Missionary homecoming weekend

Nicholas spoke in church and Grandma & Grandpa Martineau came to hear him speak.

We had fun showing them around Charleston while they were
here.
Friday

Downtown Charleston & Folly Beach 

One of the Oldest Museums in the United States. 

 

Lunch at Bubba Gump's on Market St. after we picked Ben up at School.

The Marsh was beautiful in the fall sunshine. Sunset over the Atlantic and then on to Jim and Nick's for some southern BBQ.  The waitress want's to go to Dad's for some of his homemade Mac & Cheese. You will have to ask him about that one next time you see him.

Saturday

Carriage Ride Charleston history tour & lunch at Santi's in Summerville. 

Sunday

Homecoming talk in church ( Oakbrook ward, Charleston Stake).

Roast beef sunday dinner lots of visiting.

 4 generation

Nick, Grandma & Pa Martineau

Monday

Fort Sumter

 Lunch at Coconut Joe's over looking the Atlantic on Isle of Palms.

Brick oven Pizza outside, the weather was perfect.

Remaining exterior Fort Wall

 

A beautiful Day in Charleston!

The Johnson Family is getting a new member!

We are expecting our first Grandbaby, Ben & Jacquie are expecting their first baby.

They are very excited as are we! We are expecting baby J's arrival sometime at the end of November. 

We have been talking about what we will be called by this little one and it has not been decided yet. We are so very grateful that Jacquie and baby J (what we are saying until we know the gender) are doing very well!

An evening on the pier

The water is warming up and people are coming back to the beach.

We enjoy having these two close to home!

The sun on their faces the moon over head.

High Tide

Happy Feet

Beautiful evening on Folly Pier!

Just some fun Folly beach sightings;)

Black Friday???

So what is it with calling the day after Thanksgiving BLACK FRIDAY?  Why don't they call it Yellow friday or Brown friday or even Green friday? Here is what Wikipedia has to say about it.
Here is what we did instead of shopping!!!

We enjoyed the 1/4 mile walk out to the beach with the Morris Head Lighthouse in the distance.

James didn't think the water was nearly as cold as the Oregon Coast!

We could not let James go back to WV without tasting some local seafood.
We ate Lunch at Vickery's on Shem Creek!

On our way thru Charleston we had to stop while Engine #102 backed into the Firehouse! If you look really close you will see the time and outside temp.

We also drove over to the River Dog's Stadium so that James could see where they play.