Fun Polly pictures

Here are a few random pictures of Polly. She finds the craziest places to be and the funniest poses! Can you tell we love her?

Just hanging out in the kitchen.

Waiting for Mom and Dad to arrive

She always wants to be right with us, especially touching us, and will even take over your seat on the couch.

Weekend with the Millers

Miriam's parents stopped for a visit this past weekend for a little rest before heading up to Richmond, VA for the week. We were able to spend time with them and we were glad we were on the way. Polly was happy to get the extra attention...boy, does she get spoiled when she is with either set of the grandparents!

Sunday after church, Miriam and Mom went to the Spa and enjoyed a massage and pedicure for a fun pre-anniversary gift.

Monday, Mom and Dad celebrated their 30th anniversary! Congrats!!

Fun at Little River, SC

This past weekend we went down to Little River, SC to our friend's parents condo on the Intercoastal Waterway. We had a great weekend of jet skiing in the ocean, hanging out on a little island and having fun together.

Mike took Polly over to his parents on Friday so they could keep her while we were gone. Then, we headed down to Little River.

Polly with her backpack ready to go!

Miriam with rainbow in background at Intercoastal Waterway.

On Saturday, we went out for a morning of jet skiing. We jumped waves in the ocean and went for a walk on an island. Then after lunch, we went down to Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach. The guys went to watch the movie, Transformers, while the girls went to see an Imax film and walked around the shopping area at Broadway. We joined up for dinner at Liberty Steakhouse.

Miriam and Sarah walked through a lot of the shops and stopped to try on some fun sunglasses.

On Sunday, we went out for another morning of fun jet skiing. We took the jet skiis out to a couple of shrimp boats and got to see about 30 dolphins swimming behind the boat waiting on a little snack. What a cool experience! Then, we hung out on the island with the kite and frisbee and watched a few jet skiis jumping the waves. After lunch and clean-up, we headed back to Raleigh.

Pictures

Here are a few pictures from our wedding/anniversary...

Wedding - July 12, 2003 Columbus, GA:

1st Anniversary - July 12, 2004 Dinner at Maggiano's

This year's anniversary (4th) - July 12, 2007 Dinner at The Twisted Fork

On this day...

On this day, July 12...

• 100 B.C. Julius Caesar was born
• 1862 Congress authorized the Medal of Honor
• 1865 George Washington Carver was born
• 1933 Congress passed the first minimum wage law in the U.S. - $0.33 per hour (big bucks!!)
• 1937 Bill Cosby was born
• 1948 Richard Simmons was born
• 1960 Etch A Sketch goes on sale
• 2003 Mike and Miriam got married!!!

Today we are celebrating our 4th anniversary. The time has sure flown by quickly. I'll try to update with pictures sometime later when I have them.

Happy 4th!

We hope you had a happy 4th of July! We are so privileged to live in a free country. We are so thankful for the men and women who have fought and continue to fight and die for our freedoms! Some of the men and women, including Mike's brother, Mark, who have given their lives more recently for our freedom have been remembered in a book entitled Faces of Freedom by Rebecca Pepin. ALL proceeds from the sale of this book will go to Fisher House and Wounded Warrior Project. We are thankful for this remembrance and honor for our soldiers.

Our 4th consisted of doing a little around the house while Mike prepared ribs and got them on the grill early. We enjoyed dinner with our friends, Codey and Laura, and filled ourselves to the top (with ribs, corn, pasta salad, cole slaw, gilled onions, and potato wedges)! And then ate homemade ice cream to fill in any extra spaces! After dinner, we met more friends, Joe and Abby, in Raleigh to watch fireworks. What a fun evening. And all possible because of our freedoms.

Vacation 2007

Mike and I went to Harkers Island, NC for a little vacation this past week (Monday, June 25 - Friday, June 29). We had a great time on the island hanging out together on the beach, relaxing, and kayaking.

Monday, we got to the island and found our house for the week. We ate a little lunch and checked out the island. Then, we decided to take out the kayak (that we borrowed from Mike's brother and sister-in-law) for a little "test drive."

Tuesday, we took The Local Yokel Ferry over to Cape Lookout. We got to see some of the wild horses on the way over. Here are some of the pictures from Tuesday.