Pool

A while ago I decided that we should get Maggie a pool. So when the hot summer months came and we couldn't take her to the beach, she would have a way to cool off. The day we bought the pool she would only get in while we were in there. Today she had fun on her own, with a little coaxing on our part. We are also enjoying the pool as well.

Rims on the River

Today we went to Rims on the River. It is a classic car show in downtown Wilmington along the river, for the most part. It was cool to see all of the old classic cars. They we lined up along 4 or 5 city blocks. Here are a couple of pictures of my favorites. The rest you can see in the picasa web album. We took Maggie with us. She was a hit. Everybody wanted to stop and pet her. She did really good.

Yard Sale

Today we had our first yard sale. I think we did pretty good. We were able to get rid of a lot of stuff and make money. We started at 7:30 and went to till noon. In out last hour we only had one customer and by that time I was over it. The money we made will pay for the garden we just planted. I think we'll do it again. Oh and the star of the show was not the yard sale it was Maggie. More people were interested in playing and petting Maggie than buying anything. She did really well. She didn't mind any of the attention.

Garden Time

Last year our garden turned out pretty well, so this year we decided to make it much bigger. We took out one of the planter boxes and used the side yard. So today we planted. We planted just about everything. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, peppers, corn, green onion, egg plant, radishes, green beans, lettace. You name it, it was planted. I just hope we have the same success we had last year. Our apples trees are blossoming as well. So hopefully in the next couple of years we will have apples to add to our list. Oh and we found out that Maggie loves to play with garden hose. She had a blast playing in the water.

Maggie playing with the garden hose.

Weddings 2 & 3

Yesterday we were invited to two weddings. They were an hour apart in both time and location. So we decided to attend our friend Kelly's wedding. Kelly's wedding was on the beach at Kure Beach. They rented a beach house for the week and had the ceremony on the beach and the reception in the house.

Moores Creek National Battlefield

A little history before I say why we went to to Moores Creek National Battlefield. Last year I decided to really look into my family history. I've done everything through Ancestry.com and within the first 10 minutes I was able to find both sets of grandparents and their siblings. With the help of my parents, uncle and my grandma I was able to get more stories to help in my search. Through my research I was able to find that my dad's side of the family came from North Carolina.

We knew that family members have served in wars, but it wasn't clear whom they were. This week I found one. There is a county in North Carolina called Robeson County, and knowing that the spelling of my last name has changed several times over the years I was curious to see if my family had a part in the naming of Robeson County. Turns out Robeson County is named after my 5th great uncle Col. Thomas Robeson.

Col. Thomas Robeson served as one of the leaders of the Revolutionary War in the Battle of Elizabethtown and the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge. Which brings me to why we went to the battlefield. I wanted to see where someone in my family,especially someone who helped create this country, once stood. I took some pictures and here is the historical marker that explains him a little more. I'm hoping that when my parents and sister come down this summer that we can go to Bladen County to see the marker.

Birthdays

This weekend we celebrated Brian's sister and brother-in-laws birthdays. They wanted mexican for lunch so we had fajitas, rice, and beans. For dessert, cheesecake. Recently we purchased a wii and they wanted to play the NASCAR Cart game that we got. Needless to say it was a family affair of racing and trying to wreck each other. I believe that everyone had fun.