The One Where I Play The Trophy Wife of a Race Car Driver…

Yesterday I got the closest I’ll ever come to being a trophy race car driver’s wife. Last week, the boys volunteered at a lemonade stand for a fundraising golf tournament for USAC Racing, and they put the boys names in a raffle for various Indy 500 merchandise.  Brooks name was drawn from hundreds for the …

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A BLUE Christmas with the Colts

The boys had an opportunity to play on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium over the weekend during the “Bleed Blue” Blood Drive event. It’s a great deal all around – Brad gives life, gets a free football, and the boys call score touchdowns on the same field our beloved Colts play. If only I …

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KidVentures Featured on the Fox59 Morning Show

It’s not every morning that you begin your day on LIVE TV. Angela Ganote and the Fox59 Morning Crew reached out to feature KidVentures on air, and we were happy to bring the whole fam!  Live television usually comes with some anxieties for me. I work better with lots of tries, but I was pretty …

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Making a Commercial at Connor Prairie

You might remember our early spring trip to Conner Prairie…we had such a great day, and couldn’t wait to go back.  Little did we know that the next time we would find ourselves at our favorite interactive history park, we would be filming a TV commercial!  Who knew “working” could be so much FUN?!!! The …

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Because Sometimes We Need Some High Fives in Motherhood…

Yesterday was my 7th Mother’s Day, but I’m far away from figuring out this motherhood gig.  How did our moms make it look so easy?  It’s a game of trial and error, making something out of a mess, and asking for forgiveness in the process. It’s a dance of receiving grace and extending grace. (And …

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Little Boys on the Prairie

This week included a little break from school, but not from learning as we visited Conner Prairie, an interactive living history park, and learned about prairie life in 1836.  We just finished reading Little House in the Big Woods, so this was an excellent way to visualize the story better. We had such a great …

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When at The Statehouse Don’t Get Eaten By An Orchid and Other Tales from Ag Day…

I along with Cherie, Ann-Marie, Cris, Katy, Jacqueline, and Crystal had the opportunity to attend an Ag Day celebration at the Indiana Statehouse last week.  Not my typical Tuesday lunch hour of PBJs and boy jokes, but warm farm-fresh food prepared by some of the best local food truck chefs was a welcomed change of …

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Saying “Yes” to Snow Days

I always question myself in the twenty minute madness. Will this be worth it?  The coats, the hats, the boots, the snow pants, the mittens, the layers…it’s a task to bundle up four. Without fail, someone puts on boots before putting on snow pants.  And the next one has mittens on and can’t put on …

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