This weekend I was a wedding date for a wedding in Chicago. So I drove up Friday night to spend some time with Damla and J.B. It was raining on Friday and traffic was terrible!! It took me almost 5 hours to get there! I could have driven to Midland by that time!!
The ride was bearable though because I started a new book on tape. I'm listening to "The Summons" by John Grisham. It's really good and I was almost bummed when I pulled into my spot back in Indy this afternoon. But I'm in the car for a good 40 minutes a day commuting to work so I'm sure I'll finish it in a couple weeks.
Since I was the wedding date, I was a little concerned that I wasn't going to know anyone at the wedding. Well, that turned out to be a pretty valid concern since it ended up I only knew my date and one of the groomsman. Thankfully, being shy isn't really my way to play and I was able to meet some really nice people. Plus, after dinner I didn't have to worry about conversation anymore because you couldn't tear me off the dance floor. I might sound a little cocky when I say this but I'm a really fun wedding date. ;)
Other fun things that happened recently is that Kamm and I were invited to do some PUMPKIN CARVING!!! Little did we know that this was our calling in life. We made a great team and now have one sweet pumpkin displayed on our patio. It might actually be the only redeeming quality of our patio at the moment.
I've included some pics of the process below. Unfortunately I have no pictures from the wedding to post at the moment. But I know I'm in a few pics other people so we'll just wait and see what shows up on Facebook.
Starting out with cutting the top off. At this point we were a little concerned about our adventure.
I was in charge of scooping out the pumpkin seeds. 
Using Kamm's artistic abilities and having her sketch our design.
Let the carving begin!! I'm standing that far away in fear of stabbing myself. I didn't realize how awesome I was going to be at carving...and how dull the knife really is.
We took turns. We're good at sharing.
What we cut out...
The glorious finished product!!
The rest of the pumpkins made by the group. We only had one candle so we had to take turns putting it in the pumpkin.
This is Hank. He made sure we didn't leave any seeds on the ground.
This weekend I'm off to St. Louis!!! There are so many glorious things to do and see in STL and I've been looking forward to this trip for MONTHS! And maybe Gina will even stop and let me get a picture with the giant cross in Effingham.
Starting out with cutting the top off. At this point we were a little concerned about our adventure.
I was in charge of scooping out the pumpkin seeds. 
Using Kamm's artistic abilities and having her sketch our design.
Let the carving begin!! I'm standing that far away in fear of stabbing myself. I didn't realize how awesome I was going to be at carving...and how dull the knife really is.
We took turns. We're good at sharing.
What we cut out...
The glorious finished product!!
The rest of the pumpkins made by the group. We only had one candle so we had to take turns putting it in the pumpkin.
This is Hank. He made sure we didn't leave any seeds on the ground.
This weekend I'm off to St. Louis!!! There are so many glorious things to do and see in STL and I've been looking forward to this trip for MONTHS! And maybe Gina will even stop and let me get a picture with the giant cross in Effingham.
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