May's over

Well, another month has come and gone. Fortunately for us, May was a much better month than some of the preceding ones.

Mothers Day was a big success. We had brunch at Stack 'Em High in Kitty Hawk with Jenni, Sean, Jantaporn and Phoenix, then went to church with Jenni at the Unitarian Church in Kitty Hawk. Sean had to work that day, so we dropped Jantaporn off and took Phoenix and with Jenni we went to Manteo to the NC Aquarium. Phoenix was impressed with the river otters, but generally underwhelmed with the fish. He mostly enjoyed running around and trying to go into non-public spaces. After taking Phoenix home to his mom, who had been catching up on shopping and housework, Hilda and I came home before the big storm hit.

Memorial day weekend was the big event for May. We went to Bobby and Kathy's on Thursday and were joined by David & Susan & the girls later that day. On Friday, we went to Brycen's kindergarten play and graduation ceremony and had pizzas at his other grandmother's house. Saturday was the big day of the weekend, with a pig-picking for 35-40 friends and family at Lake Wateree. Bobby Johnson cooked the barbecue pork and chicken, and was up to his usual standard. We boiled a bushel of peanuts, and a lot of them were eaten as appetizers before the main event. Most everybody who came brought a side dish or dessert, and everyone got thoroughly stuffed before heading down to the lake for relaxing, swimming, or boat riding. David and Susan had to leave early Sunday, so we just relaxed with Bobby and Kathy and Bobby's brother Tim and his wife Laurie. We headed home on Monday, with a stop in Dillon for a brief visit with Cecelia, Ronnie and Hilda's aunt Joyce. All in all a pretty satisfying weekend. You can view all our photos from the weekend at http://earlwooten.smugmug.com look in the family catagory for the Memorial Day 2008 album.

On Tuesday, we went to the annual Dare County Friends of Youth picnic. These events are always fun, watching the kids play all kinds of silly games to win prizes. As usual, John Bennett was the chef in charge of the burgers and hot dogs. Lots of fun, also.

I'm doing pretty well with my exercise routine since finishing up at the rehab place, I'm trying to either ride my bike or walk every day, and I'm being pretty successful. Today, I walked about two miles on the beach. The weather is perfect today, and the ocean looked like Lake Atlantic, as they say. Not very many people on the beach for a holiday week.

So went May.