Vegas's Birthday

I posted last week about our celebrations for Vegas's birthday at the beach.

She got a dragon from us:

and Tyson got a frisbee that he LOVES (can't you tell by how dirty it already is):

Mom & Dad got Vegas a new collar... it's so pretty :)

And some more treats to go on their toys

Such lucky babies!

BFF Lake Weekend

Last weekend we headed to Loyd's house on Lake Norman for the weekend. 

Friday morning we drove down to Cornelius and got there around lunch time. We had lunch and then headed out on the lake for some wake surfing and hanging out in the water. 

We grilled out for dinner and hung out on the porch watching Marvin, the kitten, climb on the screen door. 

Allison flew in to Charlotte at like 9:30 so Mariah and Greg went to pick her up that night. She brought Mariah and I birthday cupcakes that we all devoured Saturday morning.

It was stormy during the morning and we sat around playing Heads Up on our phones and played no-power hour. 

Mariah decided to make herself a poncho and go out and play in the rain.

After the rain finally cleared we spent the afternoon on the lake.

After we got off the lake we headed in to shower and go to Rusty Rudder's for dinner and drinks, via boat! 

It was such a fun weekend... and I made it home with no injuries!!

Birthday Celebrations

We came back from the beach on Wednesday and had friends over Wednesday night to grill out and have a little birthday celebration! 

Katherine made me this awesome water bottle:

Mariah gave me this awesome magnet of the dogs with googly eyes:

 

On Thursday I went to brunch at Flying Biscuit Cafe with a few friends from work and enjoyed smores pancakes and bottomless mimosas. 

Trey went to Charming Charlies and picked out necklaces for my birthday :) 

We went to Kanki with my parents, brother and Kimberly and Chad. If you sign up on their mailing list you get a coupon for a free dinner for your birthday (Kimberly's birthday is early July so she had one too!) 

And mom and dad gave me this awesome watch:

Beach Trip Part 3: Sunday - Wednesday

Catch up on Part 1 here and Part 2 here...

Sunday was a very lazy day. We laid in bed for a while in the morning watching golf, got up and hung out on the porch, ordered a pizza, watched a movie and just relaxed the whole day. 

I also randomly decided to look up the Ocracoke Ferry and decided to make plans to head that way on Monday. It is only $3/person to ride the ferry if you ride as a biker but $15/car (each way) if you take your car... so we decided to drive to the ferry and just take our bikes over, the island is pretty small anyways. So Trey, Frank & BJ pumped up the tires & prepped the bikes to take. 

Monday we got up and played with the dogs. We headed out for the Ferry about 8:30 to catch the 10:00 Ferry from Cedar Island. It's a 2 hour 15 minute ride. 

When we got off the ferry in Ocracoke it was just starting to drizzle so we quickly rode our bikes to Howard's Pub for lunch and a couple of beers. 

We stopped by the new Topless Oyster Restaurant as we biked back towards the village so Trey could try the Duck Rabbit Oyster Stout special beer that they had on tap. 

After that we biked over to the lighthouse to check it out. It is pretty small and you don't get to go inside or anything, just look up at it. 

From the lighthouse we went to Zille's Wine & Beer to see what they had. We sat on their patio and enjoyed a beer and the nice weather. 

Then we did some shopping around the village to check out the shops and everything. 

 We wanted to walk on the beach for a while so we biked up passed Howard's Pub and passed the airport to a beach access and walked on the beach for a bit. 

After the beach we headed back down to the village and had a snack at Jolly Roger's Pub just before we had to get back on the ferry. 

Tuesday was another pretty relaxing day, we were exhausted from our long day on Ocracoke. We slept in and lounged around, Trey made us omelets that fell apart because they stuck to the pan! 

We spent a few hours lounging on the beach. 

And for dinner that night Frank and BJ took us to dinner to celebrate my birthday at El Zarape! We enjoyed a yummy Mexican meal topped off with fried ice cream and being sung happy birthday to.

Wednesday morning we basically got up, packed the car and headed home. It was time to get back, do some laundry, have dinner with friends and family and regroup before heading to the lake on Friday!