On Friday after Thanksgiving, we left Spring Hope and headed for Raleigh. We stayed there at my Grandma's (Mama Dot's) house until Sunday afternoon. We did lots of things, but mostly relaxed and ate a lot.
On Friday afternoon Aaron and I left the girls there so that we could meet up with the Fernandez family at Southpoint for lunch and a movie. Then that night, we went out to dinner with Stephen and Michael at one of my favorite Raleigh restaurants...Piccola Italia (in Cameron Village...have you been there, Kristin?). Thanks to Gramme and Mama Dot for watching the girls for the day/night!We took several walks around the neighborhood while we were there. Vivian loved to take Angel for walks.

We saw more family on Saturday. They came over for a huge Thanksgiving lunch. Grandma Carolyn and Aunt Nancy were there, along with Granddaddy and Marie.

We played a lot of games and tried to keep the girls entertained.

She's happy in this picture, but in general Kate was pretty fussy the whole time we were in Raleigh. I don't know if it was the difference in our schedule, or the fact that two teeth were coming in (which means she is DONE for a long while...she has them all!).

We had a visit from Santa! I think Michael may have caused some damage to Santa's knee :)
Michael was trying to show Vivian that it was okay to sit on Santa's lap, but it didn't work. She stayed right where she was with me.

Santa sang a rap for us!

We tickled and wrestled Kate a lot. She loves it.

We were able to spend a lot of time with Daddy. It was a treat! The whole weekend was an encouragement to us all. Thanks for hosting us, Grandma! Can't wait to see everyone again for Christmas!