Memorial Day Weekend

This weekend was a busy one. Brad's first cousin got married on Saturday, so we had his rehearsal dinner Friday night, and the wedding on Saturday. They had Jupiter Jones play at their reception. I had never heard them before...they are pretty good.

Saturday night after Allyson Lake got off work we headed to the beach. What a beautiful weekend. Sunday we headed out on the boat to Shack! We had lots of fun and got some sun, which made it even better. Here are some pictures of us on the boat!

Allyson Lake

Mom and Ty

Me, Aunt Al, Caroline, Allyson Lake

Caroline with her new shades

The horses out on the island

Dance Recital and Senior Sunday

Last night mom, Aunt Al, and I headed to North Lenoir for Briley's Dance Recital. Since she is graduating, this was her last dance recital. I have either danced in or attended recitals for 24 years. Those days are over for a while! All the seniors did a solo for their spot light moment. Briley danced to a song that she recorded herself singing with her old voice coach Max. It was beautiful. I believe I would be right by saying she had everyone in our entire family tearing up! Great job Briley...You looked beautiful!

Me and Lane at the Recital

Me and Briley

Today was Senior Sunday at our church in Kinston. Allyson Lake and Briley were recognized. They had a nice little social before church with some fruit and meatballs! The meatballs were excellent. After church the entire crew headed to Ruby Tuesdays. We had a fun time together! Here is a picture of me with Briley and Allyson Lake. They will be graduating from North Lenoir next month. Allyson Lake is going to go to PCC for Elementary Education/Child Development. Briley is going to ECU for Music Theater. I wish you both the best. Love you girls!

Fun Friday Night

Last night we headed to Kinston to eat at Pizza Villa and to go to the Kinston Indians game. We had a great time. This was the first time we hung out with the Radfords since they came back from their honeymoon. We had fun catching up on what everyone had been doing over the past couple of weeks. Here are just a couple of pictures from the Indians game!

Guest Room

Plain and Simple!

Living Room

Looking in from the Front Door
My favorite seat in the house!

Looking into the front hall

My entertainment!

Looking in from the Kitchen

Looking in from the hall

Kitchen

Looking in from the Living Room
Looking towards the Living Room

Decorations

Looking towards the Master Bedroom

Looking in from the Master Bedroom Hall

Table...My favorite part of my Kitchen!

That is a T monogrammed on my chairs!

Ok...This is something that I have gotten off of Kelly's Korner. As most of you know I am hooked on her blog. You should check it out sometime. Anyways...I am going to start doing her Show Us Where You Live F-R-I-D-A-Y! The past two weeks she has shown kitchens and living rooms. This week is guest bedroom. I will try to post pictures of these three rooms of my house tomorrow. I wanted to take pictures when the sun was shining. Check out her blog and see all the many different ideas as to how to decorate different rooms in your house!

Bunco

So tonight we had Bunco at Laura's house. It is always so much fun. According to Brad, I must cheat because I always win. Well, I got the most Buncos...which is not normal!!! Laura had a cook-out theme. She had very cute gifts. Here is a picture of the plates I won. Thanks Laura for hosting a great Bunco night!

Believe it or not, Laura said she got these plates from the Dollar Tree!

I am an Aunt!

I know you are curious as to how I am an aunt! Well...Allyson Lake is doing a school project for a Child and Family class. She had to bring home a baby over night. It is computer operated. It does everything a real baby should do. She has to soothe it when it cries, feed it when it's hungry, and change its diaper when it's wet. Here are just a couple of pictures of my nephew!

The new addition to our family!

The proud Mommy

The new baby with his mommy, Uncle J, and Aunt Tay!

Happy Mother's Day

This weekend has been busy as we celebrated Mother's Day with all the women on both sides of my family. Saturday, Aunt Gail, Lesley, Lindsay and Brett came to Kinston to see Mema for Mother's Day. We all went out for lunch. For those of you who know me and cousin, you know we had to go to the Pizza Villa....there's no where else in Kinston to eat! Aunt Johni and Grayson also met us there. We had lots of fun talking and joking around!

Saturday night we headed to Trenton to eat with my grandma. Dad cooked us steaks on the grill, I made a potato casserole and string bean casserole, and Annette made a delicious strawberry pie. Needless to say, I left there with a full stomach.

Today, we celebrated with my mom. We went out for lunch at Dragon Fly (Do not go there to eat on Holidays or Special Days because their lunch menu isn't offered!) Brad was not happy about that at all. It will be interesting to see if we go back, if we do, I am sure it will be awhile! Then for supper we met Mema, Big, Aunt Al, and Uncle Ray at Texas Road House. Again, I ate way too much!

Well, this has been my Mother's Day weekend. I hope all you mothers had a wonderful day! Here are a couple of pictures from lunch on Saturday.

Grayson, Me, Lesley

Mema, Big, Mom

Lesley, Brett, Lindsay

Lindsay, Aunt Gail, Aunt Johni

Maeve and Thomas

Last night I had the chance to babysit for Maeve and Thomas. It seemed like it had been forever since I had seen them. We had lots of fun playing, watching tv, and eating ice cream. They have grown up so much. It's hard to believe I started babysitting for them when Maeve was 2, she will be 7 in June and Thomas turned 3 in October! Here are just a few pictures of us from last night!

Pictures from the Radford wedding!!

Mr. and Mrs. Radford

Me and Brad

Me, Johnathan, & Allyson Lake

Us with Mom

Us with Dad

Us with Mema and Big

The 4 Girls

She danced the entire night

The Groom with some of his boys!

On the way off for their honeymoon!