Friday, August 7, 2009

Indy

Okay, I HAD 2... a bar downtown Indy
Catching up, catching up, catching up.... I'm pretty sure that has become my life story!! I try my hardest to stay 2 steps ahead, but it seems to be the opposite 99% of the time! Haven't I said this all before??? I sound like a broken record..really!

In case you were wondering...yes, he is still fat!

So..... two weeks ago, our jet setting trip began! I flew with the kiddos to Orlando, dropped them off with Andrew's parents, flew to Indy to spend the weekend with Andrew, then pressed for a 4 day girls trip from there, then back to Orlando, picked up the kids and flew home! I must also mention that I had a triathlon the day after I got home; which I would never recommend doing after being on vay-cay for 2 weeks... What was I thinking??? I did end up doing better than I thought I would, so I guess I can't complain!



Downtown Indy

Now, we're gearing up to have Salem's 3 year birthday party on Sunday (tears!!), Andrew's parents flying here on Monday, then we fly out (again), to Manhattan for 5 days... ALONE!!!

Andrew is #2



My girlfriend, Alex

Indy..... Andrew went there to do the Nascar flyover at the Brickyard 400. I had never seen Nascar before, and I can't say I have any desire to see it again! Sitting in the bleachers as a "normal spectator" sucked, but once we were able to get into the Pagoda/press boxes with the boys, things took a huge turn..4 the best! It was an experience I will never forgot (mostly involving the clientele) and it was touching to see how grateful thousands of fans were to the guys military service. They had little kids, all the way up to the high-rollers in the press boxes, asking for autographs and taking pictures with them. I mean, WOW, it was a sight to see!!!


Kissing the bricks...the winners tradition! I HAD to do pushups on the them...would you expect anything less from me???...I think NOT!!
Jimmie Johnson's trophy


View from the Pagoda Winner!! I won't lie...he touched me.... and I won't complain!

We also had some tennis connections, that allowed us to hit up the World Tennis Championship, that was (oddly enough), being held that same weekend in Indy. We watched Samurai Sam defeat his Canadian opponent in the semi-final match. Below are pictures of his traveling entourage that sling-shot headbands, t-shirts, etc. into the crowd during breaks; it is classic!

And this is what Salem did the entire time I was gone.....


Rumor has it, that she only changed out of the princess dress to go get in her bikini for some pool time!

Now, I'm off to the doctor to get her ruptured eardrum looked at from all that swimming! My guess is that they'll ask me to keep the fishy out of water. Hhhhmmm.... the princesses pool party on Sunday should be interesting!

5 comments:

The Gilbert Crew said...

I recognize those Airplane seats!!!!! The pics are great, looks like a blast!! :)

Andrea and Ben said...

Ben is jealous.

Tracy said...

Im with the gilbert crew. Looks like you picked a great airline!

Tracy said...

really? that is all we get about your race?

d-people said...

Holy crap Noel, I can not believe how big your babies are. And you are blond again!! Luke is going to be in TX Sept 14 -Nov 14 and I will be coming down once probably to see him, will def let you know so we can see you :)