Our weekend!

This past weekend Rick and I drove to Muncie to visit with many of our friends. We left early from work on Friday. Since I-355 is now open we took that south all the way to I-80. This allowed us to miss a lot of traffic. The ride down was very uneventful. We saw an accident involving a deer on I-65 south. We arrived in Muncie around 9pm. The first picture we took was of LaBamba's. Their slogan is "Burritos as big as your head". Rick enjoys this slogan and tries to modify for jokes on a regular basis. He also knows my mom likes this. This picture is actually on our way out of town since it was light then--the pictures in the dark did not come out as well.


When we got to Muncie we went to dinner right away with Matt and Johnny. Their company is always enjoyed and we laughed a lot. After dinner we went to Matt's apartment (where we were staying for the weekend). Johnny layed on the floor and almost fell immediately asleep. He did readjust a few times as you can see in the next pictures. He is also laying on our air mattress--he didn't stay there too long since he needed to get plenty of rest before his "fighting" lessons on Saturday.



On Saturday morning Rick and I went to breakfast with Jeannine and had lunch with Ro. This part of the day went by very quickly since it seemed like all we were doing was eating.

This weekend was filled with most of the RA staffs having their Retreats. This meant that some of my friends were stopping in and out as their time was free. Hilary came to visit in the afternoon and even though her visit was short we had a nice visit. Rick played the fatherly role and asked her 20 questions.

The mission for the afternoon was to find "old school" Nintendo controllers. Rick loves playing RBI Baseball (so do Clint and Matt). Rick brought the Nintendo, but forgot the controllers. After asking many people and many students we figured out best bet was to have a hall director key into Keeley's room and get the controllers from her (Keeley was out of town, but we knew she had some). After a lot of phone calls, Keeley called her hall director and gave her permission to enter her room. We then picked up the controllers from Christina. Problem Solved.

It took a long time, but we finally decided to go out to dinner at Johnny Carino's. Before we left Rick took a pole to find out whose birthday was next--the winner was Clint. So, we let the waitress know it was his birthday. The whole room sang to him and he got ice cream! Our dinner party included Johnny, Marianne, Matt, Clint, Mindie, Rick, and me. The food was delicious!

Happy Birthday Clint!

Rick photographing Johnny and Marianne!

Again!

Rick, Matt, and Clint--the RBI Baseball TRIO!!

After dinner we played a fierce game of Monopoly. Before we started Bridgette and Elliott came by to say hi! Finally, the game began. I am a fan of monopoly up until all of the property is bought, but I don't have any interest in houses or hotels. I tried to give away my money and property but that didn't work. Clint was finally the winner even though Johnny tried his best to buy out everyone else.

Johnny is a strong man---he can hold his girlfriend and my husband!

I don't exactly remember what was so funny but Matt started laughing and couldn't stop. I am not sure if he was in more pain or if it was more painful to watch him laugh :-/



Sunday morning Matt, Rick, and I chatted with Kayte on Skype. We filled her in on the details of the weekend and chatted. It was like she was there with us. Rick and I left around 10am. We drove to the north side of Indianapolis and met Adam for brunch. We ate at Cafe Patachou. The food was excellent-the company was better.

Adam and me outside of the cafe. He gave me a little help on the height factor by letting me stand on the sidewalk!

We cut our visit with Adam short so that we could get back for Oak Lawn Park Department showing of the Christmas Carol! Our cousins, Jenna and Megan, were in the show! We were so glad to be there and they did a great job! After the show we had dinner with all of their family and friends! It was a great end to a great weekend!

Jenna and Megan after the show!