A Southern State Of Mind: EPIC Weekend!

Just like college, this weekend started on Thursday :D haha John and I had really been looking forward to this Thursday because that meant time with BRAD! And since Brad is pretty much awesome, we were really excited :D

We had worked out that mom and dad Martin would help watch Carter some during the weekend :D THANKS AGAIN!! and Thursday was one of those days. We left Carter with them and headed out to Brads. We stopped at Chick-fil-a first, of course. Oh how I miss Chick-fil-a!! When we got to Brad's we got ready and headed for his pool. It was so nice to just relax and have some pool time and catch up with Brad! While we were there John Moody showed up! I love chatting with John Moody :D He also lost his dad not that long ago, so it's nice talking with someone that's been through something similar. Anyway, after the pool we went and got changed and hung out at Brads for a little bit.

Next we headed to disc golf!!! YES! At our favorite course. We were SO excited :D We had a lot of fun and John had an amazing last shot. The disc hooked on the outside of the cage- unheard of!

After disc golf we went and showered and went to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings, a Mitch and Brad tradition that we swooped on. I definitely ate too many wings! haha Afterwards we headed up to Big Boss, had a few of our favorite beers, and played some shuffle board. John and I LOVE shuffle board and are pretty much addicted! Kristen and AJ also came up there and hung out with us. I really miss that place! We had A LOT of fun goofing off :D
Buffalo Wild Wings!

We never realize that all them were named John, so they had to come up with a cool move for them all to do. haha

Me and Kristen hanging out

We also had to play pool because it's AJs favorite. They weren't posing, this was real. haha

Afterwards we headed back to Brads and stayed the night with him. It's MUCH closer than driving all the way back to North Raleigh. Mitch had left to go out of town that morning, so he let us use his room- SO nice! :D Anyway, Thursday was AMAZING! I love spending time with Brad and John :D I really miss it when we are down in Miami.

Friday morning we got up around noon and went and ate lunch with JENNIE B AND JORDYN!!! I was SO excited! I could not wait to meet her baby girl! Which means she's pretty much mine too since we have been best friends most of our lives. We met them up at Panera Bread off Six Forks Rd and once I saw her, she was mine :D I held her almost the entire time :D I see how moms learn to use 1 hand for everything! She is such a sweet baby! We caught up with Jennie and made plans to see her at least 2 more times while we were home :D
Me and Jordyn!

John's getting good with babies :D TOO CUTE

I still cant believe Jennie has a baby! But here is the 3 of us :D Love them to death!

After lunch we went by John's parents house to pick up Carter. Mom and Dad Martin said he did great! We had ended up washing his bed after camping and Carter apparently LOVES playing with it. He kept them entertained playing with his bed for a while. haha. He also made himself comfy in their house and on their couch. haha Silly pup. They spoiled him rotten!

Anyway, we got him and all his stuff and headed to NC State to meet up with Krystal and Josh! They had decided to make a trip down when they heard we were coming. I was SO happy and couldnt wait to see them! We parked at Syme, our old home and the building I was in charge of. Brought back a lot of memories! On our way to the Bell Tower where we were meeting them, we ran into Aris, my old boss, and Jennie Liner, the Administrative Assistant that I worked closely with. Boy do I miss them! We caught up for a little bit and then we headed off to see Krystal and Josh and to meet Bailey!!

As soon as we found them, Carter went crazy over Bailey. We could barely get them to walk they wanted to play together so bad! We took them over to the Court of Carolinas and let them off leash in the outdoor classroom. We figured they would stay close because they wanted to play with each other so bad. We were right! They played and played and played! while they played, we caught up with Krystal and Josh. Carter and Bailey were so cute together! It was great for Carter because most dogs he plays with dont have the same energy level as him, but Bailey did! So it was awesome. They are both very well behaved. They also shared their water together :D TOO CUTE!
Best of friends :D

playing!

Sitting for a treat!

Sharing their water :D

Next we walked around State just to see what had changed and because we all miss it so much. We also took this as a time to get pictures of our pups around campus :D They were great sports!
Wolf Ears!

John and Carter!

<3 them!

