Our fan-tabulous friends, Andy and Andrea, love MAGGIANO's too!

They stole all of the leftovers and thought we wouldn't notice. Sneaky!

Lucas Oil Stadium

The boys and I spent part of Saturday at the Colt's new stadium. There was a High School Invitational this weekend, and we got to watch a couple of the games. What a thrill it must have been for those kids that got to play on the new field! I know it was fun for us just to be there. The kids thought it was cool to get to sit in the front row anywhere in the building we wanted - and so we tried out all of the seats. Well, almost. We walked all over the place and explored. R is still complaining today about his feet hurting.

Lucas oil stadium is awesome!

Tummy yum-yums

Yum! Here's a pic of a small part of our dinner at Maggiano's tonight. I know you're jealous! Beef medallions w/mashed potatoes and deep fried onions. We also had Chicken Marsala, Mushroom and Veal Ravioli, salads, stuffed mushrooms, fried zucchini, and more. If you haven't been there, you've got to try the family style dinners - with family or friends. If you need some more friends to go with you, call me!

We have crazy, great friends!

This is Bryan with his beautiful wife, Chanel. They live right around the corner, and have been so good to us that they actually come over and play euchre with us every once in a while! (They also introduced us to the game "Cornhole" - which our friends Dan and Mare didn't believe was a real game, but I promise it is! )

Anyhoo - A big thank you goes out to Chanel and Mark - they are horrified when Bryan and I start on a roll - we love to joke around, we both know WAY too many lyrics from obscure 80's songs, and we both get WAY too much joy out of singing the lyrics out loud. Thank you to our spouses for putting up with us! We're "Too legit, too legit to quit!"

Here are our dear friends, Paul and Nellie, with their youngest daughter, S. She's our sweet little God Daughter, and she is Sooooo cute. (See rest of blog for more recent pic.) This pic is from her baptism, which was a little while ago, but it's a good pic of P and N, so here it is. They have 4 girls, and they are all as beautiful as their mother. BTW - when we hang out in Vegas with them, we leave the kiddos at home with their grandparents. (A big TY to them, too!)

The sport of champions...or ladies and gentlemen...whatever.

Golf. Wow! After years and years, (boy, am I SO old!) golf is still my favorite sport. Of course, football has become a close second, but golf remains at the top of the list.

Here's an example of how beautiful Indiana can be in the fall. Mark and our friend, Bryan, and I went out last fall to enjoy the scenery and try to survive "The Fort" - a fantastic course on the NE side of Indy. It reminds me a lot of the course I grew up playing - challenging and incredibly gorgeous.
Have you ever noticed how hard it is to look good with a hat on? Oh my - at least, how hard it is to look good after you take the hat off? Really...the hat totally messes up your hair - and gives you a crazy ring around your head - and there's nothing you can do about it until you take a shower and start from scratch. *sigh*

It's so sad. So sad. I love the beautiful fall colors in the background of this pic - while standing on the tee of some crazy hole after Mark got stuck in a sand trap and could barely get out. We were laughing so hard at how badly he was stuck in the side of the trap - part of his ball was in the sand, and part was embedded in the long grass on the edge of the trap. He had to pop the ball up immediately to give it any chance of getting on the short grass - and it took a few tries - maybe 4 or 5, I was laughing too hard to remember. *giggle* I can hardly wait until the next "Fall Courtney Classic"!

Mork and Mindy

Am I the only one in the world that was excited to see a Mork and Mindy mini-marathon on WGN the other night? If the Cubbies have the night off, then what better alternative to watching them win could there be? I know! Mork and Mindy rocks!

Well, I admitted to my friends at work this morning that I watched it last night. When they asked me what time it was on, I told them I didn't know b/c I had it on my DVR. That's when the real teasing began.

Am I a dork just because I felt "Mork and Mindy" to be DVR - worthy?

Max the Wonder Dog

This is Max - he's my sweet, fluffy little

dog. So cute! My fluffy little dog! (Imagine me saying that while rough-housing with him after I've been at work all day.)

If you've ever been to my house, you've had him in your lap. He refuses to be ignored and refuses to play with any ball except the one he put under the couch and can't get out by himself. He's a cute, fluffy, crazy little dog, but I do love him.

When J was a little over a year, my best friend and I went to the mall and went into the puppy store. In principal I think the mall is not the place to get a dog, but that's where Max was - and when I held him, he fell asleep curled up in my arms.

I'm a sucker for cuddles, so my friend got him for me as a birthday present! Every time he poops or vomits on the floor, as every good dog has to do occasionally, my wonderful husband reminds me: "Three times you asked, and three times I said no. Look what YOUR dog just did." Max is a Bishon Frise, and that breed is supposed to live about 15 years. Max is 6, so in Mark's mind we only have to endure about 9 more years of dog ownership. Secretly, Mark loves him, he just won't admit it out loud. To anyone. Or even to himself.