This Was The Funnest Day of My Life!

So was the proclamation by Joshua late Saturday evening as we headed up to Jarrett's dorm.

We left for North Carolina late Friday, ready to cram in as much as we could all day Saturday. We were going down to celebrate the graduation of one of Alyson's sweet friends and were so happy to have the excuse to go!

I could write pages about how great it was to be back in North Carolina again. Most of you know I do love to wax eloquent on that subject. :)
But I'll just stick to the highlights and share some photos:

• Stayed in a hotel that gave Joshua a free Webkinz! He got the springer spaniel and named him Forest (for Wake Forest, of course...)
• Jarrett came and met us for breakfast first thing Saturday morning
• Went to Chapel Hill to walk around, shop, and drink from the Old Well
• Drove down to Johnston County for Farrell's party. Highlights of the party were the whole roasted pig with the FANTASTIC Carolina barbecue sauce (thanks, Dick!), seeing the girls, and getting to visit with my walking buddy.....
• Drove by our old house, ran into some friends that we NEED to keep in touch with, drove over to the Y, where we spent just about every summer afternoon for 2 years.....
• Went to Adventure Landing and played mini-golf and the kids rode the go-karts
• Made 3 trips to Bojangles in 12 hours!
• Joshua and Jarrett had a sleepover at Jarrett's dorm since no one else was there for the weekend. They played a little Wii, watched some of the Princess Bride, and drew pictures for each other. I know Joshie will remember that for a long time.... The last picture was taken Sunday morning in front of Jarrett's dorm. As much as we wanted to stay and enjoy the sunshine, we had to pick Joshua up and head north. On the way we went to two more graduation parties--3 parties in 3 states in two days!

Some of you may be wondering where the other third of our family was! Dave and Nick were somewhere north of Baltimore, participating in an Order of the Arrow Ordeal, part of the requirement of being inducted into Boy Scout's honor society. They were both "tapped out" recently and were honored to be chosen. The details of the Ordeal are secret, but I do know that they came home dirty, tired, and very hungry!