Brickyard

On our walk we checked out the temporary bookstore, which is in the bottom of Harrelson- weird! and we also saw the old bookstore all torn down- so sad!! We did get commandeer a brick though!
The demolition :(

We also finally saw the Kay Yow memorial!

After NC State- we went over to Carter-Finely. John and I really wanted a picture with Carter there- duh. He was only named after it. haha I had also brought all 3 of our jerseys for us to wear. Cheesy? I dont care! Krystal and Josh got some pics of us in front of the Murphy Center and we got some of them :D Then we walked all the way around it, checked out the new scoreboard and then got some pics in front of the Carter-Finley sign. It was SO HOT out!! The puppies were great sports and after all the play time and exercise, I knew Carter was going to PASS OUT. haha
Murphy Center

My family :D

Kinlaw Family! Bailey loves to kiss :D

John and I grabbed some I Love New York Pizza on our way to Brad's :D I miss that place so much too! Brad was playing that night at Katmandu and we had decided to just stay at his place that night again. So we went back to his place, took a short nap, and then got ready for his show! Carter did pass out. haha I knew he would be fine while we were gone for a few hours. :D

John and I really couldnt wait for Brad's show! I have only been to a few and I LOVE hearing Brad play and sing. We rode with Brad to Katmandu and he went on stage almost right away. John and I went and met up with Krystal, Josh, Chris, Kristen, AJ, Thomas, pretty much a lot of our friends. Brad's shows are always so much fun because so many people from different areas of our life are there to listen. :D People that normally wouldnt hang out together, like Brads friends that we are friends with, Johns WRAL people, and of course our normal ring of friends. It was nice seeing people we dont get to see a lot, but miss!

During Brad's show, John Moody came up to me and asked me if I had worked at Adventure Landing when I was younger. I looked at him weird, because how would he know that about me!? Then he asked if I knew the guy sitting next to him, and sure enough I did! It was the first boss that had ever hired me- Ben. CRAZY! I went over and talked to him and caught up some. He told me all these crazy stories about what really went on at Adventure Landing when I was there. haha. It was fun and weird all at the same time!

Anyway, Brad did an amazing job as always. And even though he played for hours, it's never enough! I cant wait to hear him play again! After the show, we headed back to Brad's and went to bed :D Carter was angel while were gone and slept great through the night!
Brad and his band!

Saturday! Again, couldnt wait for this day either! In fact, we planned our whole trip home around this day. haha. Really, we planned our whole trip around American Aquarium. As you know they are our favorite band and we found out they were playing July 2nd. We just had to see them and it happened to work out for everyone for us to come home then. SCORE! :D

During the day Saturday, we got up and went over Hutch's for a pool party. We spent the day in the sun and spending time with all our friends :D Jennie came over with Jordyn, Thomas brought Rick and Carter and Bailey played and played again! I had two babies in my arms! My two favorite babies that is! :D We tried to get the pups in the pool and they both wanted out. haha, I think they just wanted to play together. They ended up ROLLING in the dirt and were SO dirty! They had a blast though.:D They played for about 4 hours straight. I have no idea how they have that much energy! We had a great time :D
Carter cuddled up on Brad on the way to Hutch's!

Brad and Rick! Two of my favorites!

Filthy!! but happy :D

Afterwards, we went and dropped Carter off at Mom and Dad Martins. They were dog sitting again for us :D Then we headed off to Brad's to get ready for the concert! After we got ready, we headed off to the Pour House. When we got there, the lead singer BJ was standing outside and saw us and was so surprised/excited to see us and gave us big hugs. I love knowing the band! haha We ran into a couple of the other members and then up and played some pool and had some drinks while waiting for American Aquarium to come on. They finally went on and of course we were in the front like old times :D We sang along and had a good time :D
Best friends :D

Us and Bill! He's the bass player and an AWESOME guy!

BJ and Bill playing :D

After the concert we went to Cookout- YUM. We ran into one of our basketball player- CJ Williams and a future potential player! We talked to them about the program for awhile. It was neat :D Then we headed back to Brad's and went to sleep. We had an early morning and a long day the next day!
Me and CJ!