Calm weekend

This week has felt a little disorganized for William and myself. We think it's just the issue of getting William started back up with school and studying and coming back from the beach last sunday didn't leave us with a lot of preparation time. Anyway, with hurricanw Irene swirling around the coast we thought this would be a good weekend to stay at home in Winston and get some reading and cleaning and general relaxing done!

We had a good week overall, and William is back in full force with school, but Thursday night he took a break for us to have dinner with our friends Meredith and Patricia. We went to Campbell with both of them and Meredith went to Africa with us and lives here in Winston Salem. Patricia is in seminary and she came to visit Meredith before her school starts backs so we all went to Mellow Mushroom for some goooood pizza! Here's a picture of the lovely sisters:

We had fun with you guys and I'm glad we got to see Patricia while she was passing through! We have another full week ahead, complete with some potential decision-making about jobs which I'll post about when the time comes. We're working for the weekend which is labor day weekend and my parents are coming to stay! Hope YOU have a great week!

Annnddd we're back (again....)

We're back! I always know when it's time to get back to blogging because Corey Adams keeps me straight! :) HAHA thanks Corey! I have been working severe overtime because a lot of people have been on vacation/getting married/etc. With that said, William and I finally got a chance to take a trip before he starts back to school TOMORROW! He's so happy to be a 2nd year med student, not the bottom of the bunch anymore!

We left last wednesday for myrtle beach. William's uncle John lives in Georgetown, SC which is about 45 minutes from myrtle. We went to his house wednesday and stayed the night then left thursday for the beach. I didn't get a good pic of William with his uncle but he took us to a river side cafe for lunch before we left and he snapped a picture of us:

We left for the beach and had an excellent time while we were there! We ate dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville, and the Pirates Voyage Dinner Show. We spent plenty of time at the beach and pools, went to the Aquarium, Bodies exhibit, and the dinner show, and we also went to family kingdom and rode some rides which scared me to death. I am not a fan of fair/carnival rides, LOL. We also did plenty of shopping at the beach stores and Tanger outlets! Here was our beach view:

Here are some aquarium highlights starting with stingray bay:

William was really intrigued by the eels....so much so that he leaned in too close, forgetting there was glass, and banged his head loudly!! :)

Margaritaville is such a fun place to eat and we alwas have a blast when we go:

We had such a good time on our trip and we're happy to be back home and ready to get back to our routine. Although school is school, William is ready to get back to the grind and come March he will be a third year medical student! We hope everyone has a good week! :)

Weekend Recap (even though it's already Wednesday)

William and I had a great weekend at home! Since my grandpa died back in September my grandma has had to adjust to living in her big house by herself. William and I have been promising that we would stay with her so Friday night when I got off work we headed to Raleigh. My grandma was given a bird by her nephew and I can't remember what exactly it's called but it has a pretty red tail and it's really expensive. It even comes with a birth certificate. It talks and whistles and makes noises ALL the time apparently but for some reason every time William gets around her it takes a good hour for her to warm up and start talking. It says general bird things like "pretty bird" and "hello" and stuff like that but it also barks like a dog and repeats things my grandma has taught it. It really is cool to watch! Her name is Gracie and she eats all kind of fruit (watermelon is her fave) but she also likes peanuts and ice and veggies straws! Here's a picture of her when my grandma let her out of the cage and a picture of William attempting to feed her (he was really scared of her beak!):

Saturday we woke up and went to cracker barrell with my grandma. There is no better breakfast on earth! Here's a picture of me and her at the table:

We went to my parents house and then took William to the flea market because he had never seen one, LOL. Sunday we had a great relaxing day, ran some errands with my mom and watched a movie while Charleigh loved William and layed behind his head:

Monday we came straight back to work and school and have not stopped since then! My parents are coming to stay here this weekend which will be SO fun. Hope everyone is having a great week!

Technology issues

I really have been wanting to post lately but my stupid computer is acting up. When technology works it's the best thing ever but when it doesn't it seems to blow up your world, lol. I can type a whole post on here and then I cannot hit the "publish" button. I can write the whole post on my computer, save it, and then I have to wrestle William's laptop away from all his research to post it, LOL. Anyway....we had a great weekend here in Winston.

