A Long Weekend with Savannah :)

Savannah rode the train home from school Friday to kick off a long holiday weekend with an added day off for "mental health" at UNC.  It was quite the adventure getting home after getting caught in a massive rainstorm walking from the UNC bus to the train station and then another heavy rain back here in Charlotte.  The train was delayed multiple times, but she finally arrived home around 8pm!

We were all so excited for her to be back!!!  We spent the weekend doing LOTS of fun shopping, going to Matthews Alive (it was miserably hot), bowling, watching a family movie and did I mention shopping?!? 

Of course we had to get the annual funnel cake at Matthews Alive . . and by this point we were all so hot and sweaty no one cared about being covered in powdered sugar, especially Preston. We went to church on Sunday (which was strange with Savannah only attending for one hour), had our weekly pizza night together, and enjoyed dinner at Red Robin to celebrate Dave's birthday a little early too.

It was quite the adventure getting her back uptown to the return train (Shipt!) but thankfully we barely made the last boarding call before they locked the doors from the terminal.  Whew!  Several other UNC students weren't so lucky and were locked out, causing them to miss the train!!!  

It was such a fun weekend, but also SO very sad to see her off to school.  This time may have been even harder since I wasn't leaving her in the dorm, but rather off on an unknown adventure back to school on Amtrak.  Of course, she did just fine and made it safely back.  We are already counting down the days until we head to Chapel Hill for a football game next week.

 Until then, shine bright Savannah!  We know you are exactly where you are supposed to be!