A Quick Trip to NC:)

We headed down to North Carolina at the end of June for a very short but sweet trip for two awesome reasons:

1.  MeMe Ruff volunteered to dog sit while we were in Iowa for two weeks.  Amazing mom & even more amazing is that she STILL has them for us until we make it back down there!

2.  But the bigger reason on why we were excited to head south----to visit Aunt Jen and cousins Clem and Tal.  It's been almost two years since we have seen these wild ones since the moment they decided to move from the Bronx to Indiana.  We saw them almost every month when they lived near us so we were excited to see our cousins once again!

We arrived on Friday afternoon & of course we hopped right into the pool at Grandma's!

After a fun & wild night, the kids and I headed over to my grandma's house where we would be staying for the weekend!  Six kids (Jen had an extra kid that she brought along!), six and under, in one house was a little too much so we headed over to Grandma's to spend time with our great-grandma and hopefully catch a little sleep.  Of course a trip to Grandma's isn't complete without some games!

They headed over on Saturday where we took all the kids to my favorite park in Raleigh, Pullen Park.  It was SO hot that we spent a lot of time at the park doing this...

And of course we took the train...

And the boats...

And just played...

My mom and I took the boys' for a special Target trip while Jen held down the house with the girls.  I love seeing Andrew & Tal holding hands...

And of course a trip to Target isn't complete without Icee's and twirly straws!

After a wild and crazy day, we said our good-byes and headed back to Grandma's.  We treated Grandma out to a fun breakfast out at Krispy Kreme.

Nothing more exciting than watching donuts being made!

Sadly we said good-bye on Sunday when they headed to the beach, but it was great to catch up with them all for a few short days.  Hopefully it will be less than two years before we see them again.  We headed home the next day with just enough time to unpack and pack before heading out to Iowa on Wednesday!