Bart & Carolyn Simpson Wedding Reception

Bart has been a friend of Brian's since college. They were in a fraternity together at NC State. It was great to celebrate their happiness.

Bart & Carolyn got married in Hawaii a few weeks earlier. This was their reception at the NC Coast.

It was a very pretty shower. It was also extremly hot.

This is me hanging out with Barry's girlfriend Andrea. My hair looked good when we arrived but it was so hot I had to put it in a ponytail and no one told me I looked like a weird samurai looking dude.

The after party. It was great to change into a t-shirt and shorts.

As a side not I did not pick Brian's shirt nor is it a reflection of my views and preferences. (lol)

Haylie's 6th Birthday Party

Anyone who knows my Aunt Jackie knows that she absolutely loves fish! Since we were having a swim party for Haylie it seemed like a great theme!

Can you believe it....I actually made this cake myself. It was not as hard as I thought it would be. My one word to the wise would be whenever trying to frost a cake that you have cut into different shapes you need to smooth the edges with water. It makes it a ton easier!

Brian super enthusiastic about a kids birthday party. Aunt Jackie in he background taking pictures.

Big brother Sage having a blast in the pool!

Haylie and one of her best girlfriends!

Fish Cake w/ Candles lit

Happy Happy Birthday Haylie!

Haylie loved blowing the noise maker into the back of Brian's head...especially when he was trying to read his book.

Opening presents!

Zillions of Littlest Pet Shop stuff

Memorial Day Weekend 2009

Happy Memorial Day!

We spent the long weekend at Nags Head, North Carolina (Outerbanks Again!). This time we took Aunt Jackie and my cousins Haylie & Sage to hang out with us. The cottage was really cute and we had a really fun time.

Hanging out in the cottage

I took family photos for Aunt Jackie and the kids!

This is my cousin Haylie. She is so Beautiful

Aunt Jackie, Sage, & Haylie

February 28, 2009 Hanging out with Friends.

We got to hang out with James & Edie York for James's 9th birthday. James was born on Feb 29th which only comes around every four years. You do the math!

Playing Rockband

Brian playing the base

James & Edie

Jason & Jennifer

Brian & Ash

The group after dinner.

I loved the restaurant that we went too. It is called Lebron's and it is a Brazillian Steakhouse. You have a little card that has green on one side and red on the other. As long as you keep it on Green the wait staff keeps bring meat to the table which you can take. They bring family style sides to the table. It is a great time especially if you are on a high protien diet.

Out with the Girls (and 1 boy)!

Krystal Talley's 27th Birthday

We went to Phoenix Restaurant. They had the best honey chicken & brown rice. We had a great time together.

My favorite memory from this day was the following:

Ashley: James are you a vegetarian?

James: Yes

Ashley: Can I ask why?

James: Sure....it is for health reasons....It is bad for the health of the animals.

Ashley: Okay then.

James & Caroline Gregario & their daughter Isabella.
Krystal's daughter Joya!


Caroline Wilson



Jody Karavanic & Edie York

The Birthday GIRL! Krystal

Ashley's 27th Birthday/ Presidential Inauguration 2009

North Carolina Snow Storm

Our house looks so peaceful in the snow. Too bad I had to go to work.

Our house is at the end of the cul-de-sac so this is the view looking up the street. They are still building houses on my road.

Our Cruise January 2009

Mexico, Guatamala, Belize

This was our view of New Orleans from the Cruise Boat. The city was all lit up at night. The cruise boat traveled all the way down the Mississippi river into the Gulf of Mexico. We would have liked to see more but it got dark too fast!

Our Cruise boat: Norwegian Spirit

This was our first stop to Costa Maya, Mexico. We spent the day at the beach! The thing I noticed was that there wasn't a lot of beach it is very rocky.

I loved this picture I took of the huts by the beach we were on.

Our second stop was in Guatamala. Some guys said it looked pretty dangerous outside the walls of the port.

We went on an excursion to a set of waterfalls in the rainforest. I went swimming in the biggest one and the water was freezing. Brian just watched.

The rainforest was so beautiful and thick.

This is one of my favorite photos from the whole trip. We were on a little bridge crossing over a flat part of the waterfalls and the sun was coming through the canopy.

Our third stop was Belize. Belize was the highlight of the trip for both Brian and I. We went to river tuing through a Mayan cave system.

We took a 45 minute hike through the rainforest and then jumped into intertubes and went into the caves. The insides of the cave were completely dark. All the light we had was from our headlamps but the caves were incredible. The Mayans believed that these caves were the underworld.

Our last stop was to Cozumel, Mexico. We took a dune buggy excursion to a "cave" which turned out to be a sink hole.

We learned that all fresh water is taken from the sink holes all over the island. They said we could get into the water and swim into the cave to see bats. It was pretty scary because we had to swim in complete darkeness for a couple of minutes in a very cramped space before it opened into a big cave that was pitch black. Once our eyes adjusted we could kinf of make out the ceiling of the cave which was covered in bats.

We walked around Cozumel for a while and had lunch and Senor Frogs....the loudest and most annoying restaurant ever.

Christmas 2008

My Dining Room

Family Room - I made the garland myself

This was our second Christmas in our house. We really love having family fill our home. Christmas was great especially for Haylie & Sage. They both got Nintendo DS. Sean also got Rock Band. I am now a closet drummer!