North Carolina

The guys relaxing on Saturday night (I think Jim was in a poker game at the time of the pic).  The fishing tournament was a bust for them.  Aaron purchased new rods this year and they were shipped without any problems (unlike last year), but the conditions were terrible and they couldn't get many fish to bite.  Once they did catch a good keeper, Aaron's limbs were so numb that he stumbled trying to put the fish in the wet well and realized it was either him or the fish that was going in the water and he decided it should be the fish.  Conditions were in the 30's with rain.  The guys called it a day around noon and napped in front of the fire.
 

The girls on Saturday night
 

Our group at the Charity event - my eyes are closed but we only took one pic of the whole group!
 

The boys were very good for Grandma.  Brody had a birthday party for a class friend on Saturday and then they all went to Incredible Mo's for Mason and Noah's birthday celebration!  They were excited to see us... AND really excited to see their new bobber bears when we returned.
 

The awesome Sonoma trophy!  It was heavy!
 

Flight delays both ways due to de-icing, but not too bad!
 

 

Our silly photo booth pics:
 

The girls in the photo booth!  Sharon, me, Sherry and Sherry's friend Erin.  She was really sweet and used to drive race cars!
 

The few days before our trip I had awful migraines that would go away with Maxalt but only to return 12-24hrs later.  I tried a Toradol shot Tuesday (we left Thurs) and the only thing that did was bruise my hip and the bandaid gave me a rash.  Thursday I tried acupuncture before we left and then on Friday when we were in NC, I tried a hot stone massage.  Apparently, I should have asked for a warm stone massage because it resulted in some blisters.  Thankfully I was back to feeling 100% on Saturday (minus a few blisters, but I'll take a few small blisters over a migraine any day).