I almost forgot I had a blog!!! Stupid Facebook addiction....

Anyway, been up to the same ol stuff, going to as many concerts and taking as many vacations as possible. It has been a great year. I just can't believe we're half way through it already.

Ryan has been working a lot, and I mean A LOT of over time this summer, so that has put a damper on some of our fun....or maybe I should say some of HIS fun. I've been to a few concerts and festivals without him, and it is never nearly as much fun when he's not along for the ride.

Although it was only a one day trip, I think my little mini vaca with my mom was one of the best trips I've taken this year. Mostly because it was so much fun for her. We went to Vevay, IN to stay at the Ogle Haus Inn for a night. It's a Best Western with a little German style to it and it's on the Ohio River. We got a room with a river view and just relaxed, swam, and pigged out for a day.

This was our first official picture from the trip...and our first official pee stop :-)

Mom wanted to cross the river so we could say we went to Kentucky, so I drove us over to Madison IN where I knew of a bridge we could cross. From there, we drove over to Louisville and then home from there. This was the first time my mom and I have taken a trip together in almost 30 years. I wonder now why it has taken me so long to take her anywhere. She was thrilled the entire time. It made me feel really good to get her out of town for a day. Not to mention, we had three hours of great conversation while we were on the road.... something that's not always easy with my mom.I'm ready to do it all over again!!!

Quick Trip Down South

After holding tightly to my Queen of Procrastination title, I used it to it's fullest it with the concert Ryan and I had planned on going to this past weekend. We were planning on seeing 311 in Fort Wayne, but by the time I got around to ordering tickets, they were sold out.......bummer.

I was bound and determined to do something this weekend, dang it!!! Ekoostik Hookah was playing in Colorado, so that wasn't happening. Although, I did look up some last minute flights to Denver...just incase:-)

We decided at the last minute to head down to Southern Indiana and go to a little town east of Madison called Vevay (pronounced vee vee.) There's a casino called Belterra only seven miles away, so we spent some time down there. But, most of the time, we just hung out in our awesome riverview suite that I found. We stayed in a German Hotel called The Ogle Haus Inn. It was sweet!!!

We also found a small winery on the river called the Ridge Winery. That was only a couple miles from the hotel as well. We stopped there and did some sampling and found a couple different wines that we liked. Then, after the guy that gave us our samples finished the list, and had us a little saucy, he pulled out a big mason jar...filled to the top with crystal clear moonshine.

OMG!!! Have any of you ever had moonshine? I have had something that someone called moonshine before, but it sure didn't taste like this stuff. This stuff was the real thing...no doubt about it!!! My throat felt like there was a hole melting through the outside of my neck after a couple shots. That's all I took. I don't normally take shots anyway, so hammering down 15 samples of wine and two shots of moonshine jostled my head into party mode!!! It was a lot of fun. The guy at the winery was excited that we wanted to try some. He said we were "his first takers," so he was happy. He even took a shot with us.This is in the living room of the suite. I thought it was kinda funny that they didn't have a fireplace anymore. In fact, I need to write that in my review, because it was advertised that we would have a fireplace. Don't get me wrong, the flatscreen above the mantle kept our attention just fine.Here's another view of the living room. Even though we had a huge lush bed, we pulled the hide a bed out of the couch for awhile so we could lay down and watch the big screen. Plus, we found some change in the couch, so that was an extra bonus!!!!This was the view looking straight out from our balcony. Too bad it wasn't a little warmer to enjoy the pool.This is at the top of the stairs by our room. The curved part on the left is the back side of the bar.My sweet baby and I getting ready to go out to Mo's Steakhouse for dinner. It was delicious!!!OK, so Ryan's a little younger than me, but I didn't think I'd ever see him so happy about jumping on a bed. But, you know what, it was a lot of fun after I quit laughing at him and actually joined him. That was the biggest, softest bed I have EVER slept in.....or jumped on for that matter :-)

Our hotel offered a free shuttle to and from the Belterra Casino, so we took advantage of that and went down there for a few hours. The casino was beautiful. It just seemed really out of place because it is this enourmous building with a casino, resort, spa, a couple parking garages, neon lights....everything.......and, it's in the middle of nowhere.

Leaving the casino, we decided to stop in the lobby for a couple of pictures. We left with no more money than we started with, but we also left smiling. That's the most important thing!!!

Madison, IN is the closest town, and even it's not very big. I really like Madison. I discovered it about ten years ago when my mom was in the state hospital down there for a few months. It has so many old beautiful buildings, lots of antique shops, and a few really good places to get some home cookin'!!!
This is along a walkway in Madison right on the river.This boat actually has a small restaurant inside, but is temporarily closed due to the flooding. The water was nice and brown from all the floods too.I love this picture of Ryan. He looks so handsome :-) The weather was gorgeous that day. It was actually about fifteen degrees warmer down there than it was when we got home.

And, finally, we headed home. Since we were right on the Ohio River, I wanted to cross over into Kentucky just so we could say we left the state. So, we crossed over in Madison and did a little country driving in Kentucky. We decided it would be easiest to drive to Louisville and just come home from there.

It was a great little getaway, and not as fast paced as some of the other trips we take, so even though we were only gone for one night, it was very relaxing. I love spending time on the road, and I love spending time with my baby.........so what more could I have asked for? :-)