Monday, May 30, 2011

Memphis In May...BBQ that is!

Mid May, Chris and I headed with a team of friends to compete in the spectacular that is Memphis In May.  Overall, the team did really well this year...10th in seafood, 8th in vinegar sauce, and 11th in wings.  I don't even know out of how many...at least 100 per category.  I also can't explain how big this festival is and how much pressure is built up in the cooking.  It was 5 days full of the best food, good friends, and a ton of competition. 
Downtown Memphis was partially under water so they moved the competition this year to a stadium lot.



Chris prepping




Finished Seafood entry...Delicious!!



Finished Exotic Entry


The turn-in line for one category


Just a portion of our team checking the posted results


Our booth...where we spent 5 days!!

Children's Museum in NC

While visiting our Papaw, we checked out an awesome Children's Museum.  I think the favorites were the...

Giant Armchair


Shopping for favorite groceries like Mommy


Making pizza for Mommy and Aunt Teresa



Playing Giant Operation


Taking over the baby bed


Driving a real firetruck



Flying a real airplane!



Eating strawberries out of the beautiful educational garden

Monday, May 23, 2011

Visiting Papaw in North Carolina

We haven't been home in over a month it feels like.  Here's what we've been doing.  At the end of April, me, my mom, my sister, and the boys flew to North Carolina to celebrate my papaw's 94th  birthday. It's so great to see him light up around the boys.

Racing down the halls of the home in Papaw's wheelchair


Eat some goldfish Papaw!!


Listening to music students play from the neighboring college



Play with me Papaw!



While visiting Papaw, we always go next door to Guilford College.  This is a small liberal arts college where he was a professor for 30+ years and where my mom went to college.  It's really a campus that my brother and sister and I grew up on. 
They are always showcasing art and this was a gigantic sculpture of sticks and limbs freestanding without nails, just woven together.  There were rooms and nooks to hide in. So neat.


Caleb in a window


Caleb and Mema walking on campus



 The building Caleb is pointing to is the one where my Papaw was a student and dormed in many years ago before he began teaching at Guilford College. 

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Easter 2011

Easter was so much fun this year with both boys getting totally into it.  We've been practicing egg hunting for weeks now. 


Check out this distinguished gentlemen


Popcorn and snowcones with our best buds



Checking out the loot the bunny left us


Egg Hunting Easter morning





Dying eggs

Those eggs were good!!



Watering our veggies with the new duck watering can