roadtrip! we drove west from chapel hill to lake lure, an hour outside of asheville. driving entertainment, singing twinkle twinkle: we took a break in the town of hickory. more driving, through lovely country roads. happy to reach our destination: lake lure.
we took the short drive over to hillsborough with our family visiting from out of town to experience the 30th annual hillsborough hog day. the annual event features a BBQ competition, which sounded like fun. after all the bbq’ing, the meat is prepared into sandwiches. tasty! on our way to get some grilled corn… arts read more
we’ve been needing to go to ikea, but unfortunately it’s a 2.5 hour drive away in Charlotte, so we kept putting it off. finally we had a decent list of items, so we decided to make the trip. passed the NASCAR speedway on the way there. IKEA. first stop, swedish meatballs. she found the bed read more
my second mother’s day. this year i get to hear her say “mama!”.
“i surrender!” admittedly, i did help, but rebecca was definitely the mastermind.
her new thing: clomping around in our shoes. it’s harder to clomp around in daddy’s shoes, so she’ll just stand there, feeling proud of herself.
cake… always a cause for celebration! especially when we were planning to order one piece and then found out we could have two FREE pieces of cake because it happened to be a saturday. in case you’re wondering, they were as large as they appear, and we chose coconut and chocolate strawberry shortcake. we ate read more
the mini cart at trader joe’s was available so rebecca decided to “help”. at full capacity, on our way to check-out.
waiting for daddy after work on franklin street on a sunny day.