News from North Carolina

Sorry for the long delay in blog posts recently!  Jonathan and I have been busy traveling around North Carolina, visiting with Jonathan's family and some of our college friends.

We started out in Greensboro with Jonathan's parents, helping out with some house projects, getting Jonathan's car fixed, visiting the  new SciQuarium at the Science Center, enjoying meals together, and I even experienced my first AquaZumba class!  One day we also drove down to Charlotte to visit Tim, Andrew, and Meghan in their new homes.

Dinner at Tim's new apartment

Go Deacs!

The Queen City!

Next, we traveled to Winston-Salem, where we stayed with Larry and Susan Jones.  We went on a classic Larry Jones morning run, saw a play at the Theater Alliance, and reconnected with NC barbeque at Little Richards!  It was also great to see some friends from college, including Joel, Jamie, Jack, and Grant Grim.  Jonathan and Jack quickly became BFFs!

Visiting with the Jones' and the Grims

On Sunday morning, we visited with the Trollinger family and joined them for worship at Hope Church.  We loved seeing our church family there in the beautiful new church building!!

That afternoon, on our way back to Greensboro, we rejoined Mom and Dad Newman for an afternoon hike at Hanging Rock State Park.

Next stop: the beach!  We spent several days at Figure Eight Island with Jonathan's extended family.  Before everyone arrived, we celebrated our 3rd anniversary with dinner at La Brasserie du Soleil, a delightfully French restaurant near Wrightsville Beach.

On Figure Eight Island, we made some sand creations, swam in the ocean, played games, and joined in the fun Fourth of July celebrations.

Our Sand Dragon!

A sand castle and sand pyramid

Fourth of July at Figure Eight Island

"The Girls"

Fourth of July Picnic

Grandfather and Grandmother waiting for the fireworks!

 This summer is just flying by!  Our next adventure will take us to Camp Waltman Lake, Michigan, for KY Reunion 2013...