Angus Barn

 On November 19, our family, including Grandma Barbara, ate dinner at The Angus Barn, a fancy steak restaurant that was beautifully decorated for Christmas. We ate cheese and crackers for appetizers. For dinner, we ate chateaubriand, prime rib, and pork ribs with salad and mashed potatoes. For dessert, we ate chocolate chess pie and chocolate cheesecake. Everything was delicious! The Angus Barn is one of our favorite holiday traditions, and we already have our holiday dinner reservations for November 2023! 

Fenton

 On New Year's Eve, our family explored Fenton, a new shopping center. We enjoyed visiting the stores and seeing the wall murals. At Honeysuckle Gelato, we sampled four different flavors: Nutella, creme brulee, salted caramel brownie, and brownie chunk. 

On our way home, we picked up soup and sandwiches from McAlister's Deli. Savannah loved seeing her name on the menu!

Christmas 2022: Part 2

 Santa came to our house! Last night Hadley left a note, cookies, and milk for Santa, as well as carrots for his reindeer. Hadley loved reading Santa's message this morning. 

On Christmas Day, our family celebrated at home instead of traveling. We enjoyed sleeping until 8:30 AM, opening presents, and watching movies. Tal cooked turkey and sides for lunch. It was a relaxing family day!

Savannah received a home coloring book.

Hadley's gifts included a bathrobe, bath bombs, sticker book, coloring books, markers, socks, and friendship bracelet kit.

The girls received gift cards to Starbucks, McDonald's, Chick-fil-a, and Panera.

Savannah's gifts included markers, coloring books, jigsaw puzzles, socks, a fitness watch, and Lindt chocolates.

Over the last two days, Savannah assembled this Lego set (Emma's Art School) from Grandma Barbara. It was 844 pieces!

Christmas 2022: Part 1

 This weekend we celebrated Christmas with our family who lives at the beach. We ate oysters, shrimp, mahi, cornbread, and steak. We were blessed with many gifts, including cash, gift cards, candy, and the gifts below. 

Hadley (8) and Savannah (13)

Lego Set

Matching Friends Shirts

Hey Dudes shoes for Savannah

Hadley outgrew her bike, so Grandma Barbara gave her a new, bigger bike and helmet. Hadley loves the hand brakes!

Crocs for Savannah

For Christmas every year, I make photo calendars for Gran and Grandma Barbara that include our favorite family photo memories from the year. 

Tal's mom gave him the NC State golf bag that was on his Christmas wish list. 

The weather has been unseasonably cold for NC. When we arrived at the beach yesterday, it was cold and windy. The ocean was rough, and the tide was high. When we woke up this morning, it was 10 degrees and bitter cold.