Onward Mighty Cardinals.....

Yes folks, Ball State Football is upon us. We started the season on Tuesday with the Grand Opening of our stadium. They did major renovations this past year. It just looks amazing. I'm pretty sure Papa Tom is looking in to the Presidential Suite for our tickets next year, Ha!! It sure was nice though. We enjoyed food and the ribbon cutting ceremony. Here is Dad and Chris on the field with the new press box in the background.Then we headed back on Thursday for the home season opener. It was a beautfiul night and as you can see, we had the cutest cheerleader stop by our tailgate. Thanks to our friend Natalie for loaning us this outfit. It is adorable and we just love our little Cardinal. She did great. Such a little social butterfly. Unfortunately our Cardinals lost by one point, but we had a great time.

Happy Birthday Chris

Today is Chris's 32nd Birthday! We had a great day. Spent the morning at home relaxing as a family. Chris got lots of nice cards and gifts from friends and family. He headed out with the guys this evening for a fantasy football event. I think he had a great day and got to spend it exactly how he wanted!!!!

Here is Chris' favorite gift for his 32nd............

and on a side note........here is a darling little photo of our girl before a bath...do you think she needed one????????????

A VERY busy day

Yesterday we started our day with a visit to the State Fair. Meme and Papa Wagoner and Gr. Fifi and Gr. Bobby joined us. We had a great time. We got to see lots of animals and eat good fair food. Ali was a trooper the entire time. She even got to pet a baby chicken. FYI, this year's fair food is the cajun corn fritter and they are VERY good!!!! Here we are being the Pinch family. After the fair, it was home and to the pool once the intense daytime heat settled down. Ali just loves the water and loves being at the pool. We are thinking about finding some kind of water class this winter for babies and parents. We think she'd love it. Here's a goofy dad and an adorable little girl.
Will you catch me dada?????
After a day at the fair and at the pool we were definitely in need of a bath. Here we are about to go in the tub. Chris couldn't resist the picture of this adorable little booty!!! It's suds time!!!!!!!

The Children's Museum

We headed to the Children's Museum today with Gr. Meme Wagoner and cousins Danielle and Gabrielle. We had such a good time. Everybody behaved themselves soooo well. Danielle had already been once this summer, but still enjoyed it a lot. Gabrielle was excited over every part. Ali was quite the little trooper and just went along with everybody.
Here is Gabi beeing the dinosaur (a very sweet one at that).
Here we are in the Preschool zone....lots of fun for Ali and Gabi especially. Danielle used all her muscles and wheeled Ali both up and back down this track.Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, this duck is fun!!!
And we know how much Ali loves water!!
What a great way to spend an extremely hot August day.

Pool fun

Well we finally made it to the pool AND had a happy water-loving girl on our hands. She had a brief stent of not enjoying water very much but thank heavens, that has passed. She really enjoys the water. She loves to splash and kick those legs. The baby pool in our community was just like bath water.