Boating

We had a fun evening on Mimi and Grandpa's boat at Ceasar's Creek. It was Grace's first time on the boat (outside the womb...ha ha!) Jake loved driving and Grace liked everything except wearing a life jacket!

 

 

 

Warren County Fair

Jake had been asking when the fair was coming since it left last summer. Finally, it was here! We went one night with the Heaps and had a great time. The kids all got a pony ride, we checked out some animals, and enjoyed the fabulous fair food....mmmm! Grace and Jake loved the funnel cakes!

Fishing!

We had fun a couple of weekends ago fishing at a friend's pond.
Mike caught pretty many, but Jake and I didn't have much luck!
It was nice spending time together... just the 4 of us!

Matt & Lindsay are Engaged!

My little brother, Matt, just got engaged to Lindsay Nahrup. Yeah! We are really excited for both of them and thrilled to have Lindsay join the family. Their wedding is planned for May 30, 2o10 in Annapolis, Maryland at the Naval Academy chapel. It's going to be beautiful and I'm sure a ton of fun! Jake and Grace will be in the wedding as well as Mike and I. I can't wait to see the kids all dressed up!

Lakeside & 4th of July

I took the kids up to Lakeside to spend some time with family. Unfortunately, Mike couldn't come because he was busy working. We stayed 3 nights and had a lot of fun doing the typical Lakeside things...playing (lots of) putt-putt, getting donuts from the Patio, eating ice cream, and playing on the playground. The lake was a little rough so we didn't end up going on the boat, but that's OK because we can do that around here.

Friday evening, Christina, Matt, Lindsay, my mom, Lilly, Jake, Grace, and I all headed to the African Safari. It is a park you drive through and feed the animals from your car. As always it was a lot of fun and a lot of laughs! Jake and Grace were both a little afraid, but Lilly was fearless! Jake eventually made friends with a llama and overcame his fear.

On Saturday, we decorated the stroller and were in the Lakeside 4th of July parade. I kept telling Jake to wave to all the people and say "Happy 4th of July". I didn't think to tell Grace, but at one point I looked down at her and she was waving to everyone with both hands!

Jake and cousin Lilly

Mmmm....ice cream! Even Grace got in on it!

Lilly fearlessly feeding HUGE animals

out the window with Aunt Christina

Jake feeding a llama out of the back of my car!

A proud Jake and llama friend looking for more.

Aunt Rebecca & Cousin John

Ready for the parade!

Putt putt with Grandpa & Uncle Dan


Me & Grace enjoying a beautiful Lakeside sunset

Wrightsville Beach, NC

We had lots of fun at Wrightsville Beach. We spent 2 days at the Beach. We celebrated Father's Day there and had a great dinner at a fun place by the water. Unfortunately, Jake picked up a virus there so we drove home a day early.

Evening stroll on the beach...Grace's first time on the beach!

Playing in the waves

Grace after waking up from a nap under the umbrella

Happy Father's Day!
We are so thankful for our Daddy. He's the best!

We are also thankful to have 2 awesome Grandpa's!

Dr Williams, Resident No More

We checked into our hotel in Greenville and then went to a really nice graduation dinner for the Emergency Department Residents of East Carolina University. The next morning, we went over to Jarrod's condo where Jake was able to fish and chase ducks!

"I want to be just like Daddy."

On the Road

A couple of weeks ago, we packed up and headed to Greenville, NC for Uncle Jarrod's graduation from his residency program at East Carolina University. On the way, we stopped in Chapel Hill, NC and Shelley Park in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Grace, ready to go!
Jake, ready for the beach! My mom gave him these new goggles. He didn't quite understand it would be a couple of days before we actually got to the beach!
Firehouse Subs, Chapel Hill, NC

Shelley Park, Raleigh, NC
We had a little time to kill before we needed to go to Jarrod's Graduation dinner, so we stopped at Shelley Park in Raleigh to stretch our legs. It was really hot, but we all enjoyed it.