The Weekend, Late

I meant to post on Monday, but Josh was off of work for the last two nights, which is devastatingly distracting to me, because he is rarely home when I get off work. I get sucked into his pjs/lounging/watching Netflix habits and then I don't get anything done! I don't mind though, because it is so rare he is home after I get off work - I have to say, it is really nice to come home to someone instead of an empty house! I can't wait until the day it's like that all the time.

So, the weekend went by ridiculously fast (I can't say the same for this week that is dragging by!) because my parents were here and we did lots of activities with them!

Friday night - Josh worked, I cleaned the whole townhouse and went to bed early. Could not be any more boring. I had to get my sleep though, because on Saturday morning....

I did the color run!

I'm going to write a little more about that later, but it was a blast, and it felt good to have 3 miles under my belt by 9:45 on a Saturday!

Then, my parents and two little sisters got here around lunchtime. They wanted to go downtown to the museums Saturday afternoon, so we did that. It was cold and windy on Saturday - wayyy different from the 80 degree days we had the week before - so it was good to be inside. Emma likes the Natural Science Museum and Jenny likes the History Museum and Josh likes everything, so they were pretty happy. I didn't take any pictures in the museums except for this one:

Haha!

After the museums we ran by Trader Joe's to stock up on some snacks - they don't have one yet in Asheville, and Trader Joe's is pretty much the best place to get delicious, cheap, unique treats ever.

On Saturday night we had Lilly's Pizza - definitely the best pizza in Raleigh! Again, no pictures because we dug in too fast for all that. Josh and I played Scrabble with the girls and my Dad - it is very interesting to play Scrabble with a ten year old!

Sunday we went to the State Farmer's Market to check out the pumpkins!

Of course in addition to pumpkins we also got tomatoes, tons of apple samples, orangeades, sweet potato pie and pumpkin ice cream - lots of fall treats.

I wasn't going to make my family walk around campus on a cold Sunday but Josh needed to go to the library for some printing so I figured I would give them a little mini tour around State. I mean, I spent two years there as a student in grad school and I've worked there for two years next month, so it really is about time they see where I spend a good part of my life!

Dad in one Wolf Ear....

and Emma in the other

Getting a kick out of the library furniture while Josh prints

interactive tables

Mom's favorite room

Mom and me out on the balcony looking over the brickyard

Jenny, just hanging out

Me and my babe in the Farmer's Market

It was a nice, fun busy weekend! As I'm typing this, I'm hanging out at the house on Halloween. It is 7:14 pm and we have had NO trick or treaters! Maybe it's too early? There are definitely families with young kids in this complex. Maybe they went to a ritzier neighborhood for more (better) candy? Hmm, we'll see!