Bryce's grandfather served in WWII on a battleship called the USS North Carolina which is now located in Wilmington, NC. Every year all the old vets get together for a reunion. Bryce is a big WWII buff so we have been going for about 5 years now. It's actually pretty fun. Like a big family reunion. Lots of old guys flirting with the younger ladies and telling some awesome stories. It's also really sad as many that we have become friends with (and even facebook with) are passing away. This year Bryce's own grandfather wasn't able to go at the last minute. He had a stay in the hospital back in FL but is "ok" now. He told us to go ahead with our trip so we went. It was fun but something was different. I mean... along with all the fun we had it just was...well... depressing too. It's like losing one or two of your granddad's each year.
It was great to see them all with Sarah though. She was the youngest by far and somewhere along the way my 17 month old learned how to flirt. :) And I absolutely love Wilmington! This was the first year we had significant down time and we were able to shop, enjoy the Azalea Festival that was going on, and hit up a local park for the Kiddo. I kept seeing little romantic restaurants I wanted to try but alas, life with a toddler doesn't allow for restaurants that aren't chain LOL I told Bryce that we need to come back for a night and have my mom watch Sarah.
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| Chinese Auction. You put raffle tix and whichever one gets picked wins the item. Like a lotto basically |
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| She got lots of tickets :) |
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| Sitting in the gun that Bryce's Granddad manned during the war |
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| HUGE cake for the ships 70th birthday |
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| Picnic |
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| A vet being interviewed by the news |
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| This would be a pretty good shot if Sarah wasn't about to stab someone with that fork. |
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| Being a good little child and eating a salad |
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| Bryce had the opportunity to go to the very top of the ship |
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| Fred (a good friend) at the memorial service for all the crew who passed during the year. There were about 30 that passed in 2010. |
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| The Crew who attended this year |
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| Fred the Sailor. Everyone loves this man. He has a heart of gold. It would have been awesome to have seen what he was like back in the day. |
A few random pics from the last week:
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| Feeding her new pal Scout. We've had him since Christmas but Sarah just recently formed an attachement and takes him most everywhere. |
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| Monkey see, monkey do. She's even picked the house key. |
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