Keeping up with the Gilreaths

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Beach day

Saturday morning Donald, Jenna, Erik and I headed to the beach. Donald and I hadn't made it to the beach all summer (well, the North Carolina beach--which is SO much warmer than the west coast beaches that we enjoyed in June) and Jenna and Erik wanted to go since they were on fall break so off we went.

It was a gorgeous day at the beach. 80+ degrees with a slight breeze. We saw a wedding, numerous dolphins, a beautiful kite, and just basked in the warmth and the sounds of the waves.

(14 months and 2 days since their wedding and still cute!)

We headed home in the late afternoon and I was greeted by this when I got home:

Best welcome home ever!!

(in case you can't read her shirt it says:
Carolina girls...best in the world)

Howl-O-Scream

On Friday Jenna, Erik, Jamie and Darin all went to Busch Gardens. Busch Gardens is an amusement park about 3 hours from Raleigh. In October in the evenings, they have a Halloween event called Howl-O-Scream. Erik and Jenna went last year and had a great time so this year they talked Jamie and Darin into joining them. They left the house a little after 6am and returned home around 12:30 am Saturday morning. We were greeted by this when they arrived home:

Maybe next year Donald and I will have to go as well....

Harry Potter

Friday night Donald and I went to see "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". I know most of you saw it over the summer, but when it came out we were on vacation and then we just decided to wait until it came to the $1.50 theater. I loved it!! I am a huge fan of the Harry Potter books, but haven't enjoyed the movies nearly as much. But I found the key with this movie. I didn't reread the book before going!! I enjoyed the movie SO much. I knew the general gist of what was going to happen, but I didn't remember things they were left out and I was just able to truly enjoy a magical evening with Harry....and Donald. :-)

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Kelly's Birthday!!

Sunday evening we celebrated Kelly's birthday--even though her birthday was September 1. We had dinner at Ann's and enjoyed visiting.

I wish this picture had come out better--but the two that I zoomed in closer were blurry so this is the best I can do...

front row: Ann Keaton, Ms. Mitchell (George's mom), Jodi Mitchell
2nd row: Aunt Pat (Hendley) , Patsy (George's sister), Kelly Mitchell, Darin, Donald
back row: Rod Hendley, Terry Keaton, George Mitchell, Kyle Keaton

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Family dinner

Every month, usually on Sunday, we have a family dinner. This started being a monthly occurrence in 2003 when Devin and Jamie were both attending UNC and we didn't always get to see them at the same time. They've been going strong ever since. It's been a fun way to make sure we all see each other at least once a month and we have enjoyed adding Sarah, Delainey and Erik to our family--and our dinners.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Basketball

Darin and his roommate, Dean, are playing in a church league. It actually started before they began school, but they've been able to play with them a couple of times so far. They play in Apex, a suburb of Raleigh, and since that is close, Donald and I have been to watch them a couple of times.

Yesterday they had a game and I took my camera just to take some pictures and then Donald and I were asked to keep score and clock so I only got one picture...

Yes, it's Darin after tying his shoes and before playing--how pitiful is that! :-)

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Tuesdays

Tuesdays are probably my favorite day of the week. On Tuesday evenings, Devin and Sarah head to Durham to spend time with the youth of their ward. That leaves me with Delainey! Sometimes Donald or Darin or Jamie will come, but often it's just my Delainey time--and I don't have to share with anyone!! :-)

Usually we start off with Delainey eating dinner...