Go Karts, Putt Putt, and BBQ!

Christopher is the director of the activities committee at work and this past weekend he was invited to come to a free fun day at the local Golf & Games! And I got to go along for free  as his plus one!

Golf and Games! Check out their price list here.

We started out with lunch catered by Corky’s (a local BBQ place). Their barbecue is really sweet and a little smokey. Definitely delicious. I’m not as big of a fan of their baked beans, though. They have so much going on with them that they taste sort of overwhelming. But then Christopher really enjoyed them. And since I’m not a fan of slaw in the first place, it’s not really noteworthy unless I actually like it (at a few select places).

Why yes, yes I did take a photo of myself while we were zooming around the go kart track. Probably not my brightest moment, but the photo is hilarious so I thought I’d share it with you guys anyway. I’m almost grimace-smiling because we were going so fast and it was so bumpy (and you know, I’m busy taking pictures when I should be focusing on driving).

Next up was Putt Putt! We’re both exceptionally bad so we decided to do the easiest course. Each one was supposed to be a Par 2. I won’t tell you how many ended up being Par 5 or 6 for us. I told you… we’re really bad! Haha!

However, as luck would have it… we BOTH got one hole-in-one! Mine actually hit Christopher’s ball in too so I got TWO golf balls in the hole in one swing! You should’ve seen us celebrating when we made our hole-in-ones! We are on the course with all these little kids and we are partying like we have just won a hundred bucks!

We didn’t win $100, but we DID get to pick a prize out of the prize bucket!

They also had bumper boats available to us, but people were getting soaked doing that and while the weather was warm, it wasn’t exactly warm enough to walk around soaked, haha! So we skipped out on that. It looked fun, though! We wanted to do that batting cages, but there wasn’t an attendant around to ask. They also gave us $5/each in a game card, but we ran into a family from our church so we gave our cards to them because we thought their kids would enjoy them. Christopher is most excited to return to the driving range so he can hit golf balls. He has been looking for a place to practice his swing. All in all, it was a fun afternoon. We’re really glad that we went and had a great time!

Celebrating 8 Years at the Pyrate Faire!

This Saturday was mine and Christopher’s 8th anniversary! September 29th, 2004 was the day my best friend officially became my boyfriend and every year we celebrate! This year we went to check out the local “Pyrate Faire”!

We saw these tagged stop signs on the way and they cracked us up!

I would say 75% of the people we saw were completely decked out in pirate wear and most of the rest were at least wearing a pirate teeshirt. We had a great time just walking around looking at everything and everyone!

Us at the Pyrate Faire!

“Scallywag Skool”! This was so cute! They taught the kids pirate lingo and how to hoist the sails and work together to “heave ho”! It was a lot of fun.

The pirates who run the “scallywag skool”!  We actually talked to this guy for a bit. He is a “living historian” who travels around on the weekends teaching about pirates in 1718. On weekdays he’s a firefighter in South Carolina. We learned a lot from him! Definitely had a great time!

Our 8th anniversary ended the same way it started so many years ago: an evening spent star gazing, laughing, and talking about the future. Back then it was at a playground, last night it was by the make shift fire pit in our backyard. Life is good.

Happy 8 years to my favorite!

Weekend Happenings :)

Friday night for date night we watched “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”. I expected it to be hilarious. Which it was. What I didn’t expect was for it to make me cry. A lot. Yeah, apparently it has a couple of really sad parts. I think I cried through a good bit of the movie, haha! Anyway, for those of you who haven’ seen it yet and cry easily – just be prepared for a tear or two.

{source} The “dudes group” was completely hilarious!

Saturday was yard saling day! Then Saturday evening we decided to light a fire and spend some time taking advantage of the cooler weather.

It was such a beautiful night for star gazing, snuggling, and cooking hot dogs over the fire pit. Hot dogs aren’t normally one of my favorite foods, but there is something about cooking them over a fire that makes me really enjoy them. I think it’s because I actually kinda like them burned, haha!

The other thing that made the hot dogs really good was that I made homemade ketchup to go on them! I found the recipe from Mark’s Daily Apple and I am excited to try out some of his other condiment recipes. It was seriously the best ketchup either Christopher or I had ever had. He even threw away the other (nearly empty) bottle of store bought stuff (which is crazy for us because we really just don’t waste food in general – we always get every last drop, haha!).

I know it doesn’t look pretty, but keep in mind I was doing this in the dark, haha!

Homemade Ketchup

Ingredients:

6 ounces tomato paste
2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup water
pinch of Stevia
1 tbsp onion powder
2 tsp garlic
1 tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground allspice
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/8 tsp pepper

Directions:

Whisk all ingredients together. Store in air tight container.
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Sunday was baby shower time! Cari Beth is having her first little girl in October. I’m so excited for her!

After the shower we had small groups then headed out to dinner with the youth group.

Some of my girls waiting in line at Moe’s.

It was a great weekend!