NC Trip - Week 1

Our visit in NC started off 

really slow

compared to the rest of our time there! 

We went to the NC State campus to visit.

That is where the hubs and I went and MET!

(awe!)

We didn't pick the best day,

we got a little wet,

it POURED down rain...

we are NOT used to that in S. Texas!!

After getting drenched and not really seeing a whole lot,

we decided to grab a bite to eat. 

We had been missing NC BBQ,

so we went to "The Pit"

It was good...

Then unfortunately we had to take daddy to the airport.

He was in town for less than 24 hours.

Side note:

We have lived in the same town as my parents,

always.

So we have never had a reason to 

sleep under their roof,

Weird is sleeping in your old room

with your husband...

for the first time

ever!

(especially knowing "your house" is 15 min away

and you can't sleep in it because someone else is currently living there!)

End side note.

After dropping daddy off,

 we went back to get acclimated to our
home away from home...

Nana & Papa's house.

After we got their bonus room modified to a more

kid friendly space,

and attempted to find room for all of the mess we brought with us.

We dove into schooling.

We spent most of our first few days in that playroom 

trying to get a bit of school work done,

since most everyone else was working.

Our first Saturday was still beautiful and warm out,

so the Godparents of the two littles

(who also happen to be my preggy sister's in-laws)

took us to the lake on their boat.

I had brought our life jackets for the littles with us to NC

because I knew

we would be going to my grandmother's

and going fishing...

so those came in HANDY!

I had a ton of pictures,

super cute pictures,

but unfortunately my phone died,

and the yahoos at Verizon

proceeded to erase my SD card

while they were attempting to fix my phone!

(ugh!!)

So here are a couple that were posted on FB 

and then downloaded from FB

for me to use...

of the lake:

sweet baby face on mommy's lap as we sped through

the water

Crazy big boy hot dogging while we sped through the water!

lathering everyone up with sunscreen!

lunch on the boat

Then there is this one...

Are you kidding me??

As her godfather said

"here is the princess on her float".

Tough life, ain't it?

She didn't move off of this thing

and started to fall asleep.

She was the only one 

who willingly went in the water.

I got pushed 

(thank you Nana!)

R got threatened to be pushed

(thank you mama!

if I had to go in, so did he

one of the many curses of being the oldest child!)

J and Mr. T,

well, we just let them

chill on the boat...

We had a BALL!!!

The ONLY reason we left

was for the only reason

that would have gotten us off the boat 

at that time...

An NC State home football game!!!

Our first Saturday in NC happened to be the 

"Military Appreciation" Game at 

our beloved NC State.

That is, by far, my favorite game of the year.

And we went to every home game!

My husband spent a few years in the military.

So since marrying him,

I have a whole new level of 

respect

and

 admiration

and

appreciation

 for our armed forces

and 

what those men & women do for us!

Wow!

NC State always does such wonderful things

for the military appreciation game.

And they even recognize and honor some of our

wounded warriors

on the field during the game.

We had a fantastic time!

But it was bittersweet.

It was just me and the big boys.

And we were lucky enough to sit in 

some of 

"our seats".

(We have lifetime rights to a couple of seats)

But walking into the game,

this game,

the military appreciation game...

without my husband

best friend

football partner

was TOUGH!

I got a lump in my throat

and tears in my eyes

as we walked through the stadium to our seats.

Silly, I know,

but it doesn't take much to get me emotional!

Unfortunately,

my phone was dying

so I didn't get as many pictures as I usually do,

nor as I would have liked.

Thankfully,

we made friends with the couple behind us

and she graciously took a picture

with her phone 

and sent it to me!

This is the lone picture from the night...

Needless to say,

we had a BUSY day

but an

AWESOME first Saturday

back in NC.

Definitely made it easy to be back!