NC State Fair, UNC, and Fancy Cars

David's best friend from high school brought his wife and little boy down from DC for the weekend and we have had a fantastic time! They got in on Thursday evening and we stayed up talking until 2:30am--lots to catch up on! We spent Friday at the NC State Fair, went to Late Night with Roy on Friday night (many thanks to Martha for staying home with the kiddos so we could go!!), and spent Saturday in Chapel Hill visiting the UNC Basketball Museum, walking on Franklin Street and campus, and having great BBQ at Allen & Sons. The amazing weather continued and it was so fun to spend so much time outside enjoying my favorite season!

 Joshua saw this kayak and had to get

inside. He said, "Mommy, can you take

my picture??"

 The fact that he wanted his picture

taken with this race car should

surprise no one :)

 This might be one of my favorite pictures

of Joshua EVER.

 There are hundreds of these cows all

over the Triangle, painted differently,

and they'll be auctioned off for some

kind of charity or fundraiser. Joshua

"needed" to ride on it :)

 And as soon as she saw him up there,

so did Leah!

 Leah is saying, "CHEEEEEEESE!"

 Raising him right! Go Heels!

 Joshua and Leah with their new

buddy Jeremiah

 Our wonderful guests: AriAnn,

Jeremiah, and Chris :)

 We stopped at South Point Mall on our

way back home and saw this Ferrari

California in the parking lot. Joshua has

2 Hot Wheel versions of this car and

was SO psyched to see one in person!

This is evidence that dreams can come

true :)

Museum of Life & Science!

We had gorgeous weather this week, so we made another trip to the Museum of Life & Science in Durham. I got an unlimited 3-month pass through a great Living Social deal, so we're trying to make as many trips as possible before the end of October!

 Smiley siblings :)

 Not so smiley anymore...this picture

should evoke all kinds of funny memories

for my parents and my brother!

 Joshua actually took this picture--

pretty good, huh?

 Checking out the black bears

 My handsome boy waiting for Leah

and Daddy to catch up

Oh, he's not a ham at all, is he? :)