Travels of Mark and Pat: Friday

So proud of Connor (on right) serving Mass for first time at Holy Trinity.

Here he is with his friend Gavin taken Thursday, April 27.

It's been a whirlwind week here in North Carolina and now my friends are back home in Bloomington and McKinney, TX.

Quick recap of our week's activities.....]

Monday - Picked the girls up around 4ish. Stopped in Morganton for dinner at Root and Vine. Mark had some errands and visited with Brooke's parents, Bob and Judy.

Onto the lake and settled in.

Tuesday - Asheville, breakfast at Tupelo Honey Café, shopping at Tops Shoes and the French Broad Chocolate Lounge. Then toured the Biltmore and gardens, High Tea at the Inn on Biltmore Estates, wine tasting at Antler Village and on home. Enjoyed a nice campfire with Philip, Annette, Luke and Maeve sipping wine on a beautiful evening and then we girls sat on the porch with another nice fire.

Wednesday - perfect weather for a leisurely day relaxing with a trip to see Philip and Annette's new home, Camp Lake James for lunch and then boat ride around the lake, Michael, Brooke and Blair joined us and for lunch and stayed for dinner (carry out from Roma's). Sat on the porch and enjoyed another memorable, beautiful day!

Thursday - We gals let around 9:30 for Black Mountain. What a darling little town about 40 minutes west of here. We started with a stop at The Dripolator for coffee and then browsed the cute shops topped off with a fabulous lunch at The Verandah. Rainy afternoon and back around 4:30. Mark left in the car to run some errands. Philip is working today thru Sunday.

Brought dinner home from the Verandah (Carolina bar-b-que, slaw, beans, corn on he cob and then desserts from the Dripolator. Everything delicious! Kathy, Claire and I played euchre first with Mark and then Annette.

Friday - We left at 7:45 for Charlotte and Kathy and Claire's flights back to Texas and Illinois. I got the laundry done and after the Newton gang arrived (except for Drew) late afternoon, we went for a boat ride. Beautiful evening on Lake James.

Tomorrow Mark and I start the long trek back to Bloomington. Looking forward to seeing family and friends for most of May.

Here are a few pics from the past few days! My friends are back home safe 'n sound. What a fun girls getaway we had!!!