Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day weekend was fun. We put up a volleyball net and got Maggie's pool out. Sunday we played in the pool and on Monday we had Brian's family over for a cook out. We had ribs, chicken wings, and potato salad. After a while Aidan played in the pool and we played badminton.

All Star Race

This past weekend we went to the All Star Race in Charlotte. This is our second race that we've gone to. I must say that this years race was much more exciting to see than last years. You could feel the energy and excitement. We saw a girl throw up all over herself and I think the seat in front of her, there was a crash that happened right in front of us with 8 laps to go, a Kyle Bush fan that looked just ridiculous and a Subaru Outback take out parking cones and almost run over pedestrians. The traffic leaving the speedway was much better. We didn't have to sit in the same spot for 2 hours. The one big difference was the fans. Last year, everyone was really friendly. This year we had a couple of guys sitting behind us that was looking for a fight. We left before we could see if anything happened with those guys. Oh and if you've been following NASCAR lately then you know about the suspension of Jeremy Mayfield. They had a plane flying around with a banner that said, "Free Jeremy". I thought that was pretty funny.

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.