Last week we (Mom, Dad, Alex & Sam) had a chance to go to the Chinese Lantern Festival in Raleigh. The event has taken place for several years now over the holiday season, but since we lived in Greenville, we never made the trip up and last year was a little hectic. Each year, the lanterns are made in China and travel by boat to Wilmington, NC and then by truck to Raleigh where they are reassembled. This year there were 40 lanterns on display and of course we probably took a couple of hundred photos between the 3 of us. 😉 The link below will take you to an online brochure of the event: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/408593009/2/

https://online.flippingbook.com/view/408593009/2/

Well, it’s that time of the year again and time for our family trek to get a Christmas tree. For a long time, we had been buying directly from one of the growers in the NC mountains at one of their stand in Greenville. Last year, we found a different grower in the Raleigh area and they also had a nice collection of trees and we got a free live wreath as well. We were worried it might not be there this year as they are putting up some medical offices in that space, but luckily it was still there this year (they will probably have to find a new location next year though). So, below is our customary photo standing in front of the tree we chose and the another one looking through the front window of the house to see it all lit up. You can also just barely see Sam’s little tree in his room above the garage. We’ll try to send more house photos at Christmas.