North Carolina

Nick and I went to North Carolina for my work conference so I could be certified in Adult Weight Management. We made a really fun trip out of it! We loved it there! We had so much good food and the area was gorgeous! There were so many pretty parks and I forget living here in Utah how green it is back there!

Oh and don't worry....there were all these tornado warnings when we were back there! It was freaky!

This picture is pretty funny how Nick placed his hands in his lap...he was being goofy--but you can't really tell...


Carolina Beach...

After a long flight...
Alligator Encounter...



Nick is making a serious face at this Civil War Site--he was in heaven with all of this history he got to learn about while I was at my conference. :)

This last one was a random hike we took by our hotel and we found this gorgeous pond!

Well..that is a rap....As the Ryan Adams song goes.."Oh My Sweet Carolina..." We'll see ya again next time. :)

Rachael had her BABY!

Rachael had her beautiful baby girl!! They named her Brittana Jyl (a family name!) She is such a beautiful baby!! And I think she looks just like Rachael! We went to visit her in the hospital and I can't believe Rachael and how easy she makes childbirth look easy as cake! She is amazing! They sure do make cute babies!!

I just make the babies cry....


These are her cute girls together! I think they are darling!

Chopped...

So...Nick and I have our favorite shows, but this one on the Food Network is one of our favorites (EVEN Nick likes it.) It is called "Chopped" and for those that haven't seen this show, they start with four chefs and they start making an appetizer with random surprise ingredients that usually don't go together in twenty minutes, then one gets chopped..aka eliminated.

Then they continue making dinner and dessert. People keep getting "chopped" until there is a final winner! The final winner gets $10,000. I wish I could be a judge so bad! This show makes us so HUNGRY!

Nick and I kind of make our own versions of "Chopped" and make weird food combinations that sometimes taste good. Sometimes when we go out to eat we pretend that we are the judges on chopped and criticize and analyze the meal. :)

Check it out on the FOOD network on Tuesday nights. :)