Weekend Road Trip

This past weekend, we took a road trip up to Charlotte, North Carolina to visit Aunt Ray-Ray and Joe, and to see their new house. It proved a little difficult to find a free weekend for BOTH of us {before we move}, but this weekend ended up working out {after Rachel decided not to go to the Clemson vs. Auburn football game -- thanks Rach!}, and we are sure glad it did because we had a lovely time!!

Joe and Rachel's new house is nice and has a great backyard, which the dog and Ryan enjoyed playing in. There is a hummingbird feeder back there too that attracts hummingbirds constantly -- it was so cool! I think we may have to get one when we move :) We even saw several deer wandering around {behind the fence} on Saturday morning!

Ryan and Boomer the Dog

A hummingbird -- they flap their little wings SO fast!

It was a little chilly and rainy on Saturday, but we were still able to enjoy the outdoors a little. We went to a nice playground at the McDowell Nature Preserve {not far from their house} after breakfast on Saturday morning, and then took a stroll down to Lake Wylie.

Boo!

Then we went to lunch at Fuji Japanese Steakhouse, and picked up some ice cream from Coldstone {or a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte if your name starts with an M} for an after dinner treat. Yum!

Throwing pennies in the fountain before lunch :)

The gang at lunch!

We spent the rest of the afternoon/evening relaxing, napping, watching football, eating pizza and ice cream and cookie dough :), and watching football some more. There was some playing and movie watching in there as well, for the 2 year old in the group :)

The cookie dough girls :)

We headed home on Sunday -- in time to stop by and see Aunt Laura and Daniel's new apartment, unpack, get something to eat for dinner, and go to the Falcons vs. Eagles game that night {what a game to watch!!}

It was certainly another GREAT weekend!!