Over the weekend, President Salerno came to stay with us. He was Doug’s first counsellor in the mission presidency. In addition to being a faithful counselor, he has been a friend. We loved hearing the updates about the wards and branches and our dear friends far away.
Sunday, after church, we drove over to the temple. The grounds were open and we enjoyed our walk and casual conversations there.
We’ve been here since last Sunday. We worked hard and we played hard and we even managed to relax a little bit. It is always hard to say goodbye!
While it is not yet actually her birthday, we talked Izzy into opening her presents early so that we could share her birthday joy. Love her!
It is restaurant week in Charlotte. That means that you can go to very expensive restaurants and they serve their regular fare, but you don’t pay their regular prices. Love it! We couldn’t seem to remember to take any pictures, but the meals were very memorable.
We ate at the Ritz-Carlton’s Steak House one night,
and the other night we went to Blue. Not only was the food great, but the live jazz band made the ambience even better!
In uptown Charlotte, you will find the Bank of America Corporate Center and inside that building, in addition to some beautiful architecture and design, you will find Dan’s office.
We didn’t actually go there in the daytime this trip. We went there at night. It involves planning ahead and all the security that you would imagine for the Bank of America Corporate Center. Conquering my fear of heights, I went and stayed well away from the giant windows, but I still enjoyed the beautiful views. Tricia wanted a companion to help update Dan’s office. We spent a long, but productive day making our plans and when the following night fell, extreme office makeover began in earnest.
The best part of it all, was that Dan was pleased with the result.
The Charlotte Knights are a minor league team that feeds the Chicago White Sox. They have a pretty little stadium right in the city center. I can’t remember if it is uptown or downtown, but I think it is uptown. It doesn’t really matter. We watched them win over the Durham Bulls. In a very memorable moment, Jonah caught…not a ball…but a shirt!
Denied the chance to catch a homerun ball. He was sad, but I have to admit, we were celebrating.
We picked up Brianna this morning and had breakfast at this highly recommended for breakfast place in Savannah. In my opinion, it has a well-deserved reputation.
J. Christopher
She would not be denied…even with the barracades. She just had to climb those things. Then when she would get to the top and sometimes even before that, she would look back and be scared half to death and start crying for help. Fortunately, she mastered them without incident.
Everyday we played…on the lake.
We skied.
Where, oh where is a picture of Clark!
Everyone went tubing…crazy tubing with Chezzie! But even Scarlett was a fan of Nana rides.
Audrey made mud castles,
and Scarlett, pretty happily, endured her lake prison.
It’s the last day of grandkid camp. The kids were pretty excited to see what the last activity would be, and they were pretty surprised!
Jonah
Truman
Carter
Courtney
Papa
Elliott…wait a minute, come back here!
Izzy
Clark
Fun times!
