When You Didn't Think You Could Sweat Anymore

First things first, some good ol' Bojangles.

Gotta. Wanna. Needa. Getta. Have A. Bojangles!

Or at least their fries with extra Bojangles seasoning.

Then one of the best places in all of NC:

The cutest gelato (Italian ice cream: 100000x better than American ice cream & extremely rich) shop you have ever seen.

The inside just screams happiness:

Well more like sings happiness. Not to mention the amazing Swedish woman who owns it. It's one of those shops where the owner knows all of her regular customers by name and whenever a family walks in, she seems to have known them for years. She is friends with everyone and everyone loves her. She doesn't have a website; her business comes all through word of mouth. I found it through a friend of mine and have passed it along to my friends. Next time you're in WS I hope you pay a visit, I promise you'll love it.

Sorry I got off on a tangent, my apologies my dear readers. But yes I went to Cafe Gelato with Kris and got pineapple and lemon. Perfect for a hot NC day.

Don't be fooled by how small it looks. It's more than you think and about as much as you can handle unless you're making a meal out of it.

And dearest Kris here looking gorgeous as ever.

Together her and I always have adventures. You can never be bored with Kris, that is for sure.

Next we found the Reynolda Gardens. I had heard of them many times before, but neither of us had been and we made a detour to discover what we were missing.

It was a beautiful site to behold despite the 100 degree weather with humidity to match.

And after a long day of exploring we decided to make dinner together (one of our favorite activities) On the menu? Salmon with a cinnamon glaze, along slices of green bell pepper, rice, red pepper humus and flat bread crisps.

And a cranberry/pomegranate juice to go along side.
Looks delicious doesn't it?

And it was!

Needless to say I had a great time with Kris as per usual.

What can I say? We bonded almost instantaneously and have been friends ever since.

Not pictured: Canoeing down the New River with my family.

It was an adventure of zigzagging down the river, picking up about a dozen spider passengers and then flinging them out of our canoe. Stopping to play in the river, getting waist deep in the water and then realizing you did not bring an extra set of clothes to change into later. And having your brother stand up in the canoe and paddle like you're on a gondola. Not to mention canoeing backwards (literally the canoe got flipped around a few times and so we would ride backwards until we got tired of it). But my favorite part by far was singing "The Call" by Regina Spektor A Capella with my brothers.

Also not pictured: Lunch at this cute little diner called Sweet and Savory. (Okay actually I do have a picture of it, but you can view it here later). But yes it was delicious and we were all impressed with it.

After having full bellies we made a quick stop to the cheese factory and store (which Albert was happy about). Where my dad got some nice sharp cheddar I believe and Albert got a cheese knife. See here. He is happy. =]

To end our travels we took a nice drive down the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was cloudy, but beautiful nonetheless.

I love our blue mountains, they make me feel right at home.

On a side note I have a terrible obsession and addiction...

Not to soda, but to collecting bottle caps! What can I say? When I see a glass soda bottle and see a cap I do not currently own as a pair of earrings, I suddenly must have them! I now have 26 pairs of bottle cap earrings. Told you I am addicted....=]

Sorry, but Bojangles fries are just too heavenly that I must talk about them again.

Oh Southern food, why must you taste so good?

Speaking of good food, WS is home of Krispy Kreme, therefore; what kind of person would I be if I did not take advantage of such savory goodness while I was in NC?

I hope you're drooling right now because I am. Don't worry, I downed 6 of them on the spot with no questions asked and Schmidty laughing at me for being a fatty. 3 hot off the belt, the sprinkly one, a raspberry jelly filled one, and that one with chocolate icing and red and white spinkles aka the Cheerwine doughnut. It was delicious in case you were wondering.

Cheerwine + Krispy Kreme doughnut = One of the most brilliant ideas known to man!

This is Schmidty by the way. Aka Jon, Jonathan, Schmidt, Dave, etc.
Yes he is more than a foot taller than me.
Yes I am short and I like being that way.
And that ends my adventures in NC.

Until we meet again,
I big you adieu und Auf Wiedersehen!
Meg

Run down of the never ending run

Past few weeks in a short blog post: starting.....................now!
So for my birthday Chase took me to Cafe Gelato which is the mostly heavenly place ever! It's so cute!
I had a super pretty banana cream cake made by Whole Foods =]
Pretty!
Chase decided we should have a water fight........he won.

