finding adventure | katelyn ryan

movie in the park

moving to indianapolis, we've met a lot of really great people. we went to see a movie (the goonies!) in a park with our friends marissa and randy. they are actually getting married today! it's crazy that this was only a couple weekends ago and we were talking about how fast two weeks will go. and here it is, and it did go by fast. i'm excited that it's here for marissa, but i really want summer to slow down.

i'm so glad jordan was able to catch us petting that adorable st.bernard (above) and it was a very long wait for pizza but it was worth it! this was the only food truck there, but jordan and i are feeling antsy now to check out the others driving around indianapolis (below)

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indianapolis home

lunch in broad ripple

remember when i was so excited for jordan's big test to be over? he had been studying for a very long time and when he was done with classes in may, he would spend 12 hours studying each day, even on a saturday or sunday sometimes! it was almost like torture for me, because he would be home but i couldn't bug him. but, it's all worth it now because he's finished and i have an awesome garden because of all that extra time!

the day before jordan left for fort wayne to take his test, he decided he was done studying, so we were able to go out to lunch and take a walk around broad ripple and the canal. it was a good day. if you can't tell by these pictures and the joy that is showing from my face to be able to get lunch with my husband. it was such a treat to be able to do something that we normally don't get to do!

here are some photos from my phone of our lunch and walk!

we had lunch at petite chou in broad ripple and it was very good. i had the omelet of the day, which was so pretty and delicious i had to include the photo. my favorite part was the cinnamon toast that always reminds me of childhood. we recommend it if you're in the indy area!

thanks for a great afternoon, jordan!

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gardening

my little garden

gardening has quickly made it close to the top of my favorite things to do. i love my little garden. it's been so much fun to plant something, take care of it, and watch it grow. some of the plants are bigger than i even imagined them to be. i found these photos i took a few weeks ago and had to share them. i've taken some more photos recently, so i will definitely be sharing some progress soon!

and i bet my garden will love this extra long day of summer! happy summer solstice!
other garden posts: sage blooms from my garden and some flower pots

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#tbt

bermuda summer 2012

last year jordan and i went to bermuda with jordan's parents. it might have been the most beautiful place i've been. jordan's dad was there for a business trip, so he invited us to a couple dinners, so we were able to feel like a somebody for a short while. :) so instead of showing you photos of the beautiful place we went to, i'm going to show you the same photo of just us... because we're so beautiful haha. but, really do we look good or what?

this is actually the first time i've uploaded these pictures! i know! crazy! we even did so many fun things last summer, so i will be hopefully sharing them all on thursdays! i just can't not share them! it was such a fun and busy summer, i think that's why i started this blog, because we were always on an adventure. unfortunately, it was the last summer jordan had off. but we took advantage of it and are still finding some smaller adventures!

this was the first night we were there and went to dinner in bermuda and below is the view there. the water is so beautiful and turquoise, i'll post some pictures of the actual island instead of us next time.

we were so thankful that jordan's parents let us join them on this trip. (thanks again!) it was something we wouldn't have been able to do on our own and really was a great experience. i still can't believe i'm just looking at these photos again! it's so fun to remember all of the fun moment we had there.

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family

potting bench

it seems like every time i go home, my little brother (brandon, in the photo below) and i start building something. what happens is, jordan is usually studying inside and brandon and i start going through the garage looking for stuff that we can turn into better stuff. this time i had the thought to build a potting bench. i just posted photos of our new house, but i didn't take a photo of the backyard when we got there and i wish i would have. we have done so much gardening and have a lot of pots and i needed a place to put all of my new tools and watering can.

so, brandon and i got to work. and as with other projects we've done, this is typically the order of events every time: brandon and i go to the garage and start looking and getting things out, in this case some old lumber, some tools and nails. we of course make a mess in the process. this is when my dad usually comes out to check on us, and gives us a look probably thinking were crazy and wondering if we one: will finish what we've started and two: clean up our mess. brandon and i will go on with full steam, i usually have the plans and he's got the hammer and nails. and then we get to the part when it get's a little harder. my dad usually sees us struggling or doing something wrong and comes out and takes over the project. this is all while i continue to say what i want it to look like and watch.

here brandon and i standing next to all of our [dad's] hard work. i was actually really impressed with how it turned out, and all out of lumber that we found in the garage. since then i've put it on the deck stained it and need to put a clear coat on it. once i've done that i'll take another picture of it, as well as the rest of our deck and backyard.

so, if you are interested in seeing how we built this beauty, click below to see some great iphone pictures:

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indianapolis home

our indy home

jordan and i love our new house. we really liked our bloomington home but, this just feels like a home. it has character, the floor squeaks and it's in a great neighborhood. my favorite parts about our house are the wood floors, white walls and molding. i am just now getting around to hanging things on the walls, because they didn't really need them because of all of details the house already has. it's a big contrast from new newly built apartment we lived in before.

so, here are some photos of our house i snapped on the day we moved in! i had the best intentions to take good photos before we moved in. but, in the nature of moving, I didn't know where my camera was and was getting some looks from jordan as I pranced around our new home taking photos with my iphone as they immediately began lugging in our stuff. alas, i have some blurry and grainy iphone photos.

click below to see the photos i took of the inside of our house:

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bloomington

on leaving bloomington

jordan and i both lack sentimental qualities. so, when it came to leaving bloomington, we tried really hard to enjoy our favorite places and people before we left. we walked around the downtown, and ate at our favorite places, including falafels. we spent time with good friends before we left. since bloomington's such a transient town, people come and go, so it made it a little easier to say goodbye to people. some of our friends were leaving too, and others would be shortly. we made such great friends and are already planning trips to see them (i'll be heading to new york in a few weeks to see kelsey!)

i grew up in ohio, and went to a school 20 minutes away from my hometown, so it was a big deal moving to a new place. we had to learn how to navigate a new city and learn all the good restaurants and stores. i don't know what i would have done if i had not gotten an iphone that summer. but, eventually i got it, just in time for us to move to a new city. :) i am glad to be in indianapolis, but bloomington will always be something special for us, as it was our first home together.

we were able to capture a few photos on one of our last evenings as we walked around downtown,