Carolina Christmas

We spent ten glorious days in North Carolina with Jack's parents. We stayed in the house by the temple in Apex instead of at the Raleigh house. We had John and Marilyn all to ourselves and they spoiled us big time, taking us everywhere we wanted to go and catering to our every whim. I love how often Molly gets to see her east coast grandparents. Even though we live far away from them, they visit us and fly us out to visit them. A big blessing for us! Some highlights of the Raleigh trip:

meeting Tan, one of their Chinese students who came to visit

going to the North Carolina Museum of Art

visiting the Raleigh house and playing in the woods

going on runs through the pretty neighborhoods

driving around to look at Christmas lights

seeing the movie Annie

going to Jack's ten year high school reunion

the Dumbo stuffed toy and Elsa dress that Grandma T got for Molly - her most prized possessions

John's traditional veal and polenta on Christmas Eve

seeing Jack's old friends Taylor, Carla, and Johnny and their families

going to Marbles, the best children's museum of all time

enjoying the movie projector they have set up in the living room

face timing with all of Jack's siblings

eating way too many chocolate covered caramel macadamia candies

going to the temple together for the first time since Cora was born

going to Goodberry's every other day

thrift store shopping

going to an awesome indoor play place

Raleigh is just so incredibly family friendly. I would not mind moving there some time in the next five years! Molly had the time of her life om this trip and was very sad to leave Grandma and Grandpa.