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The All Mighty Catch Up

Buckle your seat belts, this is going to be a big one.

I have compiled the collection of pictures over the last month into one major post.

We have been loving Charlotte and all of the

fun things we have been able to do here.

Our apartments are lovely,

the weather in humid and the people here are "blessed beyond belief."

Jack has been getting better and better

at his job. My brother Deric had his senior pictures taken.

My grandma as of the beginning of the month has shot

13 skunks in her yard. Our neighbor Becca is set to

have her baby in less than a week, things are crazy around here.

The pool here is nice, but we get the feeling the people here don't

like us because they like to spend their time around the pool

drinking and smoking and hitting on each other and we are

too noisy for that to happen. The sales reps are gaining quite

the tan line on their feet as you can see, but they enjoy it.

We had a cake making contest one day.

Steve learned to make fondant out of

marshmallows and stuff. We had a

blast, I never knew that cakes could be so fun.

We then went to the local roller derby. I think we

expected a little more brutality amongst the

players, but it tuns out we think they all kinda

know each other because they were just playing for sport.

My favorite girl "optimus fine" ended up being not that

cool and kinda lame. She was supposed to do the

scoring but she would get ahead of the

other girl and then never change speed.

If she would have gone faster, she would have been pretty good.

The girl that was actually good ended up

sliding into the wall and

breaking her ankle. It was sad, and a slaughter for them.

For the fourth we went downtown and

watched the fireworks. I've always been

camping with my family, so I don't

really remember going to fireworks

on the fourth ever. Thus this was momentous and exciting.

We then went to this place next to

the Catawba river where they have

made their own man made river

and many other outdoor

activities. It's easily

described as a outdoor

themed theme park. There were all

kinds of things to do.

We did the rafting and kayaking,

but unfortunately didn't have a

water proof camera so we

don't have any pictures of that.

Before we went down the zip line,

we spent time kayaking on the

Catawaba. We were out there for

hours! When it was time to come

back we began to paddle around the

island in the river. We were told

it would take about 45 min to

get around. After about a mile

down the river we figured out

that we missed the island.

Turns out it was pretty small

and anyone who has any decent

strength can get around it in

about 20 min.

It was a long paddle back up stream.

We also have this great little area next to

the pool with a fire pit and a grill that

anyone can use. So we try to every once

in a while. The complex also has

television workout equipment, a

theater room, pool table and poker table,

and movies that you can just check

out anytime you wish included with

living there. It will be kinda sad to leave.

That is it for now, I am sure we will have more later.

We are rounding on five months so that should be an exciting time.

We also plan on winning the lottery, it's up to 120 million so

that should take care of us and any of you out there that read

this. So if you are wanting to make the right friends you should start being ours.