$135,000 PLUS

Yes, that is right...Saturday night was the Grand Finale Gala of my spring campaign, Man & Woman of the Year (www.manwomanoftheyear.org/indy)

We had 9 awesome candidates for the "rebirth" of the campaign this year. The IN chapter did it way back 10 years ago in Indy...so, this is the first year for the campaign pretty much.

Did I mention our candidates are awesome??

Well...We were proud to announce last night at the Grand Finale that the campaign grossed more than $135,000-all raised by the candidates! I am still shocked writing this.

6 women and 3 men have been raising money since Feb. 19, so my boss and I are quite attached to them, their families and their campaign teams. Needless to say, last night was emotional. We had a great video and great speakers. Really, I couldn't have asked for a better event. The candidates had a great time, the Conrad was beautiful and accomodating and the program was seamless.

I am one happy camper! Let the recruiting for next year begin!

We had a photographer (Lauren Weghorst Photography) so I hope I have pictures soon to post and/or link you to!

Yay!

Announcing Mr. & Mrs. JP and Kelly Wyand!!!

Saturday night we had the honor of going to Kelly Heider & JP Wyand's wedding---it was beautiful! David and I had 5 house guests for the wedding, which was way fun too! The DJ was hilarious, but kept the crowd dancing...a good time had by all!



Highlights include our waiter Earl, Melissa Rump breaking it down, tall boys being brought into the reception once the bar closed and Jill (a co-worker of mine) picking up 7 drunk guests with her kid in the car! I feel like I laughed the entire night!


Thanks for a great night Kelly & JP!

Check out all of the pictures:
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Race for the Cure

This year's race was doubly special for our family. We always walk in celebration of Grandma Bonnie's survivorship (go get 'em Grandma!! 10 Year Survivor!), but this year we also walked in celebration of Megan Ott-a 10 month survivor.

Megan was diagnosed at 32 years old, and 32 weeks pregnant. I can only imagine what she and her family have been through in the past 10 months, but she still managed to be a Race for the Cure team captain! Team KCA (Kicking Cancer's A**) raise more than $8,000!

Megan was also honored as the New Balance Survivor of the Year! What an honor!! She led the survivors parade and was even recognized on stage during opening ceremonies.

The weather was great, too! Enjoy the pictures!

Megan's picture was on the FRONT PAGE of the Indy Star today! It is a picture of her leading the survivor parade. It was an honor, and very emotional! check out www.indystar.com to see the image a little larger.

Sisters-In-Law

Megan on stage holding Lauren while they honor her!

Hopefully I never have to add another name to my sign....

And we're off!

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter celebration on Saturday at my mom & dads. We had two, yes-not one but TWO easter egg hunts! The kids vs. the adults :)

The "kids" were also give awesome easter baskets and prizes for winning the hunt. Which, I did not. Last place actually....

I don't have any pictures of the "kids" hunt, the the ones from the adult hunt are pretty entertaining! Enjoy!

Happy Easter everyone!

Enjoy the pictures
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Hooray for Spring!

What a great weekend! The sun was out and the Glenns finally made some headway in the long list of outdoor tasks we have!
The yard was mowed, the grass "toupees" in the front landscaping are outta here, new bulbs in the flood light out back, new grill, new grill cover finally unveiled (after being in the package for a year!-thanks A. Ronda!) and new (to us) patio furniture (thanks Bob!)

GO IU!

The red grill matches great with it's new cover!

Look at those lines! We can't wait for a fence-soon hopefully!

Eat Half of a Pizza for only 8 points

Yes, this is a weight watcher post. My office is starting a new 12 week run at "bootleg weight watchers" so I decided to give it a go. Padge is joining me so at least someone will get my humor when asked what I ate that prior week :)

We meet on Wednesdays at lunch and either bring our lunch, cook for each other or go out. This week we get to share our goals and how we are going to execute them. yeah rah (note: extreme sarcasm). But, I guess accountability is key, right?

I won't bore you with my and Padge's funny goals....and get right to the recipe.

Full disclosure: I don't really count points yet, so I hope this is accurate! :)



Boboli Taco Pizza

-Wheat boboli crust
-Morningstar Meal Starters - Grillers recipe crumbles (ground "beef")
I do enjoy strange food, so this not being meat doesn't bother me in the least-but I am sure ground chicken is still healthy, even with more points!












-Lettuce
-Salsa
-Taco seasoning
-Tomatos
-Red onions

Warm the frozen "meat" in a skillet until thawed and warmed through. Add 1/2 cup water and some taco seasoning (I didn't measure, just shook some in). Add salsa for more flavor. Once heated through and seasoned, top each half of the pizza with 2/3 cup of meat. Add sliced tomatos, onions, lettuce and more salsa. Bake 15ish minutes until crust is crispy.

Ta-Da!

I made this tonight and made half taco and half cheese & turkey pepperoni for David. I figured the points for half of the pizza (8 points) but it is still hard to eat that much! The "meat" goes a long way and I am looking forward to taco salad for my lunch tomorrow.

Enjoy!