North Carolina....Brooke's B-day Fun

Before we headed out for a hike, Brooke opened her presents...


Georgeous view overlooking the NC mountains and Bear Lake!  

Goodbye...Cruel World...

Cooper and Jeremy found a rope swing and had a blast throwing themselves in the freezing cold water.  

Here is Jer..

And the Cooper Myster.......Check out that form!
No you didn't............

Bear Lake Reserve...Yurts....

Jer and Brooker.....

Ever  heard of a yurt? This is where we stayed and it even had hard wood floors!  These things are so amazing.....The view is of Bear Lake.... 

Plontoon boat..we took the boat out and the boys decided to jump in the freezing cold water.  Brooke and I were the smart ones and stayed behind....

Fun in Asheville , North Carolina

We visited Jeremy and Brooke in Asheville a few weekends ago and had the best time ever.  Jeremy just brought a gorgeous house and we felt honored to stay there!  Thanks Jer! 

MS Auction

I'm not sure why this font is being underlined....but whatever.  A few weeks ago I did a long bike ride with Brye and Dennis who are my buddies that always have fun adventures and are always up to helping a good cause.  Well, they just had an "auction" to help raise money for the MS society.  They will be biking hundreds of miles next weekend for this cause.  My brother and I went to the auction since Coop had to study and we had the best time while helping others....

Here's Brye with her bag of Jello Shots, looks like she's straight out of New York!  By the way, Brye and Dennis just got engaged.  THey are such a good looking couple!  Congrats you two!

My brother always has a good time and ended up bidding for a lot of items..some that he didn't really mean to bid on!  Ha!
Up for grabs was my own donation..a Josie Photography photo session and an 8 x 10!  A cute couple that will soon have a baby picked it up.  I look forward to doing the baby session!
These are identical hats that my bro and I won...mine goes to Coop!  Next year, I want to bring everyone I know and I want to ride it too!  Unfortunately, I have a wedding on the same date as the ride this year, but I really want to do it next year!

Gianna meets new friends!

Our neighbor Renee couldn't get enough of her!

Mama Tricia was about to eat her up!
Mama Ryckie was in love...Gianna loved her polka-dot shirt! 

I love this shot of the stinker with her "praying hands." 

Crabbing

Cooper had set the crab trap out and we noticed a bunch of blue crab!  We couldn't wait to eat them!


Later after kayaking, Tricia (Mom) had set out crab lines so we all had a chance to catch our own!  And boy.....did we!  Rinju caught over 20....it was my first time crabbing and I loved it too!  What a fun day!  Thanks Mom!