My friend Malissa met us at the Tiki Tavern to listen to one of our favorite local bands. On Sunday, we took the ferry over to Ft Fisher and rode our bikes up to Carolina Beach and Kure Beach. It was very windy and cold but still enjoyable. My friend Chelsea invited to see her daughter in the play Clue…
This weekend was a beautiful weekend. We started it off by heading to Wilmington to take a tour of the National Weather Service for their first open house in 30 years. It was much smaller than I expected but still really interesting. When we got back to Southport, we rode down to the waterfront to visit the annual Wooden Boat…
This weekend was a very busy one with lots of different events taking place. Thursday – We went to our normal trivia night at Southport Tap and Cellar, only this time it was Halloween themed trivia and costumes were encouraged. I broke out the ol’ banana costume. We tied for first place. Friday – The Tiki Tavern held their Halloween…
This weekend I drive up to Raleigh to watch my mom play softball in the NC Senior Games Softball Tournament. I always enjoy watching my mom play. We had amazing weather for the weekend. It was cool and sunny. I ended up getting to coach third base for her team throughout the tournament. These ladies are so fun to be…
This weekend I hosted our annual Wingtoberfest. The weather forecast did not look very favorable leading up to the event so I made plans for it to be held indoors. About an hour or so before we started the rain went away and the sun came out. It ended up being a perfect afternoon. As always, we had some delicious…
This weekend we drove up to Jordan Lake to meet our friends Stacy and Amanda for a weekend of camping. We enjoyed fires, food, friends, and kayaking. The weather was absolutely perfect for camping, cool nights and comfortable days. We always have a good time when we hang out with these guys. Can’t wait until we get together the next…
Two years ago we had our first Girls Weekend and we agreed that we would definitely do it again. Planning began in January this year and it included every adult female family member. 12 of the 14 said they were in. As the time got closer, flights were booked, excitement grew, and it was confirmed there would be 13 of…
Scott and I took advantage of some beautiful weather and had a beach day. While we were there, we could see something on the beach. We walked down to check it out and saw a hammerhead shark washed up. It drew quite the crowd. Monday, we had a light schedule at work so I took the day off to enjoy…
Scott and I took the early ferry over to Ft Fisher to do some kayaking around Zeke’s Island. It started off a little cloudy and windy but after a brief rain shower, the wind died down and the sun came out. We were also able to watch a large ship pass by while we were out there. It was neat…
The second annual adult field day took place this weekend at Nicole and Kim’s house. We had perfect weather despite a pre event downpour. This year we had 3 teams. The events were 1: Marble Toes – we had to use our toes to grab marbles from a pool. Some marbles were bonus points, some were negative points, and we didn’t know which were…