Weekend...

This weekend was rather busy. Saturday we celebrated the Webb/Duncan lake weekend with family (and some rain). Here is the link to the pictures. Overall it was great to see family again. Congrats to Dan and his new soon to be wife Abby...they are planning on getting married in March of 2007.

Saturday night we met up with friends for BBQ and Bowling. Corbin was all business and schooled everyone. Keeley and Natalie pretty much entertained everyone with their lack of skills. I think by the 8th frame Keeley had the impressive score of 6. Somehow she rallied back for a 21...way to go Keeley!

Sunday the boys played golf and the women enjoyed brunch at Pewter Rose Bistro. I highly suggest the lobster bisque....it was delicious!

Driving, driving and more driving....

For our vacation we sent the girls to the dog spa and jumped in the car to see some friends. Wednesday we headed up to Owings Mills, Maryland to visit Heather, Alan and Niko Eisgrau. As you can see, baby Eisgrau is ready to make an appearance soon. Heather went all out for dinner. We had blue crabs, corn, watermelon and salad for dinner followed by apple pie, and chocolate cake for dessert.


Thursday morning we headed to the mall for a movie (Superman Returns) and then drove up to Bel Air to visit Clark and Nancy Spencer. They had a full house with Clark's parents, us and his daughter Morgan all spending the night. We headed to the coast for drinks and dinner. Here's a picture of us at the restaurant. Great crabcakes!
Friday morning we drove to DC to watch our friend Dave Dixon get sworn into the DC bar. It's official....Dave is now an attorney! In addition to us, Dave mother Pat, sister Katherine and brother in-law Gary drove up. We spent the day walking around DC with everyone. Here are the pictures from the weekend. As you can see, Missy and Dave's new addition Henry was the life of the party. He's 16 pounds of pure loving.

Carl Rosenbaum

Yesterday we attended the funeral of Carl Rosenbaum. Carl is Nancy's father (Nancy is Corbin's step mother). This picture was from Christmas when he and his wife, Betty Rose, went to see the decorations at the Pine Hurst hotel. Carl was a whiz at digital photography. He actually superimposed them onto another picture of this tree!! Carl and Betty Rose called Corbin their oldest Grandchild which was so nice....we really loved spending time with them.

The funeral was very touching. There were atleast one hundred people there; which does not include the folks that payed their respect on Tuesday. As you can tell Carl was a loved person in the community. We also loved him very much. He had an amazing way with people (and dogs...Ginger adored Carl). Even though I only spent a handful of time with him, I realized why everyone thought so highly of him.

I think what touched me the most was the number of family and friends there to pay their respect. Carl's best friend from years past and his newly wed wife drove up from Charlotte, Carl's sister commonly refered to as "Winnie" attended from Atlanta, and even Betty Rose's 2 college friends and bridesmaids from their wedding 54 years ago attended as well. Betty Rose and Carl celebrated their anniversary on Sunday when Carl died...very touching that he held out until then. Small goals, that's what Carl set for himself, even at the end he succeeded in making it to that date. 

Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bordeaux

That's right....Kristin and Mark are officially married! It took months of flights between CLT and ORD (not to mention a few early morning flights to Canada) but this weekend Kristin and Mark celebrated in style.

Although a little chilly to start, the sun came out long enough for a beautiful wedding ceremony at The Eaglewood Resort. About 200 family and friends joined them in great food, some tears and loads of fun on the dance floor.

Kristin and her father pretty much blew everyone away with the best Father-Daughter dance EVER. She then topped it with a touching dance with her grandfather, by the end of that dance there wasn't a dry eye in the tent.

The rest of the night all of the NC husbands seemed to tear up the dance floor. The rest of us couldn't keep up (as you can see, I am behind the camera all night after eating my fair share of dinner and wedding cake). Click here for pictures from the rest of the weekend.

Weddings, Friends and a Birthday

Another whirlwind weekend! Corbin and I traveled up to Boston for two weddings and to catch up with friends. Unfortunately we were not able to make our friends Ryan and Laurie Miller's wedding but we wish them all the best in their new life together.

Jessica and Rich Christenson are officially husband and wife! Here are the pictures from their wedding .
We attended their rehearsal dinner which consisted of chowder, steamers, lobster, corn, potatoes, and finished off with Boston Cream Pie. Everyone sort of rolled home and slept off dinner in anticipation of the main event.

Saturday afternoon Corbin and I had brunch with our friends Erin and Alison at Tremont 647. Since it was raining we decided the best thing to do was to keep drinking! Alison surprised us by telling our friend Sue and her daughter Fiona to stop by. Sue happened to be in town at a Funeral so we headed out to the "packy" and bought some Bloody Mary Mix. Fiona entertained us with her amazing wit and humor...already a comedian at 1 and a half! As you can see from the picture my cell phone got some usage....sorry everyone she called!




While we were gone, Ginger and Ruby went to Doggie Camp at their local doggie daycare. Ginger turned 1 on Saturday so they threw her a party!

Memorial Day Lake Weekend

Happy Memorial Day!
This weekend we took the dogs and a few friends down to Lake Bowen for some sun and water sport. The dogs seemed to get the most out of the lake. For more pictures, click here. The yellow lab is Aunt Lynne and Uncle Bill's dog Belle, the black lab with the red collar is Clay and Brandt's dog Goose, the Chocolate lab named McCauley and the black lab/chow mix named Tarleeh belong to our friends Matt and Michelle. Ginger and Ruby are also in a few of the pics. McCauley, Goose, Belle and Ginger seemed to be the swimmers while Ruby and Tarleeh wer much happier on land. Matt and Michelle's pictures are on Snapfish.

Crawford's New Ride

Yep, that's right...Crawford (our neighbor next door) rode her first Bicycle today. Now she can make her mother even more nuts with all of her energy! Crawford seems to enjoy having people push her around rather than riding on her own but give her a few days and she will be cruising around the neighborhood on her own.

Sunday Pool Project

Since it was so beautiful on Sunday, we decided to make a trip to Wal-mart to buy a pool for Ginger and Ruby. As you can see we didn't notice the actual size of the pool but for 15 bucks we can't complain, right? The girls loved the pool but their favorite thing to do was to jump in, roll around in the water, run out onto the lawn, get as much dirt on them as possible and then jump back in. You can see the results here.

Ruby's First Haircut

Today Ruby went to The Dog Salon in Elizabeth for her first grooming appointment. As you can see she was very proud of her new do! Ginger also got a bath but refused to sit for pictures so maybe later this weekend we can try again. 

Cinco de Mayo and the Wachovia Championship

This weekend we ended up hanging out at the neighbor's house for Cinco de Mayo. Oddly enough we decided to celebrate with Pizza from Zio's. As you can see we all wore the dogs out so they took a nap on Janet and Andrew's bed.

Saturday Corbin and Natalie headed over to the Wachovia Championship with our cousins Clay and Brandt. They came up from Greenville, SC to watch their close friend Lucas Glover. Lucas ended up sharing for fourth place overall. Great job!

Doggie Daycare Here We Come!

No, this isn't a joke. We sent the girls to their first day at All Wags doggie daycare. Ginger likes her new pals, Ruby is still getting used to all of the "sniffing".

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pine

Yes, I'd like to present Dr. and Mrs. Harold Pine! This weekend we headed up to Chapel Hill for the wedding of Allison Martin to Harold Pine.

Here are some photos from the wedding
Bridesmaid's Lunch
Getting ready in room 252
The Wedding Ceremony and Reception

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Can you believe it? We have a blog too!?!?!

Anyhow, pictures soon to come.