The Williams Family Desends Upon Durham

Tony, Carole, Jane and Emma came to Durham to visit Elon and Wake Forest and most importantly, to visit with us.  The dogs were in 7th heaven because of all the attention.  

Carole put a bag of Meyer lemons from her own tree into Jane's knapsack:

Gorgeous!

We had a ton of fun and lots of laughs. Amy got Tony to fix a couple of doorknobs and to change the lights over our kitchen counter:

As you can see, the fun interfered with the completion of the job.  The new one is on the right.  We will hire out to finish the job.

This is Emma and Loki on one of their many walks to the Eno River

Bennett helping set up the Scrabble game with Carole ~ the ONLY reason that I might be glad they are gone is so Carole and I can play Scrabble over the internet.

Jane on the back deck

Emma, Maren and Jane at Clouds Brewery

Carole, Jane, Emma and Tony

While they were here, we discovered that my iphone prefers to give directions via the scenic route (not the most direct) and that a zillion drinking glasses were used daily.

The weather was fantastically warm and clear while they were here ~ they escaped the rain and flooding that was going on in California.  

They left this morning at 9am.  To keep some memories going, I am going to try and grow hops in a whiskey barrel and Tony says he is going to send us some of his ginger ale that he makes.  

It is incredibly quiet in the house ~ Amy is working, mom is napping, the dogs are napping.  I am running the dishwasher and getting ready to go outside on the deck and watch the birds.

Bennett has actually gone to sleep in this position and is snoring.  He is exhausted.

Love, Leslie