Good Family Vacation 2008 - Part 1

We are back from our first Good Family Vacation and we have lots of stories and pictures to share. I want to first say that Sam was such a trooper. When we traveled at night (which we did 3 times), he slept the whole time. He adjusted well to sleeping in four different places over 10 days and loved meeting lots of new people. He is such a blessing to us! If he was a fussy or high maintenance baby, this trip would have been a tough one for us. Luke and I feel so refreshed after spending so much time together as a family. So without further ado...let me tell you about the first part of our vacation.

On Thursday, October 2nd we left at 11pm and set off for our first destination, Raleigh, NC to stay with our friends Jen and Jonathan (my college roomie and Luke's friend from high school). We arrived pretty weary on Friday morning from driving through the night but Samuel was well rested and ready to go. They drove us around Raleigh, which is a great city, and showed us some of the sights. Jen and I went to get pedicures while the boys threw around a baseball. We also got to tour Larry's Beans which is where Jonathan works. It was fascinating to me since I had no idea how coffee was roasted! If you are a coffee lover, you have to check them out...they make great coffee and it shade grown, fair trade and organic! Sam especially liked his Aunt Jen and thought that Frank was hysterical. Thanks guys for opening your house to us...we loved seeing you!