VACATION!

YAY! We had the BEST vacation! It was MUCH needed and so much fun. We did so much during our vacation that I think I am going to split up the posts because one would be too long to read. This may take me a while but I'll do my best to update as quick as possible :D

We had a 2 week vacation :D We left for Raleigh on Friday Feb 24th and went back to work on July 11 :D It was AWESOME! :D Let me start at the beginning!

We left around 12pm. I was SO excited I could barely stand it. haha. We got Wendy's on the way out, stopped by the store for some caffeine and doggy treats, dropped off mail, and hit the road!
All set:D

Carter was ready too! (the black thing is a dog hammock for the car- i LOVE it! gets all the hair. haha and he doesnt fall on the floor ever ;D)
Of course right after I took my motion sickness medicine I fell asleep shortly after. I was so tired though. John is such a good sport :D We ended up taking the Florida Turnpike for a little ways but then found that the road had been closed and was being directed to I-95. We could see tons of smoke in the distance so I looked up the news to see what happened and found that lightening had struck a few houses and they caught fire. CRAZY! Then shortly after being on I-95 we saw a few brush fires. I have never seen so much fire! haha. It ended up raining most of the way too. :( So all of that slowed us down a bit. It took us FOREVER to get out of Florida!

I told John that at the first Bojangles we had to stop. Of course he was on the same page. haha
BOJANGLES!

We ended up stopping in Jacksonville, FL. We let Carter our first and walked him a bit (he slept the ENTIRE way!!) then went it! I was SO excited! haha I was smiling so big that the guy who took our order asked another guy making our food why I was so happy. Of course I heard and I said I was excited to eat at Bojangles, because we didnt have any in Miami. The guy making our food goes, "Are you excited enough to do a back flip and a cartwheel?" I told him I didnt know how to do a back flip. Then he said "If you do cartwheels across the floor and let me tape it, I'll give you two free boberry biscuits." I ALMOST did it! haha BUT I didnt want to be known as the Bojangles girl on YouTube. haha :D I got a 4pc supreme dinner and could only eat half! My stomach is so much smaller than it used to be. I ate the whole thing anyway. lol my belly hurt SO bad!!

Anyway, we continued our way home listening to music, talking, and whatnot :D we got to Raleigh at 3am. John's mom woke up and met Carter and insisted on taking him for walk. haha. Afterwards John and I passed out! Traveling makes me so tired! I have NO idea how Carter went back to sleep after sleeping for 13 hours in the car, but he slept another 7 AND didnt wake us up! SUCH a good puppy!!
I held Carter for a little bit, it didnt last long. lol
Saturday we slept in a little and then got up and let Carter meet Dad Martin and Julie. Of course everyone loved him :D I even think Carter remembered Julie! haha. We played in the yard for a long time and let him off his leash to run around. He loved it :D Everyone took their turn playing with him. He was in Heaven! After all that Mom Martin and I went for a walk/run with him. He was exhausted at the end :D Of course on the way home he found a huge stick and took it back to a spot he claimed in the backyard. lol He had also piled a bunch of pine cones there. He had never seen them before! He LOVED them!!

After that we showered and my family came over for a cookout. :D We introduced Carter to them and then went in to eat! We had a HUGE meal (thanks Dad Martin!) and it was DELICIOUS! It was nice to catch up with both families and be able to spend time with both at the same time :D Of course we got some pictures!
John, Julie, and Carter!
Sherry, Chris, Me, and the pup
He was getting good at pics! Grandma and Grandpa! (which they gladly referred to themselves as :D) They were in love with him! haha
The other grandma! Mom insists we never call her Mawmaw. haha
We had such a great time! After lunch my family left and we just hung out with Martins and Carter. Very relaxing :D That night for dinner we met up with Kristen and AJ! We went to Red Robin, YUMMM! haha. We were not that hungry after lunch, so we split something. It was nice catching up with them :D I missed them so much! We also got to check out AJ's new Mustang convertible! It was SWEET! :D They took us by their favorite yogurt place. It was awesome! It was self serve and you could put almost anything on it you wanted! I wish I hadnt been full because I would have loved to have gotten one! Afterwards we went and spent some time with them at their place. I started feeling really sick :( I had woken up with a sore throat and it just got worse as the day went on. I took my temperature and had a fever :( Kristen gave me some Theraflu and I fell asleep while they all hung out more. I felt SO sick, I didnt even care :(. Sad day. Of course I get sick as soon as I get home. LAME!
The sweet new ride!

Me and Kristen in the back!

We went back to John's parents that night (that's where we stayed most of the time) and fell asleep. I slept in and made it so John and I couldnt go to church :( . I Just really wanted to feel better because we had so much fun stuff planned!

Sunday we went over to my mom's house and had pizza. They surprised us with an anniversary cookie cake and an AWESOME model of Carter-Finely Stadium!!! It's SO going in the State Room! (Pics to come soon of the apartment!). Anyway, we met Chris's girlfriend and played with Carter some. His girlfriend, Shelby, was really sweet:D We also played Wits and Wages (SO MUCH FUN AND I WON! HAHA).
Uncle Chris!

After lunch with my family we had plans to go to Hutch's to swim! We went over there and I took a nap on the couch because I was not feeling any better (that and my sister's cats made me more stuffy) Soon after that Kristen and AJ showed up, along with Kaity, Thomas, and Rick! I got up feeling a little better and got in the pool with them all. The pool made me feel lots better! We threw Carter in the pool and he did not like it at all at first! I think it was too cold for him. After teasing him with a noodle for awhile, we thought he may jump back in, but he was too hesitant. We got him in again and he didnt seem to mind it too much.Anyway, it was nice catching up with all of them and for getting to spend time with our godson! He also loved Carter, or at least Carter loved him. Carter loves kids and just wants to jump on them and lick them in the face. haha. I think he likes them because they are small like him. Who knows :D
Chillin' in the pool! :D
Carter swimming!
He wanted OUT! Look at that face! haha

The "dont put me back in that pool" face. haha
Rick petting Carter :D Too cute!
Since we were going camping the next day, we didnt stay for TOO long because we had to pack. When we got back, the Martin's were packing. John and I went in the living room and fell asleep. Yes, we fell asleep at like 8 and slept through the night. I dont even remembered when we packed our clothes for the trip. The sleep was AWESOME though and I felt SO much better and ready to camp after it!!!! :D