Our holiday trip home - part 1 in NC

The past week has been a whirlwind of traveling, visiting with friends and spending time with family. We flew into RDU on Monday December 22nd - we planned to spend the first day in NC catching up with our North Carolina friends. Our first stop was Firehouse Subs - gotta love their Hook&Ladder and Italian subs! After lunch, we headed to North Raleigh to visit Kim, Chris & Maddy. It was great catching up with them and seeing how big Maddy has gotten! Here is a picture of us:

Next we headed to Prul's house to freshen up for dinner. We met several friends at MacGregor Draft House in Cary, including Lesley & Edward Emerson, my Cisco friends Susan Denny & Nisha Westphal, Prul & my former neighbor, Carrie Jordan. With the exception of an issue with Nisha's tire we had a great time. Gotta love those pickle chips! :-) Here is a pic of the ladies that were at dinner:

After dinner, Prul, Jason & I met my brother Bryce at Carolina Ale House.....sounds like we were on the Ale/Draft house circuit, huh? :-) Here are some pics from the Ale House - the first is of Bryce & me, the second is Prul & Bryce cracking up and the last pic is Jason and me.

The next day we headed to D-ville ..... I will post a separate blog about that :-)