Fly Bye July

Peace Out July

As usual, another month has flown by right before my eyes. July was filled with lake trips, pool days, and even a beach vacation. Here are some details and pics of our memories from this month...

The 2nd Year Family Medicine residents had a retreat that was held at this gorgeous house on Lake Gaston. Almost everyone and there spouse was able to come. We spent the long weekend boating, laying out, grilling, and generally just having an awesome time.

All of the 2nd Years

Our weekend beach vacation was to Wilmington, NC. There was a Sports Medicine Conference held there this year so we decided to make a fun trip out of it. A lot of our friends from Winston-Salem went as well. While we were there we went out for our friend Laura's birthday, laid out at the beach, and did a little exploring in Wilmington's awesome historic downtown.

Here is John and I at Laura's birthday dinner at this great restaurant looking over the beach called Oceanics.

All the Girls at Dinner

July has been so fun with all of our traveling, however I am looking forward to just being home for a while. And I think Jackson is ready for that too : )

McAbee Family Tubing Trip

During the 2nd weekend of July this year my entire family went to NC to go tubing down the Green River. A lot of words come to mind when I think of my family, however outdoorsy is NOT one of them, so I really didn't know what to expect. It ended up being one of the most fun things we have ever done together! I think my favorite part was watching my Dad because while most of us were enjoying a relaxing trip down the river, he some how kept flipping off of his tube and was just trying his best not to drown during the 2 mile float. It was quite the show to watch. Here are some pictures pre and post tubing since we couldn't bring our camera along with us for obvious reasons.

Everyone and their Tubes at the Beginning

After our adventure we went and ate at this AWESOME BBQ place in Saluda, NC. We just so happened to be there during the town's famous Coon Festival so there was live music and lots of people hanging out at the restaurant. I'm really not sure what pose I was going for below, but at least it's a cute picture of the sign.

Overall, it was one of the best group activities my family has ever done. I really hope we do this again someday. I would do everything the exact same, well except for maybe put a life jacket on some (really just one) of us : )

God Bless America

I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July! Both of us had the day off so we tried to get some things done around the house before we kicked off our 4th festivities. One of our tasks was to learn how to make homemade icecream which surprisingly enough turned out awesome.

This is our Icecream Maker that was a long lost wedding present until yesterday...

Our American celebration included hanging out with our friends Chris and Stacey Bullars, packing a picnic, and going to Lewisville, NC to watch fireworks. By the way our picnic included double stuffed oreos, so I mean how much more American can you get than that??? : )

Here are some pictures of the evening:

Stacey and I decked out in our American themed outfits

Chris and Stacey

The Beautiful Fireworks

John and I watching the show

I hope everyone enjoyed their 4th as much as we did!!!!

What I Like to Call "Work"

Right now I am currently working. Now this is HIGHLY unusual that I would be working on a Sunday morning but because of some freak scheduling oversight I just happen to be today. Both of my bosses were scheduled to be on call this weekend and therefore desperately needed someone to help them with their other jobs as a Mommy and Daddy. Luckily I was able to help them out on this since John and I decided to stay in town for the 4th.

Ben, who is 5, is currently playing dinosaur games on the computer while his 2 year old sister Naia is still sound asleep in her bed. I realized I have never put any pictures up of them so I thought I would now.

This is a RARE moment caught on camera for many reasons. Well one reason is because they both are sitting still and another is because they appear to be easily sharing something which in this case is a chair. Regardless, i think it's a cute picture of them : )


Naia, who is the sweetest cuddle bug ever, is SERIOUS about her food and loves her some Chick Fila fries. I think you can tell all of that in this picture of her.



They both love playing in their play kitchen.






That is all I have for now! Have a great Sunday!!!
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