Lunch with some friends

Met up with some ladies I used to work with for a nice lunch at Baby Moon Cafe in Morrisville (near the Airport). It's always a treat to get a good meal, but especially nice to share some time with people I love. I have been blessed to work with some phenomenal people over the past several decades. Unfortunately, I've lost touch with most of them, so it's important to make time to reconnect.

Another Temple

Road trip yesterday to the Columbia, SC temple. Quick visit to go to the church distribution center and Deseret Bookstore. Beautiful weather and a nice easy drive. Took about 4 hours each way. This temple looks a lot like the Raleigh temple. The theme for Raleigh is the dogwood tree. The theme for Columbia is the palmetto. I think it's a lovely idea to use local themes for the temples. I am picking up my new eye glasses today and getting car oil changed. WooHoo. Living large! My life is so exciting.

My Temple

Here's 2 different views of the Raleigh Apex Temple in Apex, NC. It's only 25 minutes from the house. Before this, the nearest temple was in Washington, DC. It's nice to have a temple practically in my backyard. I've got a new temple partner now, so we go every Wednesday morning. It's a special place and I am so glad I can go regularly.

I love to see the Temple

We went to Washington DC for a weekend to visit the kid and grandkids. We stayed at a nice airBnB in Alexandria. I wanted to go to the Temple to see the festival of lights. I haven't been there during Christmas time in over 30 years. It is such an amazingly beautiful sight. I wanted to take both boys, but everyone had the flu. Poor Marcus wanted to go anyway. Maybe next year we can try again. They are going to have to relocate, but THANK GOD they are only going to move to Ft. Belvoir. That will put them about 20 minutes closer to me! I'm just thrilled they aren't going to California or Alaska. I want to keep my family within driving distance. We're looking forward to a very quiet Christmas this year.

More pictures of the boys

Early Thanksgiving Celebration

My daughter, her husband and the boys came to town. We met up with my son and his boys at Morehead Planetarium for a fun presentation on Sun, Earth and Moon. As we were leaving, James T. said to the student presenter "Thank you for teaching us about the solar system." He's SO cute! We had lunch in Carrboro at Weaver Street Market. The next day we met at Lake Michael for a picnic, even though it was a bit chilly. The boys didn't seem to mind. They got to feed the ducks and there was even a bunch of ducklings, which I thought was kind of weird for this time of year.

Renaissance Fair at Pluck Farm

Took the boys to the Fool's Faire last Saturday. It was the first Ren Fest for the meadery and brewery at this location. We have been to a couple in Pittsboro sponsored by the meadery there. They were both in the summer which was kind of miserable. I can't be outside in 90 degree weather. Also, at the last location, James T. stood in a fire ant pile which pretty much ruined the day for all of us. Poor kid. The weather this weekend was beautiful, as it usually is after a big storm. The remnants of Nicole blew through on Friday, so things were a little damp on Saturday, but otherwise perfectly lovely. We can't have a kid's outing without at least one injury, so while in the bounce castle, James A. got head-butted by some other jumpy kid and ended up with a black eye. He was not in a great mood after that. But it was still a fun day and I know I'll be back next year.