Mama in NC

I was soooo excited to have my mom come to NC to say the LEAST! We had the BEST time together, I hope she comes again soon despite the fact that she had to sleep on an air mattress and we were in the middle of working with an exterminator to take care of our cockroach issues (man she must really miss us:) We were making fun of ourselves because i've only lived away for 2 months and I was just DYING to see her!It felt like i've been gone a lot longer than that! We both cried when we saw eachother and then laughed about it realizing how long its been...Knowing that christmas is only 2 and a half months away when I dropped her off at the airport we decided together that we could probably survive until then:) I love my mom sooo much- I feel like she's a best friend but better!


We got our toes done!



We were in Pottery Barn and they had the cutest Halloween display! We were so into everything, getting "festive" with these awesome masks!!!(and taking pictures so we could steal their ideas)


We ended up having dessert everyday she was here! I know I know, but it was vacation right? Bonnie works at this cute coffee shop called Heighertys so my mom and I stopped in to get a treat and see Bonnie of course! Sooo yummy:)

Toasting to having my mom in our home!



I took my mom to the museum of natural history in downtown Raleigh. Noah had been with his class and said it was pretty cool. It was really fun and we learned a lot!



A nice end to her trip...we took a picnic to Jordan Lake with Noahs parents. It was so beautiful! Crazy spiders there but it truly was beautiful... Hope you come back soon mama! Love ya

Raleighwood

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Food for Thought

Man it is sooo good to have family in NC! I've been studying for my DANB Exam non stop and Noahs mom and Wade dropped off a bag of study goodies! It was SO cute! Each candy had a saying with it like Gummy Lifesavers said "To give you "security" in knowing that you will do great and PASS with "flying colors" and Pringles that said "To help you stay "chipper" as you "chip away" at those questions!" A Sobe Energy Drink that said "To give you some "Essential Energy" for studying and taking the "Big Test" There were 12 things in this bag of food for thought and it was so sweet and thoughtful! I know if will help a ton! Thanks Marsha and Wade!

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Ahh The Beach on Labor Day...Perfect

We went to Wrightsville Beach this last weekend in Wilmington NC it was such a BLAST! We couldn't believe it, only 2 hours away! We've never lived that close to the ocean and I have never had sand in my car so it was a fun weekend. The sand was really soft and FULL of seashells and tiny pieces of seashells! We camped at a KOA nearby and even managed to find a wood palate behing a grocery store to make smores over a fire with, even though it was blazing hot outside!

The Girls

We had fun taking pictures of ourselves...girls! I got sooo sunburned, I was just a bit excited about getting some sun before winter, bad choice!

Boogie Boarding

We rented some Boogie boards, considering there are a few hurricanes coming our way this weekend and next we got some good waves for boarding! The water was sooo warm and the sand went out for a long ways! With the tide coming in it brought a LOT of cool shells so we collected a few:)