North Carolina

This week we got to go out to North Carolina to visit our dear friends Kyle and Natalie.  We met them through church several years ago and loved having them live in Omaha.  They have since moved to Raleigh North Carolina.  We wished they still lived in Omaha but we always have fun visiting them! 

 This time our trip was to celebrate the upcoming arrival of their baby boy Connor!  To start the weekend off Drew “hosted” a shower for Kyle.  This consisted of giving him two gifts.  A safe baby handling book that was super funny and a pair of baby crocs so Connor can be just like his Dad.

On Valentine’s day we got to explore a Raleigh shopping area that had a cool outdoor store that Drew loved.  I even purchased my first pair of Toms.  Drew’s favorite feature of the shopping center was the two story Chick-fil-a.  Below is a picture of us with the beautiful hanging flowers they had all throughout the shopping space.  We couldn’t get over seeing blooming flowers in February.

On Friday we got to meet up with our friends Jacob and Karlene Dudley.  They also brought their adorable daughter Norah!  They live in Fayetteville so they drove up to spend the day with us.  It was a beautiful day and we got to explore an amazing park.  Norah loved playing outside.  We then went to dinner and played several games of shuffle board.  It was such a treat to get to spend time with the Dudleys.

On Saturday Megan and Josh Dahlbeck came up to Raleigh!  Megan, Josh, Kyle, Natalie, Drew and I were all in the same small group together in Omaha.  They moved to North Carolina as well (this is a trend).   The girls got the treat of going to Natalie’s baby shower.  Her sister-in-law, Krissy, hosted the shower and it was beautiful!  To top it off it was snowing the whole time!  So pretty!

 While we were at the shower the boys went ice skating at the local rink.  Kyle is a really good skater so he got to show off his talents.  After the shower was over we joined the boys at the rink.  I was able to ice skate which was such a treat considering how far I have come in my POTS treatment.   

 The long weekend was filled with lots of laughter.  We are so blessed to have such amazing friends in our lives.  We can’t wait to go out to North Carolina again.  If only leaving wasn’t so hard!