Twenty-three!

Peter turned 23 on November 13th!  Dan, Mom, Brad, and I headed to Raleigh the following Sunday to celebrate with him. 

We got to his house around 12:30 and he arrived home from Mass just a few minutes later.  He hopped into the car with us and we headed downtown.  We had lunch at Midwood Smokehouse.  One thing about us, we love barbeque.  We've been to the original restaurant in Charlotte and thought we'd give the Raleigh one a shot.  I had a hard time coming up with a lunch spot. It seems a lot of restaurants that are open for lunch on Sunday don't have their regular lunch menu available and have a brunch menu instead.  I'm one of those weird people who don't like breakfast foods so I try to avoid a brunch menu.  

After our lunch, we took a drive through Raleigh and ending up at Howling Cow Creamery.  NC State has its own educational dairy farm, and they make their own ice cream.  The lines were long because it was a gorgeous warm November afternoon - perfect for ice cream.  

 After ice cream, we headed back to Peter's house and unwrapped presents and chatted with his roommates before making the drive back home.  It was such a lovely day and I'm glad we were able to spend it with my boy.

It was such a warm day - in the 70s- but it was super windy!