June/July Let Freedom Ring!

Vince challenges Luke and comes up with 10.  Luke 15. Not bad for an guy a half-century old!

June  Jordan had a birthday and we helped Elizabeth and Luke move in to their new home in NC!

It is an answer to prayer to have them closer to us. Since she is expecting their first child in Dec and he is scheduled for a January deployment it is nice to know she isn't too far away.

  We had a great time when they visited us for the 4th of July weekend.

We went to the museum, the 3rd of July celebration, and to Grandaddy and Betty's for  the 4th and a cookout.

 We are thankful to all who have had the vision of Freedom here in America, but most thankful 

for our freedom in Christ!  God Bless America!

Fort Macon

                                                       NC Museum of Natural Science

                                       Fuquay's Fireworks!

                                4th of July cookout and project-bird bath.

Summer Weekends

In July we took a weekend to camp near Kure Beach. We stopped by to see Pat and have Sunday Brunch at Elijah's in Wilmington, NC.

The house he is renting is an old Sear's Roebuck Catalog house. Story is that his daughters fought a lot. To appease them and gain peace; he bought and built 2 houses. They almost touch. I don't know if it worked...

Beautiful day at the beach!

I flew to Portland, ME for the Beach to Beacon 10K race. I had reconnected with a childhood friend.(FACEBOOK!) She was running and I went up to cheer her on.

Guiness Book of Records: Largest Globe. De Lorem Map Store

"Best Lobster Rolls" Red's Lobster Roll. Basically, a whole lobster on a hot dog style roll; mayo or melted butter on the side to dip. Very yummy.

Portland Light.... Amazing difference from NC beach to ME beach. This was a great day; low 80's low humidity!

Mother's Day 09

Sometimes, I wonder if they ever listen to  me...Lunch at Applebee's.
What fun is this?  All my "chillins" together again.

Beautiful roses and funny card that Jordan gave me...ahhh  :-)

Great Mother's Day!  Hope yours were wonderful too!  You all are great moms, thanks for all you do.

spring break!

Vince and Girls set out for their annual Spring Break Beach trip. They went after Elizabeth and Angela sat for their ACT exams and headed for Myrtle Beach. So, I am home with Jordan. We get to watch BB and I am painting the living room....

Holidays

My brother and his wife always put out a great spread!
They bought a rat for their daughter and got 14 extra! ( she looked skinny at the time)
here are the boys , they still have 3 additional girls in another cage. Anybody want a rat?

Of course, weekend is not complete without Jordan and Vin wrestling.
Hope you all had a great time with family and friends.

50 years!

To celebrate Vin's parent's 50th wedding anniversary, we and his brothers flew to FL. One brother came from NY, another from AZ.
Friday,We had a 6AM flight, and guess who we found? Our neighbors had a 6AM flight to Miami!
little cloudy, and some turbulence ahead of the front.
blurry, but monitor says we are almost to Atlanta.
Oops, we missed connection (or they missed us). We arrived on time, but were seated in the back, then they had changed gates. We got to the door before our 8am flight, BUT they had already boarded the plane.
time to kill in Fort Meyer's airport as we waited for Vin's brother to pick us up. This is Henry Ford. He and Edison had homes in Ft Meyer's.
Saturday Gaspirilla, on Boca Grande.
about an hour later!
Here we all enjoy a lunch at the "Loose Caboose" Boca Grande Island's RR depot in the day...
Tennis on Sunday
Trip to bird sanctuary and park on Monday
plane
departure, connection in Atlanta this time was delayed and we got home about 1 1/2 hrs later than we thought we would.

Intercollegiate Horse Show

My niece, Erin, is a NCSU Equestrian. Michelle, Elizabeth and I went up to Hillsborough to the Duke University Horse Farm (Echo Glen) to watch her ride. First they line up by size. Then they draw the horse they will ride. Some of the horses are from the host barn, some are brought in by other Universitys. This is supposed to make it randomly fair, I guess.
Erin drew this sleepy Stormy. This was one relaxed horse.
Her mom says she gets nervous, so I didn't want to bother her. She looked so serious.
Here she is in the "Flat foot" class or something. Rachael can probably correct me. I think they were cantoring.
She ended up with 4th. Erin is not a point rider, so the pressure is much less for her. Placing was pretty nice.
So, after an oatmeal bar, she could relax before next ride.
She was supposed to get a different horse, but ended up with a big horse, Moses. I told her that was good. Moses was winning a lot of 1,2 and 3 rd places.
She jumps! His stride was different then she was used to. I thought it looked great. Lots of things they look at to judge. I was clueless!

So she gets third! She competed against riders from ECU, UNC, Duke, ASU, Intermont, St. Andrews, maybe a VA Tech one too. I think UNC-G , Greensboro A&T, lots of them.A great day except for stupid yellow jackets and getting lost for a little bit. (missed my exit on 85). Next one is in Feb.