Popcorn Goodness!

So, it happened. We went to The Mad Popper yesterday. And, we bought some Carolina BBQ popcorn and Sweet Tea popcorn too. We sampled their peanut butter & jelly popcorn, but stuck to the fun southern flavors. This cute shop makes new flavors of the week and sell their popcorn by the bag or by the tin. It was definitely a fun treat yesterday afternoon!

Random Fact from Adam: "China has now passed Japan as the world's second largest car market, behind the U.S. A few Chinese car buying facts:
* Sales are up eight-fold since 2000
* 80% of all new cards sold in China are bought by people who have never bought a car -- new or used -- before, according to J.D. Power and Associates. In the U.S. less than 1% of all new cars are sold to people who have never bought a new or used car before."

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY ADAM!!!

My wonderful husband turns 30 today!!! We have already had fun celebrating this awesome man and there is still more fun still to come. Last Friday, we hosted the 5th Annual Dodgeball Birthday Bash. 10 dodgeballs, 18 people, a gym, and a birthday boy.....we were having a good time. And for those of you who have participated in the Dodgeball madness before, we did have Papa John's pizza and Dr. Pepper as always. For the cake this year though, Adam requested a cookie cake. Let's just say I went a little overboard (the thing was a monster!).

For his birthday breakfast today, I made us some buttermilk blueberry pancakes and a casserole with eggs, potatoes, and sausge. All the flags you seen in the casserole are the 31 (one to grow on) of the many reasons why I love my husband. It was a fun way to serve him today! I think the rest of our day is pretty chill. I may run a few errands while he finishes up work and then we do have a church event tonight. We'll wait to go to dinner tomorrow night. But, if I'm lucky, I think we're going to this popcorn place this afternoon. Adam read about it in the newspaper. It is called The Mad Popper and they have all kinds of flavored popcorn including Sweet Tea and Carolina BBQ. I'll let you know what I think about it! Alrighty then, until next time.....have a happy day!

Adam, Mike, Chad, and Brannon

My pizza stone holding some of it's best work

The breakfast casserole

Happy Birthday ADAM!!!!

Beach Bums...

Last Saturday, Adam, Kristen, Alicia, and I headed to the beach. Alicia is a fellow OT and co-worker of mine and a native to NC. So, she could show us the ropes around Wilmington! We ended up at Fort Fischer beach and it was a great day of sun and sand. After catching some waves and lounging around, we ventured to downtown Wilmington for dinner. It is such a cute city! I describe it as a blend of downtown Savannah and Portland, ME. And, Dawson's Creek was filmed in downtown Wilmington....yes, I did watch that show through college. We got to eat at Caprice Bistro where Kris and I got Mussels and Frites!!! YUM YUM! Let's just say, there's nothing quite like Beligium fries. By the time we were back in Raleigh, the four of us were wiped out and slept nice and soundly that night!

The fun colored houses along the water

Me, Kristen, and Alicia

Strolling in downtown Wilmington

Random Fact from Adam: "In honor of the 2008 NC turkey hunting season, here are some wild turkey facts (no, not the booze):
* They can fly up to 55 mph. 55! I'm shocked. Johnny Damon barely throws that hard.
* More than 10,000 wild turkeys were harvested in NC in 2007. Considering 75,000 hunters go after them, that's a pretty low success ratio.
* They're in 49 of the 50 states (all except Alaska).
* I saw a wild turkey next door to my apartment in Newton, Mass. Hey, I never said all of these random facts were exciting."

Party in Pennsylvania!

I hit the road again headed to the cute town of Swarthmore, PA. It is near Philly, but I never made it to that big city this time. The 6.5 hour drive started last Thursday morning with my Camry loaded up with food, decorations, and a sundress for Beth's Bridal Shower! I got to spend time with Beth and her family Thursday and Friday before the party fun on Saturday. Beth took me to "downtown" Swarthmore which is extremely adorable and a great deli place for lunch where I ordered a sandwich that was way too big for me! We went shopping, tried on shoes for the bridesmaids, a couple trips to Michael's and Staples, several malls, and good ole catching up face to face.....

Saturday started out with some caffeine and breakfast to get us going! Then, Holly and I headed over to Nikki's house to get everything ready. One stop to the grocery store, the 3rd stop to Staples for me, and praying that the rain holds off resulted in one AWESOME cocktail party...CHECK OUT the pics! It was so wonderful hanging out with all the girls, spending time celebrating with Beth, and laughing our heads off at our "post-shower" pajama party. We love you Beth and look forward to more fun and festivities as you and Mike get MARRIED!!!

A perfect setting for an outdoor cocktail party

The drinks were so cleverly named...way to go Nikki!

We had the system going while Beth opened all of our gifts

Desserts came out after opening presents, we had so much FOOD!

Kirstin, Nikki, Beth, Holly, and Me

Time to take it easy in pajamas and open more presents!

Random Fact from Adam: "Guinness sells more beer in Nigeria than Ireland, according to the Los Angeles Times. Granted, Nigeria has 148 million people compared to 4.3 million in Ireland, but still, who would've thought of Nigeria as a Guinness-loving country? Though beer consumption has declined by 15% in Ireland since 2001, the country is still the world's second-biggest beer-drinking market, trailing only the Czech Republic."