What a nice weekend we had.

Friday night.... I picked up the big kids and heading for home. I really wanted to get a bunch of things done and around so we didn't have to deal with them on Saturday morning when we wanted to leave early for Indy. The kids all chipped in and no back talk and POOF - we had all the things done I wanted to accomplish. Plus - Ashley's foster parents called me at work in the afternoon and wondered if we had the big kids and did we have plans that night. I only wanted to get the stuff done and I figured we could get that done - so No we really didn't have plans. But now we did - and they had their little grandson which is just a hair younger than Piper - so she met a new friend and we got to visit and eat pizza. It all was a nice evening. I was glad we were able to hook up with them because it seems like we are always going to get together and before we know it - summer is over and we haven't seen them!

Friday night too - Steve got home around 11:30 from getting his tattoo finished. I had just fallen asleep and he comes home. I was glad to see him (I was hearing noises downstairs!) But then of course - he is home and we lay in bed for a long time and talk about our day. Now, I am awake. He was pumped up and so was I. I don't think I was that excited about going to Indy but then again as a child I could never sleep the night before Christmas, Birthday or before we went somewhere. So, maybe that was my problem. Steve is really happy with the way his tattoo came out and so am I. It looks neat. I love the colors and the meaning behind the tattoo. It is different from what I expected in the beginning. But in the end I like it.

Saturday...I was up at 5 and getting cleaned up. After going to sleep around 2:30 - 5 o'clock comes pretty quick. Having all the stuff packed and in the truck ahead of time worked out perfect. We were in Huntington on schedule and left Huntington on schedule. Piper was really excited to see Grammy and Grandpa. And the rest of us were excited to go to the Indy 500!

The trip down was uneventful. The kids watched movies the whole way down and couldn't believe we were in Indy already. Ashley was looking forward (for some crazy reason) to go under the track in the tunnels in our vehicle. So, we pleased her pretty quickly. We parked in turn 3. So right after we got there up the hill we went to watch some of the cars practicing. It was great to hear the cars roaring by. Riley had no idea they were going to be going that fast and be that loud. We watched for awhile and headed up toward pit row and all the goodies up that way. We took a picinic lunch. I really enjoyed that- it's been along time since I have done something like that. After lunch back up the hill to watch qualifying. I slept thru some of this. My nice husband made sure to take a picture of my little act! I was beat. We sat there for awhile and headed back up because OK Go and Sum 41 were playing on the stage that day. We watched some of OK Go and then went to watch practice rounds because the kids - all they wanted was to see Danika Patrick and she was out then. Watched that for a bit......saw some other crazies during this time..... a guy just down from us was rubbing his "part" while sittin' there watching the cars..... so just imagine the whole Weber family all dying laughing and of course we were all watching him too!!! Heading home and ate some dinner and back in Huntington for the baby by 8 o'clockish. LONG DAY! But well worth it! I didn't feel rushed - so we just kicked back and did whatever we wanted all day long.

Sunday......tried to sleeping in. Piper was up at 6:30 - which I was surprised - she went to bed later. But by 10 I had her down for a nap and she slept 3 hours! I did laundry all day. We had to go to Menard's and order our fence. We are putting up all new privacy fence - June 7th if anybody wants to come help! Steaks & beer for supper is the payment! Then we heard from Denver Mattress - they owed us a new mattress - so we went out there to pick it out and it's being delivered on Friday!

Another busy weekend down the drain. It's Monday and I am already wishing it was Friday!