emily and matt tie the knot in nola, and a whole lotta us have a fantastic time celebrating with them:

still catching up on our trip back east.....

gigi, miriam and micah wading in the water on a hot hot day in mebane:

henry and larkin at chapman house in greensboro:
catawba falls hike outside of black mountain, nc:

alice and dudley at the miniature golf course in asheville:
amy, meg and a shaken scotty p at the cave in carrboro:

Wedding Work Camp 2008:

the 32nd annual softball festival/guilford reunion

dudley is crowned fashion pope for his many amazing frivolous outfits:

pete and debbie chillin':

gabe and gigi cracking themselves up:

we looked for a missing wedding ring that fell off somewhere around 1st base (it was found)...

we recovered from the night before...

we enjoyed the sun and company....

we enjoyed one of dudley's many outfit changes, frivolity at its best... 

we did did funny dances and generally had a fabulous time....

River Farm Reunion  with the McDowells.....

5:00 am this morning, someone was having a hard time getting out of bed and getting on the road....do you see her feet?
Luckily, we found a friendly T-Rex in Holbrook who was willing to babysit the sleepyhead while we got some breakfast.

We made it to Elk City Oklahoma tonight without running into any tornadoes. Tomorrow - Memphis!

May 13, 2008, Flagstaff, AZ: We wake up to slushy snow falling out of the sky. It's freezing.

Tomorrow we hit the road (I40 east that is) back to the southeast for a month of weddings, festivities, reunions, and nice cold beverages. Boy are we ready for some warmer weather and southern hospitality.

Hope everyone is enjoying more typical spring weather....

The 'ol bachelor party in the outer banks of north carolina: variations on the theme drinking, fishing, physical abuse, or as Neil so eloquently put it: "Its my fucking party!"

I basically loved every minute of it. A common question: how was it being the only girl? My general response has been "well, we drank, played football and basketball, ate lots of meat, broke things, discussed burning down some beach houses, and passed out." Perhaps I am not the best girl to answer the question, or maybe I mean my party would have looked awfully similar...

this saturday spring teased us a bit on gen's birthday. we celebrated with mimosas and a game or two of washers in the street in front of our house.

sugaree has a new vantage point

more photos from the herbalgurgle visit - some pool on a snowy friday in flagstaff and a desert hike next to a muddy creek....

theherbalgurggle meets bumblebeecrownking
in the snow storm that is flagstaff...