A New Eagle

Saturday morning the rents and I headed to Charlotte to celebrate my youngest cousin, Matthew.  Mom was talking to her BFF Beth and Beth asked if Granddaddy survived Irene.  None of us even considered that it had hit Wilmington (oops!).  He was fine, but his garage is detached and the power was off and the thing to open the electric door sans electricity wasn't working.  Uncle Joe had to bust a window out, crawl in, get the car out, then load up Granddaddy to meet us in Charlotte.  {Side note: Granddaddy has never evacuated for a hurricane.  Dad has a vivid memory of him going outside in the middle of a hurricane to get something he wanted - the wind knocked him so hard that he was walking, bent over, at a 45 degree angle!}

Uncle Joe has been wanting to eat at this fried chicken dive for years and he finally got his chance!  Prices Chicken Coop was greasy and delicious!  This place fries 1,000 lbs of chicken daily, y'all.  It's to go only so some of us gorged in the car.  We headed back to Aunt Dean's house and got to work cooking for supper.  In true Herring fashion, we had a feast that night: salad with homemade vinaigrette, broccoli cole slaw, pork tenderloin with a spicy pineapple sauce, baked shrimp, grilled barbecue chicken wings, chicken salad, corn casserole, with coconut cake and banana pudding for dessert.  It was fun to be with family, along with some of their family friends.

Sunday morning we decorated the church for Matthew's Eagle Scout ceremony.  Of course, Aunt Dean went all out and had it catered.  The food was delicious and I think everyone loved it.

Granddaddy helped out with my dad's boy scout troop and Dad became an Eagle.  Dad helped with Nathan's and he, too was an Eagle.  Uncle Mike helped with Matthew's troop and he was awarded yesterday.  It was cool to see the boys celebrate together and it's been a long time since Granddaddy, his 4 kids, and all but one grandkid were together.  All in all, a great time with the family in Charlotte celebrating Matthew!

(Wish I had some pictures.)