Last Week

At last count, we were patiently awaiting the arrival of one little sister and two friends of little sister. I am pleased to say that they arrived safely on Monday at lunchtime! We promptly ventured over to the local Mexican place for some (non)authentic cuisine, and then meandered around the downtown area. My sister, Kayla, has deemed herself cursed as every time she comes to Norfolk, it pours from the heavens above, and she had yet to see the loveliness of the area. While it did, ironically, rain just as she was rolling into town, the clouds parted during lunch, and we were able to see the sights (of course, our sweat was a nice alternative to the rain, but that is just the way things are sometimes, you know).

Harris, unfortunately, had to work Monday night, but we had a wonderful girl's night, and met our new neighbors (more to come on them!). We made homemade pizzas, watched girl movies (including She's the Man - what happened to you, Amanda Bynes? Where did we go wrong?), ate ice cream, and laughed a lot. It was so much fun! Tuesday we headed over to the zoo! Who knew that the Norfolk zoo was actually the Virginia Zoo?! I know this may seem like a slight differential, but my expectations for the Norfolk zoo were quite small (so small zoo must, in fact, be lower-case); however, the Virginia Zoo, why that was just marvelous!

Kayla posing with the Courtney mermaid!

A weird bear of some variety

Two little monkeys!

4 little otters!

Giraffe!

Baby Giraffe!

Eee Baby Elephant!

Simba!

Timon!

These little girls!

We left them there!

All in all, the Zoo was quite the success! Tuesday evening we headed over to a pub in Ghent where we had some good food, and played some good trivia! We were actually pretty decent, all things considered. Of course, as it tends to do, time went by too fast, and suddenly it was Wednesday - time for them to head home to North Carolina, and time for me to board a plane to good ole Dallas, Texas. I spent Wednesday night and Thursday in Texas, and then (finally) got home late Thursday night (but, hey, at least I got home!). I spent most of Friday catching up on all the things I missed being out of the office most of the week. And there you have it! Girls - thank you so much for coming to visit us! We hope to have you come back soon!