23 on the 23rd

Yes, that is right. I just celebrated my GOLDEN birthday. I am now living the high life of my GOLDEN year. It has welcomed me with super hot hot days and not so cool nights. Scott had been away at scout camp for a whole week leading up to my birthday. He threatened me with making some leather belt or something while at camp for me. I smiled and said thanks but no thanks. The day before I went online to check out what things you can do for free on your birthday, aka free food. So in the morning,  I went to IHOP for my first time ever and had breakfast with my date, Addilyn. It was free except for my OJ. Then we went to the mall. I had a nice little bday gift card from my dad to Old Navy so I figured to kill time until Scott came home I might spend a little of it. Before the stores opened I let Addi run around their play toys. There were some other girls there and Addilyn had a blast with them. Ever since she's been able to walk she is much more confident about going out and playing with other kids. It is too darn cute.

While I was at Old Navy trying on a shirt, Scott called me saying he was home...early! Like by an hour. So I bought a shirt and picked up Scott. We headed north to Hanging Rock state park and went swimming. It reminded me of Lake Goodwin (where we always went growing up in WA).

look at that sandy bum

We swam there for a while and then started heading back and stopped for dinner at a seafood shack. Scott had heard it gets super crowded and you could be waiting for a table for an hour. Well, we pull up and saw about 60 (no joke) people standing outside. you've got to be kidding me. Scott went in and came back and told us we were 2nd on the list. Apparently the crowd came off of the tour bus that was in the parking lot and were waiting for their tables to be set up. Geesh. Anywho, we had a fried seafood platter including: shrimp, scallops, stuffed crab, flounder, and the best- oysters. mmm.

don't mind the crazy doo

Once we got back into Winston-Salem, we went to get frozen yogurt. Which I got for FREE with as much and whatever I wanted in it. Oh yes. I took advantage of that.

Overall, it was a great birthday. I did some of my favorite things: eat, shop, and swim.

Here are the only pics Scott took about scout camp:

The top of their hike to Raven Knob.

 The amphitheater you see is where we were at Wednesday night for the Order of the Arrow ceremony. They had traditional Indian garb while they danced and shot bow and arrows with fire.

at the top of the Knob. They have that there all the time

engraved on the blade is the BSA symbol

Scott's troop got the Honor Troop award. One of the requirements to get that award is to have someone get the scout master merit badge, which Scott did! That leads us to his hatchet/ax thing he got. The leaders who run the camp awarded him this because they think he's awesome and a great scout master!

So this is completely unrelated to our week, but these pics below are from memorial day weekend. We went to a guy's home from Scott's work who was having a pool party. Well, everyone else had plans, so we had our own party for us. lol. They had great food too. They bought Richard Petty's starter home...(he's one of the racing Petty's)

the spa overflows to the pool

 I wish I got pictures of what's surrounding the pool. They have such beautiful seating arrangements and landscaping. It was such a nice relaxing day.

Note the oxygen tank there. They have scuba gear and let us use it in their pool. It was such a cool experience. Neither Scott or I have done it before. After we did it, we both said we felt like James Bond. I don't know how they do all those underwater scuba fight scenes! It's so hard to see anything than what's in front of you.