garage so Nate wanted to avoid traffic so we left half way through.... Something my dad would do but at least my Dad would do sound effects to make up for missing the finale. (ohhh ahhhh)

King's Island

To break up the monotony of the summer Nate and I ventured down to Cincinnati to visit King's Island! It was quite a treat, 14 roller coaster all bigger and better than Lagoon's meager selection. My favorite was "The Beast" it just so happens that it is the LONGEST wooden roller coaster in the world. I don't know why, but there is just something about wooden roller coasters that is very scary.

So here is Nate before getting in line to ride historic "Beast"

And this is a stock photo of "The Beast"
Now for me, the games at amusement parks are the biggest wast of money. However, it is a total different story for Nate. It should be common knowledge that he is a master at the game formally known as "Wacky Wire". He takes much pride in this, matter of fact the first trip to Lagoon together he dazzled me with these skills and won me one of the largest stuffed animals in the park... and then later that evening instructed me to sit at the other side of the park and wait while he proceeded to the wacky wire booth and won the game incognito again (one is only allowed a prize if won once a year). In any event, King's Island's "Wacky Wire" was a little extra wacky and after $25 the master decided the life size spider man was not worth it and tried a different game. The different game was actually cool, it was a 3-point shot game on a half court with a score board and all. So Nate manned up, pulled out some gorilla shots and won a NC outdoor basketball. Pretty cool......

Really this was the only disappointment at King's Island... probably the coolest coaster was down. "Son of Beast" is the TALLEST wooden roller coaster in the world(218 ft). It was down from an injury the week before but you wouldn't believe the look of the thing... WOW

Chiggers

One very lovely thing about the Midwest is the introduction in our life of new bugs. Our favorite probably being the Chigger. The story of of pleasant meeting is most intriguing.

It began one day not so long ago when Nate wasn't feeling well while knocking doors. He sat down in the grass to rest for a moment, and that is where they met. Nate had 40+ bites all over his body. It seems these little fiends crawled under his garments and made a new home. Consequently we obtained a new routine in life which had Nate coming home from work, stripping and me dosing his body with chigger-rid

When Brad Comes to Visit....

You explore more sites than you've seen living here for a month... You eat good food... You indulge in some type of sci-fi/fantasy... You hear about some mad B-ball...

I love my brother. I was thrilled he was in Indy on business, It was so nice to see family! Of course with Brad their are always a few un expected glitches but I found his company most enjoyable! One night we walked around down town Indy, this is the War Veterans memorial then the canal that is a very popular stroll for Indy Natives. ha it still baffles me that Brad will do more in his three days here than I can get Nate to do in our 1 month plus living here

My New Sweats!

What a wonderful surprise waking up to the UPS guy pounding on your door! The day was charmed... my lovely mother sent me some sweats which I adore(I've pretty much been wearing them ever since)! and.. later that day the Harry Potter box set I ordered arrived so what can be better? Comfy cute sweats and some good books? I guess being in Utah is all that can top it off

In Indianapolis this thing called "Eyes By India" is big. Basically it in India the way in which they remove hair is by a process called threading. All it is is cotton thread that they twist and hold one end in their mouth and the other in their hand and they proceed to wrap your hair around the string then it pulls it out. I had seen the store/kiosk is two different malls and was finally brave enough do it. Supposedly it last two weeks longer than waxing, is better for your skin, and was only 7 bucks for both eyes! Hurt like crazy... and was definitely not as fast as waxing.. it's amazing though, they get all the little blond hairs.
I know... beautiful eyes without make up

I have the sexiest husband

INDY 500

So when Nate's office decided to go to Indianapolis I had no idea what was in Indianapolis... when I asked around the Indy 500 is all people could come up with. Of course we couldn't miss out on something like this! So Sunday we went... it was fun, 300,000 white trash people.. including us we were the only ones there with a 3 month old baby. It started raining after 30 min of us being there and they don't race on a wet track so we left.