IU and the Oliver Winery

Sitting on steps on the campus of IU, part of the Memorial Union is in the background

At the sample gates, the traditional entrance into Indiana University off of Kirkwood

Letting Cara roam by the beautiful mums right behind the sample gates

At Oliver Winery enjoying our picnic with the beautiful background scenery

Cara and Mommy laughing in the winery tasting room, and no! we did not let Cara taste

Cara and Daddy at the winery

With the sunlight streaming down, Cara is posed in front of the waterfall

All the grounds at Oliver Winery are impecable, gorgeous flowers, greenery and perfectly set with pumpkins and gourds for the season


On Saturday we headed down to Indiana University with our friends Jay and Julie. Julie had a choir rehearsal with an orchestra in the MAC for 3 hours, which gave the rest of us lots of time to walk around and enjoy campus. It has been several years since we have been on campus to just walk around and enjoy the scenery, and this was Jay and Julie's first time to see campus. So after we dropped Julie off for her rehearsal we headed off to see the buildings, walk around the union, headed to shop on Kirkwood, and got on lots of photo ops of the three of us on campus. It was at IU where Mommy and Daddy met 14 years ago, and without that, there would be no Cara. It was IU's football homecoming on Saturday, so there was lots of energy in the air, but few people on campus, which was nice to walk around without it being crowded. It would have been fun to go to the game, but Julie's rehearsal didn't end until 1 pm, and the game started at 12. But we thought of another great idea. We stopped by a deli, grabbed lunch to go and headed to Oliver Winery which is just north of Bloomington.

Because of the beautiful fall day we were enjoying, with the leaves on the trees beginning to turn, apparently a lot of people had the great idea to go to the winery. It was very crowded, but we just joined the crowd. We ate our picnic lunch outside, with a view of the lake, and the crisp clear skies, it was a perfect setting to enjoy ourselves. We stopped by the tasting room after lunch and sipped some new wines. For most of the wine tasting session, Scott had to keep Cara occupied on the porch because she was a bit bored. We stopped to take some more pictures on our way out and joined up with the football traffic to head back home.

Cara' s schedule was quite messed up with the days festivities, napping was not priority because she may miss something, but she was such a trooper and handled it gracefully. We had such a fun day!