Fireproof

After church today we headed to Garner to have lunch with Mom, Grandma, Matt, Toni, & Carter (great lunch mom!). After lunch Matt & Toni were headed to Cary to watch Fireproof & invited us to go along....SO glad we did! We hadn't been to the movies in ages, I think we have only been to the movies once or twice. I had heard about the movie & sent Seth the link, but today's trip was a great surprise. The theater was packed, sold out on a Sunday afternoon. It was an amazing movie, one we recommend to anyone. We're not usually the type to recommend too much, but for this we'll speak up! It is worth a date night for sure. A great movie, a wonderful message, and when the entire theater claps when it is over you know it was worth the ticket price!

You never know what you'll get with Hollywood these days. We've become numb to a great deal and we accept much more than we should when it comes to movies. This is a great movie with a great message. I don't want to give it away....just go watch it! Check out the site & see where it is playing in your area, it is only playing in selected theaters.

We had a great double date with Matt & Toni- thanks guys! I will give my brother a shout out here- he is a captain with the fire dept. & it is hard to watch certain scenes knowing he risks his life and has been in many of those situations. He is very good at what he does, a natural gift & he is highly praised in his profession. I am very proud of him, but pray often that he is safe as he works to keep others safe. Love you Matt, proud of the work you do, & proud of the leadership role you have with your crew. =)

Preslee- special thanks to you too! I had the movie tickets you gave me in my car & we used those today! Thanks for a great movie! =)

5 months

We'll celebrate 5 months as Mr. & Mrs. tomorrow. It has been an amazing 5 months! We were talking tonight before Seth headed to bed (his 4am alarm usually gets him to bed before me on school nights!) & I just looked at him & had to smile. I am thankful for my husband & the happiness he has brought to my life.

We're going out to dinner tomorrow to celebrate. The 1st date we have had in months. He's been planning all week! I am looking forward to a night out w/ my husband!
Don't know what I did to deserve him!

my bro got married :)

We just got back from the wedding/family weekend. We went up right after Ashley got out of work to make a shower for Lori. A bit of rehearsal and some good BBQ friday night. The wedding was great and we got to see a lot of family/friends. I was able to introduce Ashley to my Uncle Willie and Aunt Denise. We are happy for John and Lori and wish them "happy trails" :)




After the wedding, we went down to W-burg to visit the parents and spend some more time with my sister's family, grandma, and of course my folks. We took a trip to the park nearby and that was fun.



Some more pics of the events here

when was the last time you crawled under a boat?

For me it was Saturday. Whitley needed some help working on the boat and I didn't know what i signed up for. The boat was out of water prior to the hurricanes we've seen lately. Since it was on dry land there was some maintenance to be done.

For starters the barnacles get scraped off...luckily Bruce arrived early and started on this. I had a few tasks. One was painting the underbelly where the propeller shaft is connected. Not normal paint and since Bruce scared the crap out of me that this paint would not just simply "wash off" I was very careful to not even get a drop on me **thanks latex gloves.

We polished the railings that surround the boat and then buffed and waxed (that's 2x folks) the 'metal' which makes up the bridge (i hope i get most of this terminology correct) :)

All in all it was a good day of hard work, really makes you appreciate the boat trips even more.

A Night Downtown with Friends

We're blessed to have great friends, if you're reading this you're one of them! We enjoyed a night downtown with some of our closest friends on Saturday. I've known these girls since preschool & you couldn't ask for better friends! We get together often, but this time it was couple's night out with us & all our men. We enjoyed dinner on the patio at Mellow Mushroom & then walked down to The Cupcake Shoppe for dessert. The girls got these cupcakes for my bridal shower in the spring & we fell in love with them- the icing is AMAZING! We've been excited about this outing for weeks. The guys weren't quite as excited about the cupcakes or the girl talk that came at that point, so they ate & went off on their own for a while. We had a great night. Next time you're downtown you have to stop by for a sweet treat! They are all good, but the strawberry cupcake was our favorite! Pumpkin was the flavor of the week & it was a close second. Check out the rest of the photos on Picasa. Thanks for a great night, can't wait to see you all soon!

Hanna

Hanna blew through last night & into the morning. The rain stopped around 11am & the final count was 4inches. A few limbs in the yard & that is all! Looks like Ike has headed for the Gulf so maybe we'll get through this season safe!

The rain kept us in this morning so I did a little cleaning. You all know I have cleaning issues! The Poole kids all have our OCD quirks, thanks Dad! My biggest is cleaning....a great disorder to have, but clutter makes me nervous & it isn't always a good thing! This morning I tackled the hardwoods. Our house is 1/2 hardwood floors, I fell in love with them when I walked into the door last summer, but they aren't always the most fun to clean! They get mopped often, Swiffer WetJet at least weekly (who doesn't love the Swiffer?!), but they need that deep Murphury's Oil clean from time to time & it was time. Seth hid out in the office to watch tv & I put some elbow grease in & got them done. They look good & smell great! A productive Saturday morning!

Mom is healing from her surgery & doing some organizing at the house while she is recovering. Love my mom, but my clean freak genes didn't come from her- she is our clutterbug! She found lots of old family items last week: pictures, keepsakes, & this old newspaper clipping. I had forgotten all about it! Pretty neat shot. Mom & I got a good laugh out of the pigtails. I was a pain when it came to my hair as a kid. That OCD again! I always took it down & redid it after she left the room, so in about 1st grade she gave up & made me do it myself so we'd all be happy! I pulled it back sooooo tight! Old memories always make you smile! To be young & carefree! Thanks for putting up with me mom!! =)

Trip to Garner Park

After church, we headed to Garner to see the the boys (Cameron and Ty). Cameron wanted to go to the park and play some baseball so we headed out. Ty followed on the skateboard and we hit a couple balls and let Cameron run the bases. It was so hot out there. Ty skated back to Granny's and we played some soccer.


The water fountains were pushing out luke warm water


...blehhhh...


but we still had a good time on the swings and playground.

I got Ty some back to school items. You remember Ty from Myrtle Beach right.. (click here)