Lowe's (Charlotte, NC)

Well, we made our trip to Charlotte, NC this past weekend! We left Saturday morning about 6 am and got to our hotel room around 3pm. We went to eat at Texas Roadhouse which is a tradition and our tradition of playing miniature golf was, of course, rained out!! We just drove around a little checking out the town and headed back to the room to watch the Nationwide race. We got up and left the hotel Sunday at about 6am and headed to the track so we could get our normal spot along the highway to set up our "camp"! We had an awesome breakfast thanks to Steve for cooking our bacon and eggs! We spent the morning watching the traffic, walking around, etc. Had a good lunch of grilled turkey breasts and pork steak from the Odon Locker, potatoe salad from Lakeview! Needless to say, the guys do a good job with the food! I don't have to do much of anything since I am the only female with the group which is kind of nice for a change!!

We only got to see the cars for a short bit before the rain started and they put the covers on them. Didn't even see 1 lap!! Did have a good pre-race show though for our troups!!


Storm clouds moving in!! We sat for a while with our rain poncho's on while it absolutely pounded on us and then decided to go under shelter for a while....didn't ever really clear off after that!

I have to tell you the story behind this picture....This is Joshua Hawkins, aka Bubba, holding part of a golf club which they use for a stirring stick for the camp fire! We are parked right beside a golf course on the other side of the trees....they found this golf club like 4 years ago and they put it in a tree every year hoping it will be there the next year! Guess what? It always is! This is the first thing they look for when we park the truck before we set up camp! They are nuts!!

Doug, Steve, and Gary (all brothers)

Me and Doug before the rain began!!

Zach's Graduation

I know it has been forever once again, but I am trying to keep up with facebook and this blog thing! HaHa- Friday night was my "little" nephew Zach's graduation from North Daviess! I can't believe he is old enough to graduate! (Plus taller than me, which doesn't take much!) He is such a good young man with a huge heart!



Proud parents- my brother and Lori!!

Zach and his little cousin Collin James!

Zach giving me the thumbs up sign as he is getting ready to enter the gym for his graduation!