June in Raleigh

In the beginning of June we visited Raleigh. We were excited to spend time with Ben's parents for 4 days and see Ben's sister, Rachel, and her family. They have recently relocated to Raleigh from all the way out in Washington state and we are so excited to have them all living so much closer. Ellie is also excited to have her cousins and aunt and uncle closer. We have seen them a couple of times and all the kids are warming up to be around each other. While in Raleigh we had a great time playing outside in Geep and Gran's (Ben's parents) yard and enjoyed some wonderful meals prepared by Gran. I had also heard of a hands on children's museum in Raleigh and we all ventured there one day. The kids loved it and I have to say I think the adults enjoyed it as well. Ellie and I love to play together and have so much fun, Ben often says that he thinks I like to take her places so I can play too :) Ellie loved each section, especially the stethoscope and struggled to move on to a new section. We have a similar museum here in Charlotte and are planning on taking her there soon. The cousins did lots of playing and Gran also had a great little chair that she had as a child that Ellie loved sitting in. Ellie did some reading with Geep, exploring with Gran, ice cream eating at Goodberry's for the first time and a little firefly hunting. We had a great time in Raleigh!