Yeah we had more visitors!

My sister and her husband came to visit us July 10th - 13th. They are spending the summer in Memphis and I told them they had to come see us if they were so close. It was so fun to have them here! First we drove about 3 1/2 hours to the coast. We saw the huge Battleship North Carolina, but only from the outside. Some of our ward members said that it is way too hot to tour during the summer.

We then went to the NC Aquarium at Fort Fisher. It is a small aquarium, but it is so fun to see such cool and different animals up close.

It was a stormy day and so we only went to the beach for a little while. My sister and her husband went swimming while our little family just walked in the water and Z played in the sand. It is so strange to look out and not see anything but water! I loved the beach -- even Jer liked it and we plan to go back often. We then took a ferry ride across the Cape Fear River and then drove in the dark and scary wet weather back home. And all of this was just the first day!!



On Friday we just stayed close to home. We drove around our town, went to the Alamance Battleground where at one time they claimed it was the first battle of the Revolutionary War (it's not -- it is just one of several small battles that occurred a few years before the war started), we went to Jer's work, we played video games and watched a movie. On Saturday we went to Duke University. What a beautiful campus!! They have gorgeous gardens and spectacular Gothic Architecture -- wow and I didn't even take art history in high school:) The Duke Chapel was amazing, from the outside -- it was closed for a wedding. We did peek through the windows on the huge front doors and saw the bride getting ready to walk down the isle. We were told that weddings are booked for the chapel 6 years in advance. It was fun, but would have been better if we were not melting in the heat! On the way home we drove by our beautiful temple.

They left us on Sunday and it was really sad to see them go. Z even looked for them in the back seat on the way home from the airport and cried when he remembered that they were gone. Poor kid! Thanks for coming to visit us S and D -- come again!! :)