Beach time and NASCAR

Monday was another great day here in Lake Norman. It started out with a delicious and nutritious breakfast. Mike has planned scrumptious dinners for the week and my parents brought fresh, home grown veggies from their garden so we've been eating like Kings and Queens! So in addition to my usual toast and eggs I had a side of leftover steak and potatoes.

We (the baby and I!) are eating well. :-)

I told my dad the first night that I wanted to do a swim every day - so we started with a Saturday evening swim on the day we arrived. I was huffing and puffing that night, but I made it out to a boat that is quite far into the inlet. And now we've made a habit of doing a late morning swim. It is so great!


Marisol has been loving fishing with Grandpa. (And Gerry has a bit too.) Marisol is now putting the worms on herself, casting like a pro, and she is even taking the fish off the hook too! Mike and I are going to count on her if we are ever in a survival situation, because we are both still a bit squeamish about all of those things - ha! Grandpa brought one of our old small fish tanks so we can look at them a little bit before releasing them back into the lake.

Our fishing girl with her Grandpa.

In the afternoon I went with the boys on a NASCAR field trip while Marisol stayed back at the lake house with Grandma for some quality one on one time. 

First stop at Joe Gibbs' team shop. M&M's car (driven by) Kyle Bush, a Denny Hamlin siting, and we even saw Joe Gibbs walking by outside when we were in the gift shop!

Lots of cool cars, engines, and trophies. Gerry liked the Eagle and I appreciated the guitar trophy from Nashville. Also we've been to Dover - the track with the huge monster statue!

Stop 2 at the Target and McDonald's team shop. Gerry, "Look at the Old MacDonald Car!"

Last stop - of course we had to stop and see Dale Jr's place. The car that he won the Daytona 500 in in February 2014 is still on display and still has confetti all over it! Fun.

M&Ms Souvenirs: A hat that actually fits Gerry (and he got Orange M&M socks too) and we brought back some M&M toe socks back for Marisol. Mike bought crispy M&Ms that we all tried in the car.

It's pretty awesome having your own private beach to play in every day.

"Take a picture of me throwing sand!"

We ended the day with a campfire and s'mores. And I actually played some songs on my guitar as the sunset.


Perfection.

Another beautiful sunset.