I had to work saturday so once I got off we went to the mall and got all of our grocery shopping done. Sunday we went to church, took a nap, went to the gym, and watched two movies! I don't know if I have illustrated the fact of how hard our church search has been since we moved. We have finally found a church that we like and it reminds us of our old campus ministries at Campbell. They have home groups set up and we finally got the chance to try it yesterday night. We had a great time getting to know everyone and it was a breath of fresh air to connect with people of all ages. We're looking forward to the next meeting!

On another note, today is my grandma's birthday! She has had a tough year with the death of my grandpa but she is continuing to be a trooper and she means so much to me and William. We love you grandma Linda!

We are still alive...

Almost a month since we last posted! William and I have been SO busy with getting his summer research off the ground (which he loves) and all sorts of other things that the blog just took a back seat. We had some time off for the 4th of July so we were able to do some traveling and just relax. We went home friday when William got off and we had a good time just catching up with my parents. Saturday we ran several errands, went to the Farmer's Market with my parents, and grilled out a wonderful dinner. Sunday we got up early and headed to the beach for the day. We also took Charleigh and she LOVES the beach! We drove to Carolina beach and took the ferry at fort fisher. William and I had never done it so it was weird to be on a boat with cars!

We drove through southport and over to Oak Island where we went out on the beach for a few hours. William and I don't mind swimming in the ocean but once we saw a big old jellyfish swimming beside us we were done! I have never exited the ocean that fast...LOL.We left the beach to go back home and we all got showers and went out to eat. It was great to get away for the day and we all slept SO well that night.

Monday we slept in and William and I went to meet some of our friends for lunch. Corey and I went to middle school, high school, and college together and her husband Zach is in medical school. They just spent two years living in the Grand Cayman islands and Zach just took the big test that William will take next year. It was SO good to share the same stories, zach and william relating as med school students, and Corey and I as the wives of those students which is fun but challening! I wish we were all in the same place...maybe someday in the future!

Once we left them we did a little shopping and visited with my grandma for a while. We went to dinner with my parents and immediately got sad knowing the we would have to leave. We're back in Winston now, getting settled back in to everyday life but we had a great few days away!

Hope everyone has a great week!

Wonderful Weekend

William and I had a wonderful weekend together. Thursday night we went out to eat at a Japanese restaraunt here in Winston that is comparable to Kanki. It's called Arigato and they cook in front of you at the table. Annoying side note: Like I said, it's called Arigato so everytime we think about going there or even pass it on our way to somewhere else William always sings the Mr. Roboto song as loud as he can. Anyway, after that we went to see the Hangover 2 which we both thought was just as funny as the first!

Friday I was off of work so we woke up early and went to our favorite walking spot: Salem Lake! To our surprise, they are rebuilding the dam so the lake was being drained but it was still a beautiful walk! There's a 7 mile trail that we take around the lake and since it was early in the morning the weather was cool and sunny and perfect. Here are some pictures along the way (I took quite a few pictures but I'm still getting used to my iphone and tons of the pictures ended up being videos, LOL) :

We were hot when we got back so we ran and jumped in the pool and then we went to Blockbuster and got plenty of movies for the rest of the weekend. We have finally found a church here that we both like a lot so we went Sunday morning and the service was AMAZING. We want to try out the small group but we have to wait till next week when I can get off a little early. We have had the best weekend together and I am so thankful for the peacefulness.

Today William starts his summer reserarch with the pathology department at the hospital and he is so excited. He feels like he is really going to learn a lot and he gets paid at the same time!

We hope everyone has a great week!

Memorial Day Weekend

Man, time flies when you're having fun! Work weeks drag on and then when you get a little break you turn around and it's gone! I was off friday through monday so thursday night we went to Oxford to spend some time with William's family for his sister's high school graduation. Here's a pictue of Victoria walking across the stage:

and the family afterwards:

We spent thursday night through saturday morning in Oxford and then we came back to Winston Salem to go to a baby shower for a friend of William's from his med school class. The shower was SO nice and it was so great to meet some of his classmates. We played l0ts of fun games and I laughed so hard at pregnant twister. It was definitely a shower for men and women which was really cool and with pregnant twister all the guys had to stuff pillows under their shirts and play normal twister. Hilarious. Here's a great picture of William with his pregnant belly:

And an action shot of the boys falling down:

Saturday afternoon my parents came down and we had a great time. We spent lots of time outdoors and laying by the pool because it definitely feels like summer outside! They stayed until Tuesday morning and when I returned to work they went back home. We had a great weekend and we're just sorry it had to end!