Happy Birthday Brent!! Poor Brent was sick as a dog on his birthday. No crazy drinking stories, just a lovely 24 hour bug that, thankfully, stayed just with him!
We tried to make the most of our day and made it a lazy, but fun day! We even bought a new mattress to go on our daybed in the guest room! Yay, now we are ready for our guests!
Still had to have our Carvel ice cream cake for the birthday boy! ....and apparently learned that neither Brock nor Kade love the black crunchies as much as we do. Argh!!
The next day Brent was back to his old self and good enough to even mow the grass! :)
Two days later, Brock and I braved the heat and headed to Raleigh for the Got to be NC Festival at the fairgrounds. Besides the seriously oppressive heat (high of 90 that day), it was really fun. Absolutely free to enter and a mini-version of all the great things about the North Carolina State fair in October.
We arrived at the best time - about 10 minutes before the start of the first pig race. Scored some front row seats and tried to explain to Brock what he was about to watch!
Then we made the best decision - take a ride on the State Fair Flyer. Tickets were $5 one way or $8 round-trip per person. It served as a great way to plan out the sights and to leisurely get to the other side of the fairgrounds.
It was a bit disconcerting not having any sort of seatbelt. I had my hand on Brock at all times! We were quite high up!
Dorton Arena, built in 1952 and really quite an odd looking building. The waterfall feature is to the right with the two flags.
This really was a nice relief in the hot summer morning. The spray felt fabulous!
We settled on some french fries with lots of ketchup and sat in the shade. We were in the car before noon and as we drove away, saw loads of people in line to park for the festival. I could not see staying there in that heat for any longer! We have a long summer ahead of us!
We were able to go out for our Anniversary that night just the two of us - amazing dinner at Angus Barn and a walk around downtown Apex.
On Sunday, the boys and I attempted the Touch-a-Truck event at Apex Community Park. This is where I think I just planned too much. Brock should have stayed home and relaxed.... this was not a good day.
Kade had a great time looking at all the trucks and was so excited running to each one; Brock, however, was completely overwhelmed.
We took a quick selfie and Brock walked up the ramp of this truck before completely melting down on me. I gathered everyone up and we left after 20 minutes.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. :)
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