Birthday Party Bus

Andrew asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday.  I decided that I wanted to hang out with my friends.  Since all our friends have little kids and it's always hard for them to get away, it wasn't going to be easy to get them to just come over to our house.  So we decided to rent a party bus!
We had just rented a party bus a couple weeks before this for the Incubus concert.  That was a 10 person bus.  I requested the 23 person bus size for this party.  However, what showed up at our house was a 40-50 person semi of some sort.  It was massive!!

 But you would not believe how that really puts you in the mood to party!

 Here's a group shot! I'd say we had plenty of room!

This bus had 2 tables like an RV!! So fun! 

 Our first stop was DT Kirby's but we were having so much fun on the bus, we stayed on for awhile to party.  When we made our way over to the bar, our bus driver was able to take a couple pictures. Look at the size of that party bus!!

He stood on the bottom of a cement sign for this picture.  It seemed super dangerous but he got a great shot at least!

The next stop was Nine Irish Brothers.  We ate some food at this stop which was a great idea.  This was the only picture I got of Nine Irish.  One of my besties from high school! 

After Nine Irish, we headed to Harry's.  But not before discovering there was a laser light show on the bus!! WHOO HOO!! 

 At Harry's, we paid the one dude that was sitting in the fish bowl

At Harry's, the first stop was popcorn!!

 Then Andrew and his friends paid the one lonely guy who was sitting the fish bowl and we took it over!

Boy did we take it over! It's like we crave attention or something.

 Nah.
 The party bus party was a HUGE success.  Thank you for everyone that came and celebrated with us.  What a GREAT time!

Going Out on the Town

 After our nice little Saturday with the kids, we invited our niece over to babysit and we went out on the town with friends to see a show.

We started at Harry's because... Harry's.  Andrew tried to take our selfie.

 Needless to say, it did not go well.

 So then I tried.  Better!

 But then some Phi Mu's offered to take our picture for us.  They were graduates coming back to visit their first year out of school.  That was an interesting conversation!  Boy, that time of our lives was a LONG time ago.

 Well not long enough that we have forgotten... :)
So we made our way from Harry's to Elliott.

 The show was super fun!

It was a stage of many colors.

 The front man for the band was definitely a showman! He was all over that stage.  He had moves like jagger, if you will.

 He wore a red sport coat and gold shiny boots.  I loved him.

At the end, he got dragged across the stage by his feet.  He also sang Last Dance with Mary Jane and dedicated it to us (Indiana town people) which made me really happy.  I love when there's even a little bit a personalization.

A great time was had by all! Nice to get out and do some adult stuff once in awhile. :-)

10 Year Purdue Reunion

We will just say that we have some friends with connections at Purdue.  So they put together a fantastic Purdue reunion weekend with lots of fun activities.  

 A lot of the boys (and one girl) went golfing while the ladies (and a few guys) went to a winery.

We got a group picture at the winery.  Can you spot Ashley and Morgan?? ;-) We were building arm muscles during the picture.  You know us moms... always multi-tasking!

We ate dinner the president's mansion and enjoyed a keg, good conversation and even some Heads Up!

 Then it was time for Harry's! The cabs arrived to take us and the 3 of us ladies rode in the back.  Because nothing is more fun than scrunching into a tiny space after many drinks!!

 We are loving it!!

 Girls in one cab, boys in the other and we raced off to Harry's! Why is it that no matter what, we always end up separated, boys and girls, middle school dance style.  We are weirdos... or really smart.  :-)

We arrived at Harry's!!

A couple of my sorority sisters were there.  I have the same dress as the girl on the left (yay Target!) and as you can see, white pants and pastel tops are common too. We never stop thinking and dressing alike I guess. :-)

I told the boys to get together for a group pic and this lovely lady whom no one knew decided to jump in.  Photobomb-diggity. 

 Then as the night got later, we started going turbo.  We can go turbo without drinks from Stacks these days.

 Smiling big for our walk over to Where Else.

 We weren't staying at the mansion so I had to bring my pump with me to the bar.  Andrew was kind enough to carry it for me.  Whatta man, whatta man, whatta mighty good man!

 Jill and Casey did what they do best... DANCE!

 Andrew and his friends did what they do best...  Really weird stuff.

 But then Andrew can flip a switch and take a decent picture that late into the night.  Surprised me! :)

This is the only pic we got together all weekend and it's really pretty good! Yay! Wayyyy better than the dribbly NIN pic. (See next post)

 Then things started to go south...

and souther...

and southiest.  :)  At around 2 am, we got some Taco Bell and headed home.  A GREAT GREAT Night for everyone involved.

The next morning, a group of people played basketball at Mackey.  They not only ran in while the Purdue fight song was playing, but they also got a "number 1" picture, just like they won a 7th grade basketball tournament.

We had soooo much fun over this weekend.  It was like we were in college again except we could afford drinks and we talked about our kids all night.  Ha! Thanks to #gradleup for putting this all together for us.  We had an incredible time.  Can't wait until next year!