Dave Matthews Band

On Friday I won Dave Matthews Band tickets at work for the Saturday concert at Nissan Pavillion. JR and I decided to go, even though we only were familiar with a few of their songs. We had great seats and arrived just in time for the concert. The music was great and I danced the whole time. BUT, during the middle of the concert these 18 year old girls decided to come and steal one of our seats so then I could't sit down. I was so mad...but, at Dave Matthews you are not allowed to be mad, and every one must "chill" So I just let JR sit down in my seat and I continued to dance for the rest of the concert.
While we were walking to our seats, I noticed that almost all of the fans were wearing JCrew clothes, and I commented to JR that this might be a JCrew convention, sarcasitcally. One guy who was walking near us had over heard my comment and said in all seriousness, "my shorts are from JCrew." Thus proving my point.
I will never go to another concert at Nissan again though because it took us over an hour to leave the parking lot, so even though we left the concert at 10:30 we did not get home until 2 am. So today I slept all day and JR went to play golf. Poor Casey had to hand out with me in bed all day. All in all, the concert was great, and I need to download some more Dave Matthews music so I know the words like all of the other fans.

Slip-n-slide

At our party my sister-in-law, Tracy, brought a slip-n-slide. Although, the kids did not really play with it, Casey loved it.

Crab Feast

JR and Jen, eating crabs..

This past weekend we had a crab feast at our house. Many of our family and friends gathered at our home in Grasonville and ate crabs, steamed shrimp, and corn on the cob. We had a blast with our nephews here and also many of JR's cousins' children.
We set up a blow up pool in the back yard and the kids and many parents had a great time, especially during the Broomfield v. Walters water fight. This is a picture of JR's nephew, Matt, and Jason's daughter Kaley. They were pelting each other with water for about an hour, and then JR's brother-in-law, Bob, ended up in the pool himself. That 20$ pool gave us thousands of dollars worth of fun!Casey also had a lot of fun at the party. Of course she thought that all of the guests were came to our house just to visit her, especially the children. She loves children, but probably a little too much. They are just her height and she tends to jump up to eye level and just about petrify them. My friend Shannon, from work, also made the long trek from Arlington, and brought her dog Henry, who although is 10 months old, was the exact same size as Casey. They played and ran around our yard for about 8 hours.

Casey also like to hang out under the tables that we set up for eating crabs. She drank every spilled beer and ate everything that fell under the table, needless to say, there was very little clean up in the backyard.

Casey was so worn out after the party... I took this picture after she had put herself to bed and she did not even wake up after the flash went off. She was so sore the next day that when JR went to pick her up she whimpered. Thanks, Henry, for wearing this little one out completely.

Casey

Casey is the newest edition to our family. She is a pure bread "golden" lab. She has been so much fun and here are some pictures of her. These pictures are of her on her first night here. She was only 7 weeks old. JR picked her out from a litter of yellow labs because she had the same color hair that he has. The first few nights were very rough, because we were crate training her, but now she sleeps all night. She is quite a bundle of energy, requiring at least one hour walks daily, which is also good for me. More on later posts with more pics of her as she grows...

Beach

Recently, I have been feeling the need to go to the beach. I have been twice in the last week and am going this weekend also. This is a picture of my friend, Kaley, and I on one of my trips to the beach last week. We had so much fun just people watching. Also, last week I went to the beach with two of my cousin's Sarah and Kathleen. I am just so blessed to have such great cousins. All of them have really been there for me in the last two months, and I know that at times like these I need close family and friends more than anything. For some reason the ocean air and the sand at my feet really calms me, and I love spending time with my good friends and family.

New Blogger

After spending some time recently with my cousins (missing Katharine) and talking a lot about Katharine's blog, we decided to all become bloggers. Well, at least I decided to become a blogger. Hopefully, this will force them to do it too. I love to look at the pictures of Addy and Luke and watch Addy's videos. So I know I don't have two cutie strawberry children, which is the main attraction of Katharine's blog, but I will try to make my life somewhat interesting for you all to read.