Hello Indy!

First off, it is HOT here!  Not that I am complaining because it is nice to have a summer and enjoy the pool!  We have been very fortunate to find ourselves in a great neighborhood with tons of kids and activities.  I already have a neighborhood girls night planned, a book club, teaching Mav's religous education class, shuffling the kids to soccer and dance and school to work around!  I am hoping to have everything pulled together by mid-week so we can enjoy the last week of summer!  Ava starts school August 15th, so we are running out of time.

Well, we have lived here almost two weeks and we already made it to Speedway, Indiana (racing capitol of the world!) for the Brickyard 400.  Matt and I have never been the biggest Nascar fans, but I have a whole new appreciation for the sport!  It is quite exciting to watch, and we were in a suite that was air conditioned and catered, so that made it pretty enjoyable!

Best part of the Brickyard 400 was The Band Perry, Justin Moore, Rascal Flatts and Reba!

Overall, it has been a pretty good few weeks here.  I still miss everyone so much it hurts, but we are finding plenty to do and enjoying our time together!

Saying Goodbye :(

Goodbyes are never easy, and this one was no exception.  After living our entire lives in Oregon it was really difficult to leave all of our wonderful family and friends!  I know how blessed we are to have such wonderful people in our lives, but I also know that no matter how far away we are, we are only a phone call, flight or facetime chat away! We look forward to our many visits to Oregon, and hopefully our many visitors that make it out to Indy!  Here are some pics of our last week in Oregon.  We got to go to a wonderful winery with our parents for a tasting and lunch, Duke FamilyVineyards is absolutely amazing!  We spent time with our dear friends, and godparents to Ava, the Fesslers!  The cousins got to enjoy a lot of play time together!  I love the pics....the love they have for each other is such a joy!