House Hunting Trip to NC - Part I

The day before we left, the house officially listed on MLS. It was bittersweet to watch the guy dig the hole for our sign.

Then the three of us endured a lovely 5.5 hour flight to Charlotte! Brock was a little confused when I told him last minute we were actually going to visit Brian and Nancy for a few days after I kept telling him we were going to see Grandma! (We've been using Brian and Nancy's chest freezer to hold some of the beef from the cow we bought - transporting 40+ pounds when we came this time!)

The boys mostly did well on the plane - it's nice that Kade is "old enough" to play with his own tablet - but it doesn't occupy him nearly as long as his brother!

Fascinated with the seatbelts!

 He kept the headphones on for about 2 minutes - we need kid-sized ones!!

It's tough traveling from Seattle - especially a late night flight - I don't think anyone went to bed earlier than midnight that first night (except Nancy)! ;) But then the next day, the boys were ready to play with Riley outside!

Brian is incognito with his black jacket in the background..... picking up dog poop

Brock and Kade couldn't wait to practice their foosball skills! Brian & Nancy's house work out perfectly with the storage seat by the window making a great place for the boys to stand tall and turn the knobs!

Brock and Kade loved hanging out with Uncle Brian - especially showing him how much they love to push buttons!

Quiet time one night when one of the children had gone to bed - what a difference that makes!

I think Chase (cat) and Riley (dog) enjoyed the boys' company. They definitely are really good with children - good practice too because a little one is coming to their home August 2017!! :) Congrats you two!!

Kade trying to give Chase a hug

       

Poor Chase - no where was safe!

 I figured the easiest way to get us from Charlotte to Raleigh was renting a car (among other reasons) - so off we went on a 2 1/2 hour car ride. Let me tell you - traveling during naptime with Kade buckled in his car seat was THE BEST THING EVER! Traveling that day was the easiest thing I did and the most relaxing! Brock played with his tablet and talked to me a bit - he asked me why the trees were so skinny??!?? :)

Finally we made it to Grandma's! Lots more to play with at Grandma's house!!

The weather was quite cold when we arrived in Charlotte (no different than back home), but it was getting a bit warmer as the days went on (yay for crazy North Carolina weather).

The boys and I enjoyed our walks on the nature trail right near my mother's home. I "forgot" there are two little ponds along the path and they don't fence them in like they do here! (the ponds near our home are storm retaining ponds that are required by city law to be fenced) Kade was especially curious about getting near the water.

Moving right along, away from the water.....

Sure! Go climb on those instead! ;)

We had our fair share of gourmet eats while visiting - Cracker Barrel!! :) Thank goodness we visited on a Tuesday night so there were not many customers dining with my children. They are so well-behaved!

Brock has discovered his love for biscuits!

They definitely had lots of fun down Grandma's shared driveway! It was just steep enough to provide lots of entertainment! (Thank you to the nice neighbor who let Kade borrow his Grandson's ride-on scooter so he could be like big brother!)

 Here's a cute video of Brock and Kade tackling that hill!

Oh, and there were some house hunts going on too.... lots of driving around Wake County - Apex to Holly Springs to Cary to Wake Forest then back to Holly Springs! I had a lot of fun, but it was also really exhausting!!