Charlotte

A few weeks ago I traveled to Charlotte, NC to visit my friend Kristen :)  I hate not living in the same city as her.  We would have the best Bachelor viewing parties on Monday nights and an endless wardrobe due to sharing clothes.  I still at some point want us to be pregnant at the same time so we can power walk around the neighborhood together.....haha. Yes, these are the things I think about it.


I arrived on Thursday, didn't see Emily at the airport traveling to visit Jef :( booo, there is always next time).


Every Thursday in the summer, Charlotte has a "Live after 5", it's on a rooftop and they usually have a few bands, etc.  We went to dinner at Vapianos and then headed to the Live after 5.  I had so much fun.  I love stuff like this and seeing a diverse group of people.  I feel like everyone looks the same in Bham, so its nice to have a change of scenery. 

I believe this place was started in Germany.  I like the concept.  When you enter the restaurant they give you a card, you then go to a food station and order what you would like (they cook it in front of you) and you scan your card at the food station and it adds it to your bill.  You do this at each station, so that at the end of your meal they swipe your card and you pay.  

I chose the Pasta station-

Now on to Live after 5

Large crown and stage

The band was really good and of course we were front and center

Friday

We headed to Kristen's parents- I love them!  Bonnie goes all out when she has guests.  We had sandwiches for lunch and I was impressed with the spread- sooooo tasty. 

Impressed by my plate?  Don't worry, I enjoyed a cookie or two afterwards.....

Mr. Rob is quite the Margarita Maker

By far, the best Marg I have ever had

ha!

A little volleyball action

I like how our arms are all in "ready mode"

After using my mad skills in volleyball I needed to rest with Bonnie's summer drink, "Pink Bikini"

Saturday

Love them

Toni and Whit met in Germany and he will be moving to the states soon!

Brewery Tour

I always take a picture of my food....

Corn hole- this was my second time to play EVER- I get really intense

Evening

Saturday night we celebrated Sean's birthday.  Kristen rented two party peddlers.......Check them out here.  It was quite the work out and lots of fun!  We peddled through downtown Charlotte stopping at pubs along the way.  People were taking pics of us and waving, we were quite the celebrities.  

Here we go!

One of our pub stops

We had 20 people, so 2 trolleys

The bday boy

We may have sang karaoke on the bike

We then headed out "uptown" and the only pic I have is of Kristen and me at the pizza place before heading home.  Btw- best pizza of my life (they fly in the dough from NYC).

Sunday

We slept in and then had lunch at, Bad Ass Burgers.  I got the Turkey Burger (with grilled apples), yum yum.

Miss them already :(

I get to see Kristen again in September! woo hoo

Charlotte Teaser

                                      Stay tuned to find out what this contraption is.............................................

Labor Day Weekend- Charlotte, NC

I just want to say Praise God I made it home safely from Charlotte.  I went over labor day weekend to visit my bestie Kristen.  I don't think I will be flying again for a while.  My flight was delayed about 30 minutes due to the weather.  We boarded and took off in the drizzly rain.  Once we were above the clouds it was smooth soaring for about 30 minutes.  We began to make our decent and my stomach began to knot.  Lots of turbulence!  I clinched to the armrest as I prayed over and over while taking deep breaths.  The pilot announced, "well folks, we attempted to land but hit a gust of wind and they have directed us to circle around and try again....if it doesn't work we will reasses the situation".....Who wants to hear that on a plane?  If it doesn't work??????  I felt like I was about to throw up.  I'm sure the passenger next to me would have liked that.  We did land and everyone on the plane burst into clapping and cheering- whew.  Scary stuff.

The weekend was great though!  I love Kristen and miss her so much!

Hot Hot

I was feeling Bonnie's sunglasses

Bonnie knows how to put together a great party

My friend is hot

About to go out of the town

Lake Day!

Sean and Kristen

One day we will be next door neighbors and share maternity clothes and power walk around the neighborhood together :)

November Travels 2010- North Carolina

Gabe had his first airplane ride in November 2010.  We traveled to Charlotte and Raleigh, NC.  He did really well on the plane.  If you are under 2 years of age, you are considered a "lap baby", so I didn't have to purchase him a seat.  We did get lucky however in having a free seat next to mine, so he could have his own room.  He looked out the window and played with the seat belt the entire time.  Everyone complimented me on how good he was.  I was just as impressed as they were.  The flight was only about an hour, so perfect for his first one.

I stayed with Kristen Stonum's family (in Charlotte).  We had a yummy dinner and us youngins went out for some fun after the kids went to sleep.

Kristen and Sean

Miss her oh so much!

Cousins

We then went to embrace the outdoors in a small town outside of Raliegh.  Gabe had lots of fun playing with all the kids.

Nature Walk