Mudcats Game

Its nice to live so close to the Mudcats Stadium.

We dont get to visit often, but when we do we have a great time!

Build Me Up Buttercup!

One day after church we decided to drive around Washington and Tyrrell Counties. The Buttercups are by the "ma-millions" as Grace says. We decided one field was too pretty not to stop and take a few photos.

Kanki

We took Grace to Kanki a few weeks ago. It wasn't her first experience, but probably the first she'll remember. She wasn't a fan of the fire. After the first sign of it she was ready to leave. Scott and I used to eat here a lot when my apartment was close by but I haven't been in so long. The food was as yummy as ever, I just hope that once Grace gets a bit older she'll love it too!

GNO @ North Hills

Just a few random photos of a fun Girls Night Out from last weekend! We all met up mid day Saturday for lunch followed by manis and pedis and just hanging out watching some basketball. Then finished up the night with dinner & a short trip to the World of Beer!

Seafood Fest, Part 2 | Boating

Instead of going to the Seafood Festival by car, we decided we'd go by boat. :) It was a long trip and I was concerned how well Grace would do having to be so confined and wear a life jacket for so long but she was such a trooper!

The weather traveling down on Friday was the most gorgeous fall day!

Seafood Fest, Part 1 | Guy Harvey & Marc Montocchio

Scott, Ann, Grace, and I went to the Morehead City Seafood Festival last month. On the first night Ann had gotten us tickets to a reception at 36 North where Guy Harvey was in town.

Guy Harvey is  is a "marine wildlife artist and conservationist. His depictions of sealife, especially of sportfish such as marlin, are very popular with sportfishermen and have been reproduced in prints, posters, t-shirts, jewelry, clothing, and other consumer items. Harvey is also a very vocal and active advocate for marine conservation, having established the Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as well as the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation, an organization that funds scientific research and educational initiatives." (wikipedia) It was really cool to meet him. I think Scott owns close to 10-15 Guy Harvey shirts not to mention the posters, and other items we have that he's designed.

I was also just as excited to meet Marc Montocchio. I've always said if I could shadow another artist one day, it would be him. However, I'd need to learn how to dive first. Marc Montocchio specializes in capturing unique and stunning images of ocean wildlife in their natural habitat especially in the deep blue waters of the open ocean. His work has appeared in numerous international publications, including National Geographic, Marlin, Outside Traveler, Africa Geographic, BlueWater, Tide, Out There, Voyages de Pêche, and many more. He and his video footage have appeared on such TV networks as the Discovery Channel.

NC State Fair

We LOVE going to the fair. Scott and I have tried to go every year because we love to eat the fair food. We've never riden any rides while he and I have been until this year. Riding rides is Grace's favorite part!

Some of our favorite fair foods are the CORN and Ham Biscuits! :) We eat lots of other things there too. We also make sure we go and weigh ourselves too. We should probably go weigh as soon as we get there and then again before we leave so we can see just how much we've really eaten. :)

We even ran into Haley at the fair.

Park Play Date

Last week we had a playdate at the park in Edenton with Ayden & Emmie!
Followed by a delicious lunch at Pizza Hut!

Hot Summer Days!

Some weekends this summer its been too hot to just hang out on the pier. The only way to be comfortable is to be riding in the boat with the wind blowing on you or to be in the water!

Everyone had the same idea:




Haley, Grace and our new friend Amanda:

Nags Head Vacation: Part Four

As I've mentioned before, while on vacation it rained most of the time. On our last full day of being there Brooke and I decided to take Crewe and Grace to see a movie. They chose Madagascar 3. It really was a cute movie, but nothing is a cute as these two! :)

Nags Head Vacation: Part Three

Our cousins that live in Florida were down for the week! They made a trip to Ocracoke while they were nearby and stopped to visit us in Nags Head on their way through! It was wonderful to see them and get some playtime together in the pool.

L-R: Grace, Sailor, Cutter, Tucker, & Crewe

Scuba Grace ;)

Mattamuskeet Sweets

Every year we get a bag of Mattamuskeet Sweet Onions. Usually Scott's aunt goes and gets a truck load for everyone. This year, Scott, Grace, and I headed to Mattamuskeet to get the load ourselves. :)

Grace only sat beside her Daddy as we were driving down the field path. :)


Loading up the truck:


One for the ride home:


Grace LOVES onions:

Date Night | Concerts

One thing Scott and I love to do is go and see concerts together! Back on June 8th we got to see Darius Rucker and Lady Antebellum!!

Darius:
  Lady Antebellum:
Charles, from Lady A came and stood in the crowd right beside us for a song:

Grace-isms

Me: Grace would you like to go to McDonalds.
Grace: Sure
Me: Do you want a cheeseburger happy meal or a chicken nugget one?
Grace: Cheeseburger. Can we go inside.
Me: We can. But they dont have a play area in this McDonalds.
Grace: {surprised look as she slams her hands on her legs} You've gotta be kidding me!

Incident happened: 6/25/12

Catching Lightening Bugs

Last Wednesday, we had so much fun outside, right at dusk, catching lightening bugs. We had two jars. One plain spaghetti jar and one plain mason jar with holes in the lid and sticks and leaves inside. Scott and I did all of the catching but Grace could certainly point out where the "blinking" bugs were. :) One of the first few times Scott and I hung out when we started dating, we had spaghetti at my townhouse and then went across the street to a park and caught lightening bugs in the spaghetti jars. :)

Wine and Cupcakes

...two of my favorite things! Thursday, March 29th the Meredith College Young Alumnae Board hosted a Cupcake and Wine spring social at Cafe’ Caturra in Cameron Village. We got to enjoy a complimentary cupcake from GiGi’s cupcakes and glass of wine from Cafe’ Caturra. But the best part was spending time with some of my favorite girls!



Steel Magnolias

My friend, Julia, asked me to go with her to see the play Steel Magnolias one Friday night. This movie is probably in the top 5 of my all time favorite movies so I jumped at the chance. :)





The play was fantastic! It all took place in Truvy's beauty shop, which I wondered how they could tell the whole story that way and the fact there were only 6 actresses, but they did, and they did it very well.

Papa's birthday!

My Papa had a birthday last month. For his birthday we decided to surprise him by going to Williamston and going to church with him. After church we met more of the family at Deadwood for lunch!

Playdate

Scott spent one February, Saturday morning working at his office in Raleigh and needed one of his employees to work with him so her daughter spent the day with Grace and I. We started off the day downtown at the Marbles IMAX theater and saw Barbie in a Mermaid Tale 2. After the show they put together a Barbie Bash that consisted of different stations where the kids could do mermaid / surfer crafts and activities.

Grace making a surfboard:


A balance activity:


Making necklaces like the one Barbie wore in the movie.



After the Barbie Bash we went over to the Museum. The girls even got to play in the outside area because the weather was so gorgeous!



The Splash! exhibit has a fun water feature at The Lighthouse, but you have to be prepared to get wet. Here children can test what floats and what sinks. Its a good thing they have aprons and hand-dryers!



Upstairs in the museum is the Ideaworks exhibit. The girls had a blast here in the "GoZone" building their own cars and racing them down the track.





There is another exhibit upstairs of the museum called Moneypalooza. This area is available to teach the importance of saving and smart spending.



I thought our morning at the museum would cover the time Scott needed to get some things done but I soon had to find more things for us girls to do. We ventured to McDonald's for lunch and some fun in the play area there, then I treated the girls to having their fingers painted. No full out manicures, just simple finger painting. Grace has never had her fingernails painted so this was definitely a first for her.





We had so much fun with Alyssa and the girls played so well together!