Ahh...what a weekend!

Haven't posted in awhile but we had our friends Laura and Jared and their dog come stay with us from Thursday until this morning at 5am :) (they had a fun 5 hour drive back up to NC).

On Friday we took them out with some other friends in celebration of Jared transferring to Duke Law school!! We ate at a great "fancy pants" restaurant downtown called Il Pasticcio's. Awesome food! I am still on my eating right kick and of course an Italian restaurant isn't the best place for me (I love me some pasta!!!). BUT, I did manage to eat very well! No bread, and I split the steamed 3 pound lobster with James. It was the best lobster I ever had (I didn't even feel sad for not getting any butter!!!)

That is what a 3 pound lobster looks like....and that was the meat from the smaller claw!

The next day we went out of the boat and more swiming in the pool. And our highlight....Laura teaching us to make fondant cakes!

Above: Laura and Joe slaving over the art of making cakes. Below: The cake in progress (almost done)And on Sunday, Laura and I had a day at the spa. We then met the guys for a great brunch at B. Matthews (they decided to take a tour of the city on bikes...more power to them on a HOT day!!)

See that sweet pink bike and helmet?? That's mine :) Poor Jared got stuck with the girly bike while Geoff is the weirdo with the hat and bike helmet on. Ughh...really?? We finished off our Sunday with swimming in the pool for 3 hours and eating at James and Joe's ( my stuffed mushrooms were a hit!!) We will miss our friends! It's tough they live so far away. But we REALLY appreciate them driving down to visit us!! The next visit we will be driving up there...PROMISE! My next post will be dedicated to Jake who turned 5 this weekend and had his best dog birthday EVER!!!