March 17th Match day and double date night!

 March 17th was Match Day for finding out where we are going for Residency and we are SO happy to announce Sam matched with the Cabarrus Family Medicine program in Concord, NC! It is a suburb of Charlotte, NC. Looks like our little family is on to the next stage in life. He's really going to be a doctor! Haha.. Anyways, we are SO happy to be done with that stressful process. I haven't blogged much about it but there was a lot of emotion and stress poured into trying to find the right match list to submit. In the end, we are so happy with how everything turned out. Sam is VERY excited to work with amazing people at this program. I don't know much about Charlotte besides the fact that it's the home of the Carolina Panthers, but that's enough for me! LOL! Guess we better get house hunting!

As a celebration, we booked a babysitter in advance because we knew we'd want to go out on a date to celebrate that evening. Just so happened our good friends Sarah and Joel were able to find a babysitter and meet us for dinner. We sure are going to miss these two. They are keepers, for sure. Thanks for celebrating with us, guys!!

Sarah and Joel had to head home after dinner but Sam and I got tickets to see the new Beauty and the Beast afterwards. Great evening with my love celebrating this awesome life change ahead of us! 

St. Patrick's Day!

Holidays are always so fun with the Mom's club! We had a St. Patrick's day brunch with our fun group and I think it's safe to say everyone had fun! Marshall always enjoys a good excuse to see his favorite buddies and I always have a good time with my mama friends!

My green mustached goofballs later that evening:

Olive Oil with Kingsport Medical Alliance

One weekday morning a couple weeks ago, I went with the women from the Kingsport Medical Alliance to the specialty olive oil place in downtown! I learned so much about the difference between all different olive oils and just how many different combinations there are for oil and flavored balsamic vinegars! It was SO fascinating and SO delicious trying all the different combinations! Also amazing how many health benefits come from increasing your olive oil intake. So interesting to hear about! It was a fun morning with some amazing women. 

Girl's weekend in Asheville

A few weeks ago, some close girlfriends and I found a good deal on a hotel room down in Asheville and decided it would be fun to get away overnight together! We did some good shopping on the way down there, went out for a delicious dinner that evening, then went to brunch the next morning before heading back home. Nothing too fancy but it was a fun escape for these mamas! To be able to eat a meal or two without interruptions was so wonderful. Love these girls so much! We really had SO much fun!

Random

Just some more fun from February... no descriptions needed for most of these. just fun! 

Bay's Mountain to get the kiddos out of the house:

A walk on the greenbelt and rock hopping:

Biltmore with my loves

A couple weekends ago, we had a free day and wanted to do something fun in the area! We really aren't sure if we are sticking around here a few more years or are moving soon so we decided we better start on our bucket list! Ha! Anyways, found good deal on winter tickets so we decided to bite the bullet and go see the Biltmore as a family, finally! I was a little nervous how the kids would do on the tour but they actually were great! They thought it was a big fancy castle and thought it was pretty cool to be able to walk through. They got a little wiggly in a couple hallways where we'd have to wait in a short line of people, but I think overall, they did awesome! Afterwards, we walked around the grounds a bit and stopped for a treat in the cafe area. Then we walked down to the greenhouse, which was beautiful! Caught a few pictures, then went to the fields towards the back of the grounds to get in some good cartwheels (Ivy, hehe). All in all, it was a very successful trip! Hope the kids remember this one!