Not Your Average Cupcakes...

I went to Sarah's yesterday, and she had some frosting left over from her cake class on Monday, so we made up a batch of cupcakes and decorated them all fancy...well....we decorated them anyway. We each made a clown....I did Spiderman, a cat, a garden, some spaghetti and meatballs, a carrot and a couple aliens. Sarah did a lion, a piggy, a puppy and a froggy. They turned out really well I thought, and we had a lot of fun doing them.

Mother's Day

For Mother's Day, we rounded up Mom, Dale, Sarah, Greg and Delilah and headed into Asheville for the Mother's Day Greek Luncheon put on by the Greek Orthodox Church. You can see a picture there of the new sanctuary they've built. We went inside and it was gorgeous! The brick building behind is where we went to eat. The food was superb as usual! We also enjoyed the Greek dancing- they did a little more performing than last year. It was beautiful weather too, so what a fun day!

Cookout

Our friends Larry and Christy invited us to their cookout on Saturday. It was a great day at lake Julian. Lots of sailboats out on the lake. Looks like fun. They must have been having races. They had buoys set up and kept blowing horns. This one guy kept tipping his over. I think it was mostly for fun. It was gusty. Larry threw some turkey burgers and dogs on the grill. We also had chips, beans, and salad. It was good. We rented a paddle boat and took a lap around the lake. We kind of put ourselves right in the middle of the action at one time, as you can see in that picture of the sailboat headed right for us. We went to their condo and had some cake afterwards. Which they might have sold today. You can stay with us until you find your new home. Maybe Randy can make it next time.

Triple Falls

I went hiking last weekend too. This is Triple falls inside Dupont State Forest. Its really 5 water falls but three of them are close together and the other two are spaced out a bit. This was a lot easier hike than the last one. More scenery too. I'll have to see if Greg, Sarah, and Rachael want to go there sometime. If you click on the slide show, it gets bigger. Rachael went shopping with Sandy this time, so she missed it again. The pictures might not be the best because I took them with my phone.

Looking Glass

Here are some pictures from last weekends adventure. Rachael and the girls went to the yearly womens conference, so I had to think of something to keep me busy. It was supposed to rain so I stopped by Walmart and picked up a rain jacket. Also stopped by Subway and got a sandwich for the prize at the top. Its 6.2 miles round trip. Mostly up hill all the way there. Being nearly 40 now, it took some convincing to make it to the top. Good thing I have been working on being healthier this year. If you click the link you'll see a picture with a tree that all the bark was rubbed off. I was wondering at this point if I still had enough energy to outrun a bear. The view at the top was great. I remember the first time I came up here was with a friend from the airport. Hot Rod Martin. Don't know what happened to him. He was a chemistry major, last I heard. I forgot my phone at work or I would have called somebody to go with me. Get ready, because I'll need some company next time. Its a hard hike, but I enjoyed it.