Ocean Isle, NC

Picture one: Briant and his mom, Margie, on the beach
Picture two: Greg and Sophie after a good dinner
Picture three: Playing our favorite game, Settlers of Catan, with Greg and Briant's parents
Picture four: Briant's whole family

After making a few stops along the way to visit more friends and family, we eventualy made it to Greg and Gretchen's (Briant's sister) in NC and then to the beach :) Briant's parent and grandmother met up with us at the beach.

By this time, we were really happy to just relax on the beach. I read two books. Briant probably read three. And there's no telling how many Gretchen read. Maybe 7? (She just reads a little faster than I do...) We enjoyed relaxing, playing games, and boogie boarding. We took all the spoiling we could get before moving to Africa!

The Wednesday before Briant was supposed to go to training on the King Air 90, we found out that the plane he was going to fly in Mali had had a landing accident. As a result, the training in NC was canceled and Briant ended up having a week off to spend with me - instead of studying! We went to NJ and then PA that week.