Weekend in Eville

A new indoor cycling studio (CycleBar) opened in Carmel and had 10 days of free classes. Score! I love a good cycling class and with it being free Jackson even agreed to go with me. The first class we attended was on the night of their grand opening so it did not go as well as we'd hoped. They had issues with their sound system and such. We decided to give it another try on Saturday morning since the classes were still free. Holy cow was it a fun class this time. To make matters even better (for one of us) Jackson came in 1st place in that morning's class! Impressive to beat 39 other riders on only your 2nd visit! He then danced around the house to Nelly's "#1" and demanded to be called "winner" for the rest of the day. That was sure fun for me. ;)

Sweaty but super pleased with himself.

After Mr. Winner and I got cleaned up we got on the road to Evansville to have Christmas with my sister and Alex. We got to take the new section of I-69 that they had just opened a few days before our scheduled trip. It was awesome. We cut considerable time off of the trip and the route is just gorgeous now. You can also set the cruise and then do just about anything else because there are no curves and even less traffic. Amazing.

The new I-69- woot!

We got to Kylie's place and made the mistake of carrying presents in with us. When you're 5 presents seems really awesome and you have not learned to contain yourself yet. We spent the next hour telling Alex he could open his presents "soon" as we tried to deal with Kylie getting a new stove delivered. We finally gave up and let him open!

"I think this one is clothes. UGH!"

"Oh! A game!"

"So much tape"

Kylie letting MacK smell her gift from them

A new ball! SWEET!

We got Alex two new games, tootsie rolls, a new sweatshirt and a new shirt. He was less than impressed with the clothing gifts. Whoops. We went to dinner that evening with them at Uno's. Kylie said Alex picked it but we all know it is her favorite place. Too funny. Then we made what I've since deemed the ultimate sacrifice and went with them to see the Peanuts Movie. You guys. It was horrid. The people behind us talked the entire time through a movie I was already struggling to focus on. It was like one long detention. The things we do for those we love...

We parted ways after the riveting film and went to do some late night Christmas shopping. We had Alex's shopping done when we arrived but had yet to shop for Kylie. Whoops! We found her gifts and a few others before calling it a night.

The next morning we got up and at 'em to go fun a run along the river in Newburgh. The weather was just about perfect for an outdoor run and we enjoyed our time out there among the friendly folks of Southern Indiana.

Post-run selfie

We stopped in at Kylie's to drop off her gifts- still unwrapped (yes- worst Santa ever)- and play with Alex.

Handsome Jackson showing Alex how to play
his new (frustrating!) game

Kylie trying the game...

Even MacKenzie wanted to play!

I taught Alex to be too good at the new tic-tac-toe game (Goblblet Gobblers) we got him and he started schooling everyone. It was just tragic to be beaten by a 5 year old who is not a gracious winner. ;) We eventually said our goodbyes and started the journey back to Indianapolis.

Relaxing in the back- practicing for
her roadtrip to FL soon!

MacKenzie did such a good job on her trial run at road tripping. We think she'll have no issues making it to Florida! Hooray!