80 Degrees, Golf, Horses...

The weather's been pretty nice here in Charlotte. Too nice - Jim and I are both fried from the 80+ degree sun yesterday. Anyway, last weekend Michelle and Ava wanted pictures together, so we snapped a few in the back yard. On Monday I played in a golf tournament for an adoption non-profit that some friends from Forest Hill started. I had a great time. Here's a pic of Jim and Ava with all of our friends and their little girls. So cute!


Saturday officially kicked off our busiest week of the year thus far. Jim and I attended the Queen's Cup Steeplechase with some good friends from church. We went last year and had a blast, so we figured why not do it again this year! All the ladies dress up in sundresses and big hats. It's a real hoot! We have a parking spot on the infield where we basically tailgate all day. Every hour there's a horse race, so we walk the 50 yards or so to the fence and watch the horses go by. Jim and I proudly won 3 of the 5 races, so it was nice to win a little green on the side!

The rest of the week we'll be celebrating Jim's birthday... first with a Buffett concert Tuesday night, then a nice dinner Wednesday (his real 30th), and capping off the week with the Wachovia PGA event on Friday. Woo hoo!

Reviving the Blog!

(Here's a cute picture of me and Ava back in February... I had to include it!) If you want to see the complete family albums, please visit our family's website. If you don't have the URL, email me and I'll be happy to share it!

Hello! So I took a very long siesta on blogging, but was inspired by my friend Kristin to give it new life. Many months have passed since I last wrote, but a lot has gone on! In February we took a family trip to Miami to visit Jim's parents and sister's family. Here's a cute pic of Ava and her cousin Ian on the couch. We can't leave out little Logan either, who is a Texas Longhorns fan about 99% of the time as you can tell :)

In March, Michelle, Ava, and I went home for Easter weekend. We enjoyed the snow and got to hang out with our cousin's family for a day as well! Sweet Alyssa and Ava played together so well! Even though it was cold, we took Ava to our beloved hometown park one day. She loved the swings!

Our April trip was a family vacation (this time a truly relaxing vacation) to Florida. We rented a beach house with really good friends from Purdue. While we were in St. Armand's Key, we spent a lot of time in nearby Siesta Key.

We also took Ava to Disney World for the first time. We went to Magic Kingdom (I've never been) and had a really good time. She didn't know any of the characters except Pooh, who she pointed out repeatedly every time we saw him.

Now we're back home in North Carolina. The grass is nice and green, the trees have all bloomed, and daily highs are in the mid 70's! April's a busy month for us: on the 26th we are attending the Steeplechase Queen's Cup, which is a horse race we go to with our friends every year. Everyone dresses up silly in sundresses and big hats, and the horses race in a natural setting. It's pretty cool! On the 29th we'll be celebrating Jim's big 30th birthday a day early by attending the Jimmy Buffett concert here in Charlotte. Last but not least, we hope to round out that week with tickets to the Wachovia Championship which is always fun to attend. We've gone the past two years and really enjoyed it. Tiger's not playing this year, but it should be a great tournament none the less!