Celebrate Good Times (come on!)

Wow! Time sure does fly when you’re having fun. It’s been so long since I’ve done a blog update, so once again I’ll be squeezing more info than you probably want into this blog. (Just grin and bear it!)

The last weekend in June, we decided to visit Statesville since we hadn’t seen the Hunters or sweet Anna Redding in a while. Our visit was so relaxing (as it always is). We were able to hang out in the pool (Bennett too!) and I had my first experience with Port-a-Pit BBQ. According to Our State, who just did an article on “100 foods you must eat in 100 counties” Port-a-Pit could not be missed in Iredell County. Although it was delicious, I think I’ll need to make sure I have it again before I make a final ruling. Jeffery was also able to meet Ms. Anna Redding for the first time. She really took to him, as most children do, but I don’t know that he has the baby bug just yet (a true disappointment to Debbie Bell)!

After our relaxing weekend in Statesville it was time to get back to Raleigh and put our noses to the grind stone, which included Meredith too! Yep, my sweet sister was babysitting for two weeks so we were lucky enough to have her stay with us off and on during that time. However, I don’t know if I felt so lucky to have Cowboy stay. Cute puppies grow into very hyper larger puppies (for those of you that weren’t aware of that!). For once Bennett was the well behaved one!

July 4th weekend was wonderful with the Bell and Burns clans visiting in Laurinburg. Of course none of us could leave our dogs, so all the beautiful puppies dressed to the nines in their red, white and blue bandannas celebrated as well. A new favorite tradition is to drive out to the field near the high school and watch the fireworks from the back of Brad’s truck. This year we added in glow necklaces! Ooohh… aaahhhh.

The following weekend Meredith, Catie and I had an amazing girl’s night out on Friday night. Our date for the evening? None other than the sexy Michael Buble’! If you like Harry Connic Jr. or “crooning” type music you are sure to love him. Typically I prefer a show or movie, but his concerts are amazing and he’s actually pretty funny.

After saying our goodbyes to Michael Meredith headed back to Goldsboro and I left Saturday morning for Kitch’s shower in Laurinburg. My job was the diaper cake which I’d never made before, but with Meredith’s help I’d say it turned out excellent! The shower was just in time too. The following Friday Kitch had her baby. Looks like she got those diapers just in time!