Raleigh, Hunt Cup & Thomas Weekend

This past weekend weekend I flew to Raleigh to celebrate a 40th wedding Anniversary that one of my home town best friends was planning as a surprise for her parents.  My parents also drove into town for the event so they picked me up from the airport early on Saturday.  Me and my mom did a little shopping before heading over to Jessi's to help prep for the party.  Mr. and Mrs. Ward recently moved to the Raleigh/Durham area from MD so she planned to make the surprise at their new home.  We had a couple hours to set up and get everything ready before they returned.  It turned out to be a rainy day so we had to move everything inside.  We were all waiting in the garage when they got home and it was so fun to see their surprise when they opened the door.  Jessi had the party catered by an awesome southern chef so we enjoyed shrimp and grits and fried green tomatoes to name a couple dishes.

While I was gone on Saturday, Hayden had a baseball game in the morning and then they headed to North-West Baltimore to attend the Hunt Cup horse race.  A doctor Eric works with has everyone meet at his house before the race to hang out and eat before driving over to the actual race.  Eric was prepared with lots to entertain the boys and he said they had a great time.  Turns out Hayden is pretty awesome at Corn Hole and its his new favorite backyard game.

On Sunday, Eric took the boys to Day out with Thomas at the B & O railroad museum.  This was Lincoln's 2nd year going and Hayden's 4th year.  They both had lots of fun and Hayden gave me his top 5 favorite things when I first saw him on Monday morning.  I spent Sunday hanging out with Jessi.  We met up with my parents and the Wards for dinner at a place I like called Cowfish before I had to fly out.  I didn't get in until after the boys were in bed but they were happy to see me Monday morning when they woke up.  Its nice to know they had such a great time with daddy while I was gone.  I doubt they even noticed I was gone.  :)  Here are pics from both of our weekends....

Hanging in daddy's truck at Hunt Cup

Ain't no thing but a chicken wing

Love these 3!

Jessi, me, and Mere at the surprise party

We re-created this old favorite pic.  I think we were in 6th or 7th grade!

 Mere, Greg, me, my mom, and Mrs. Winters

Mr. and Mrs. Ward about to cut their cake.  Happy 40th!!

Hayden with Thomas

Day out with Thomas 2015

Linc loves the train rides

So does his big brother

Cuties

Building with Legos

Playing trains together

Sir Thomas Hayden

Sir Thomas Linc

The boys loved the petting zoo.

Dinner at Cowfish - Burgers and Sushi