Fun in Indy!!!

So, David and I headed out for a quick trip to Indy to visit the Caruana's on the 30th. It was such a great way to kick of the awesome time of year that is Birthday Month! (If you don't celebrate a birthday month... you should! It is great. No reason to celebrate only one day a year... when a month is so much more fun!)

Any way, it started out in the early AM... when we got there, the screen was showing a 15 minute delay. To this we thought, No Biggie. Our layover is a little over an hour in Chicago, so we should be fine. :)

Then the voice comes over the loud speaker telling us, we will be boarding the plane in 10 minutes, but due to bad weather in Chicago, we could be sitting on the tarmac for about 1 hour and 20 minutes before we are cleared to take off. So now, we are sitting on a plane that might not take off for another hour and we are thinking we have slim chances of making our connection unless that flight is delayed as well. Which is actually not that uncommon in Chicago airports :P
So we text Josh, Lolly and Sarah (oh yea, the Fitz Family was already in Indy with the C-Fam) what our issues are, and they start praying that we get there quickly.

We ended up pnly being on the plane about 30 minutes and we were cleared to take off. We landed in Chicago about 50 minutes late and got off the plane only to see that our gate had changed, so we ran to find the new gate and luckily it was delayed 50 minutes as well... ended up being delayed about 1 and 1/2 hours, but we finally landed in Indy with Josh waiting curb side to pick us up.

It was so great to see him. It is weird, that even though we have not seen him since Xmas, it feels like it was just yesterday.

We made it to the house and we were greeted with lots of hugs and love! Lol had made her yummo stir fry and the 3 boys headed out for a much anticipated sushi dinner.

The kids are getting so big! All of them have such distinct personalities!
Hannah, with newly missing teeth, is amazing. She has such a caring spirit and she is so brave.
Jon, I cannot get enough of what comes out of this kids mouth! Every thing he says seems so thought out and so genuine. What a helper too! He kept picking things up that David was leaving around and saying "here you go uncle David, I don't want you to forget this," or "I don't want this to get lost." Too stinkin cute. He gave us a bunch of laughs.
And Caleb... he is So Big. There are no more babies in the Caruana House. :(
I Love that Caleb is a food lover. He wants healthy things too... this kid goes crazy for hummus and Veggie Straws. Pictures to follow :)

On Friday we went to this fun park... even though the clouds were looming... we wore hooded jackets incase there was a down pour. It was lots of fun. (see pictures)
Mark ended up pulling a dead snake from the river for the kiddos to check out. And as we walked through the trails in the woods, it started to pour! It was super fun, we all ran back to the car and we were soaking wet. And because Josh and Lolly are so amazing, they did not even bat an eye when 12 rain soaked people cramed into both their cars.

That night there was a date night planned, a babysitter showed up and it was 6 adults out to dinner with no babies, no toddlers and no kiddos... this is pretty common for David and me, not so common for The Fitz and C-Fam... which is what made the night so fun.
FitzCarSon night was here!

We went to dinner in Down Town Noblesville (which Lolly and I returned to the next day and hit up a cute, but huge, anitique store(found something so cool for Mariah for her bday) before everything closed... yup, there's a shock when you are not in So Cal anymore... places close freakishly early). The resteraunt was called Matao's and it was AMAZING! Great food and Great service! And Dairy Free, fresh baked bread!

Then back to the house for a FitzCarSon Settler's game. Josh brought the victory home! But that is where his winning streak ended! Lolly and I whooped on the boys in card games the next 2 nights. They never stood a chance... cards are in my blood ;)
The Fitz Fam, left the next morning and then there were 8 :)

Fun times were had... Hannah and Jonny were across the street playing with friends and so we had the little man out on the deck enjoying the day... which brought on a nail-biting game of Bocci Ball... not with me so much (I only had one point when all was over... I am sticking to cards) but Josh, Lol and David were all soooo close the whole way through.

We woke up for the early service at their church. It was awesome... the Pastor is amazing and being able to capture me for that long when it was 6am Cali time... let's just say... The Holy Spirit is speaking through this man. Awesome!

Come Sunday afternoon we were thinking of what to do and David had an idea about this trip before we left, that he wanted to do something with the kids that they had not done before... So they had their 1st ever Reggatta Race of Carmel Indiana. To read about this and see the fun pictures please check out David's Blog http://thelongwinded.blogspot.com/

At 4PM that night they had their life group over and David and I got to sit in. It was a great time for me. The Lord was speaking through Josh and Lolly and I was hearing His word for me. And the couples in their group are so great. As much as we miss them out here, the Lord has put them in such an amazing place with so many awesome people.

After that the babysitter Ella (Ella... under my umbrella...ella... ella... ella... eh...eh...eh...) Sorry I could not help myself Sarah :) stayed around and we got to go to the movies... Worverine!!! Loved It! Then to an amazing dinner, where they presented me with the best Bday card for me of all time. Poking fun at my "correcting grammar" habit and some spicey language. It was classic!

Then came Monday! Boo Hoo... time to go home. We met Josh for lunch and then it was off to the airport. When we were walking towards the doors we hear Hannah and Jonny yelling, "We love you in Abundance!" It was the perfect ending to such an amazing weekend! It was sad to leave... I am so happy to be home, but so bummed to be away from them :(

We are just happy that they are set to come to Cali in June! Something great to look forward to!
Sorry for such a long post... but it was a fun time I wanted to get down in text. :)

Here are a bunch of pictures... you know I cannot help myself!

There you have it... be sure to check out David's blog to see some other fun times :) He has not blogged it yet... but soon :)