Kristen's Last Road Trip

Five weeks from today. Just over a month left until Baby J arrives! Kristen received the green light for her last trip abroad so we headed to the megaopolis that is Indianapolis to see our friends the Schmidt's.

Many of you know Brent and Mindi (along with their clan of Brady and Carter). For Kristen it was an opportunity to hang with her lifelong friend (neighbors back in Niles, MI since they were in diapers, basically) and for me to play golf with Brent and a few other friends Andy Kelley (AK) and Tom Marcinko (Cinker).

We played in a charity golf outing benefit ting Tuberous Sclerosis (TS) - which Carter was diagnosed with at birth. Additionally, it was the first time I've played golf since the knee surgery and to play with my new golf clubs. The weekend promised to be fun...and it delivered.

You know the weekend was fabulous. Summer in September. Heavily favored to win the golf outing, we tanked. 8 under after our first nine holes we decided to forget how to hit 100 yard wedges and was only 4 under for the remainder of the way and ended up taking 2nd place. Quite deflating!

However, we had some highlights, AK flew his drive 320-ish over a creek to just miss driving the green, only to have Brent chip in for an eagle 2. That nugget earned us a skin!

After shaking the rust, I drove the ball well and just missed driving a par 4 as well. Regardless of the outcome, we all had a great time. That night I was subjected to watching Purdue (all the guys went to school at PU) play Minnesota, but hey, it beat the alternative...having a kumbaya at home with the ladies on parenting!

I'd tell you what Kristen and Mindi talked about, but it was so enthralling I fell asleep.

But seriously, we had a great time and the Schmidt's were great hosts...as always. We enjoyed hanging with my Indy friends and look forward to seeing them all again soon!