Parents!

So my parents came down to visit for nearly three weeks.  It was more of a put-dad-to-work type of visit, but he wouldn't have wanted it any other way.  The big project was a new fence for our backyard (and Bruno).  So while Laura and I went off to work, Dad was out in the backyard, planning things out and digging holes.  Good thing our house is at the top of the hill, otherwise our basement would have probably flooded with the amount of sweat he dropped back there.

We ran around Durham a bit, caught a ball game and ate some barbecue.  We made it out to Raleigh one day and dropped by the farmer's market and the natural history museum.  They took off for Washington, D.C. one of the weekends, to hit up the Glenn Beck rally (fun, fun ), and drove back down along the coast.  So they got to see a bit more of North Carolina than just our backyard.

Laura's dad came in, as well, since he didn't want to miss out on all the fun.  So he was the gate and wire man.  He's also helping out with a few other chores around the house, and hanging out with Laura on her week off between jobs.

It's been great having them all around, and it's definitely a lot more quiet around here when they're gone...