After he left, Sarah decided we would have a cake fight and she won.

Then we did crazy makeovers! (left to right: me, kris, sarah & hannah)

Yeah we're strange but it was a blast!

Hannah and I bought matching shoes!

& I bought crazy awesome nail polish at Ross =]

Sarah gave me these for my birthday, I wasn't sure at first, but now I love them.

My favorite movie of all time, going to college with me!

And my most favorite play! Plus a few more by Oscar Wilde.

Yay for my new iHome
itunes cards from Hannah & Lizzy! Still waiting for Kris to finish my present....I'm excited!

Lizzy and I happy to be done!

& not caught in the rain storm.

Chase! <3>

And my good ol' friend Hannah Carpenter! Friends since 7th grade =]

Okay after that I had Youth Conference which was amazing due to President Marsh giving an amazing talk! And a kid named Conner sharing his conversion story. It ended up being a great time for all.

After that I have spent my weeks hanging with friends. Went swimming with Lizzy and Hannah twice, and once with Chase. Hannah's birthday party was lots of fun. Oh and Chase brought me lots of candy back from the beach! And then Kris, Lizzy and I took Hannah to get her ears pierced! (more pictures will be up later). We watched Kung Fu Panda.....such a great movie. "There is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness." "Quit.....don't quit. Noodles.....don't noodles."

We've had little adventures going to Sonic, Wal-mart and Cookout. Spent the night at Lizzy's and Kris's lately which is always fun, watching lots of movies.

I started dog sitting for the neighbors on the 26th. I spend the nights there which can be nice and creepy at the same time, so friends have kept me company. Kris spent the night Tuesday night, and Lizzy hung with us for a bit. We watched Leap Year which was cute in a silly way, & Avatar.....I fell asleep for an hour of it. It was kind of ruined for me since everyone I talked to said it was "So amazing!" but it was alright, not the best.

Wednesday Lizzy and I went and saw Toy Story 3 which was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I recommend everyone should go and see it! Maybe it's because I've grown up with Andy and in this one he is leaving for college and so am I. (By the way I am taking my bear with me to college!) Lizzy ended up spending the night and we watched Passport to Paris (an OLD Mary-Kate & Ashley movie) Ah good memories! Then Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (cute movie) and Finding Nemo (only the Dory parts though and sea turtles.....ah sea turtles ;D) But not before eating Jolly Rancher popsicles and get this.....CHEERWINE popsicles! They are delicious by the way and Krispy Kream came out with a Cheerwine doughnut! I can;t wait to try it! But yeah so we were hyped up on sugar and it was a lovely time =]

Thursday I hung out with mom watching old movies. We watched a really cool mystery one about this guy who couldn't remember his past but finds two letters that help him unlock his crazy past. It was awesome! The other was about a couple having problems with their marriage and someone ends up dead and it all goes crazy. Though not as good as the first, still a good one. Plus I love spending time with my mom. =]

Friday I had a fun time with Kris before she left for New York. I took her to Cafe Gelato! (I also took Lizzy too back before Youth Conference). And she loved the shop as much as I do! Then we went to the mall to find her a brown belt but Forever 21 decided to stop carrying brown belts apparently....so instead we bought shoes at Charlotte Russe. =] (more pictures later) so we went to Target, got some stuff for her before she left. Then we got hungry and I introduced her to Jersey Mikes! And it was heavenly as usual. Finally we went back to her house, hung out for a bit, got Chinese takeout, visited Sarah and sat on her dock over the pond/lake whatever you may call it. And then I had to go back home. The end....sorta

Yesterday was awesome too though! Aaron came home from EFY!!!!!! Ah I love that kid and I missed him like crazy alllllllll week! But he came back and we watched a few episodes of Avatar before going to see the movie. We went and saw The Last Airbender which wasn't TOOO bad. Aaron didn't care for it though. The only problems with it were pronouncing names (they struggles with it though it's based on a tv show that shows you how to say the names....) and the skin colors were weird. In the show, the sister and brother traveling with the avatar are the ONLY people that are slightly colored. In the movie, they were the ONLY white people! The fire nation was Indian and the Earth Kingdom was Chinese! But I guess they wanted it to be multiracial but it was weird. Oh well, back to the present. Now I am relaxing before heading off to church with the family and taking a nice loooong nap!

Gelato Addict,
Meg