Off to the W-S

My mom and two of my awesome nieces who just graduated from high school.  They're off to NC State and College of Charleston in the fall.  Clearly the tall genes are from my brothers-in-law.

This is not even close to everyone in the family.

 

I took the boys to Winston-Salem to visit my mom and go to my nieces' graduation party.  They had a great time hanging out with some of their cousins.  The next day we went exploring behind my mom's house.  SECCA (South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art) has been in the old Hanes mansion for as long as I can remember.  We used to run around back there as kids and we would get kicked out regularly.  The curator lived in the house next door, no one lives there anymore so it's a little abandoned and disheveled looking.  And of course no trip to W-S is complete without hitting the major landmarks.  We went to Dewey's Bakery for some bread and Moravian cookies.  And then over to Krispy Kreme for hot doughnuts and cool hats.

It Happened in May

One Sunday afternoon we went to the Capitol building to see a couple of Adrian's former players officer commissioning ceremony.  It was a really neat event, low key and serious for all of five minutes.  Their moms cried a little.  I remember when these boys were just boys in high school and now they're serving our country.

On Mother's Day my sister Erica was visiting family in NC for a flash.  She only brought Dean with her since he is still at a very portable age.  We met up at the children's museum in Greensboro so the boys could have the freedom to run around.  I definitely recommend the museum, it had an airplane cockpit, a real fire truck and police car, a race car, and big garden outside with rabbits and chickens.  It was a great way to celebrate being moms together.

Wedding Cupcakes

My great friend Jess got married at the end of April in Emerald Isle.  My friend Beth and I had spent the last year testing cupcake flavors and recipes on our friends, family, and co-workers.  It was a lot of fun and a little bit competitive.  The final flavors were white cake with strawberry buttercream, white cake with mango buttercream, and yellow cake with raspberry filling and lemon cream cheese.  The colors of a sunset - perfect!  Beth made little chocolate seashells to decorate some of them.  The wedding guests and caterer thought we were real professionals.  We sort of rolled with that idea.  All the work and love that went into putting this together for them was our gift to Jess and Chris.  We wish them many years of happiness!

Sun, sand, and ocean - love it!

My boys playing frisbee with Beth's family

So romantic!

The bride with her cupcake girls.

Sharing cake - too nicely.

A groomsmen showing how to properly devour a cupcake.