Savannah: A Quick Trip

Jason had to go down to Savannah and St. Simon's Island this week for business. Since it was my off week, I went with him. We left on Tuesday afternoon and made it to Savannah in time for a late dinner. We ate at a burger joint near our hotel before crashing from the long drive.

Wednesday morning, Jason made a quick stop for work near our hotel, and then we headed to the historic district. Jason had never been there before, so there were lots of things I wanted to show him! Unfortunately, we only had a few hours. We didn't get to see it all, but that just means we will have to go back!

The first place we went was River Street. It was freezing that morning, so we had to drive it. Next we headed to Ellis Square. Last time I was in Savannah it was under construction. It is an open area with a big fountain for kids to play in when it's warm. Obviously the fountain wasn't on that day! From Ellis Square, we walked to St. John's Cathedral. It's so gorgeous. All the details amaze me!

Jason inside the Cathedral

St. John's Cathedral

The Colonial Park Cemetery was just down the street from St. John's, so we headed there next.

We also stopped by Independent Presbyterian Church. This is the steeple where they drop the feather from at the beginning of Forrest Gump.

We also checked out the Paula Deen Store and a pet store called The Grateful Hound. We had to pick up some souvenirs for our girls! 

Our last stop in Savannah was lunch at the Pirates' House. The restaurant holds the oldest house in Georgia, and our table was in that portion of the restaurant. 

Fireplace in the oldest house in Georgia.

After our lunch, it was back on the road to St. Simon's Island. We didn't get to do anything fun there. Jason checked out the work to be done, and we were back on the road toward home. A very quick trip, but we still had a good time. I love Savannah and am looking forward to going back sometime when we can stay a little bit longer!

Atlanta Botanical Gardens and Brasstown Bald

It's the start of another work week. Last week was a great week off though. It was definitely a busy one, but there was a lot of fun involved too!

Monday night our small group wrapped up for the semester. We really enjoyed hosting and making some new friends!

Tuesday, I spent the day with my mom. We finished up some Christmas shopping, had lunch, and went through some of Nana and Papa's Christmas ornaments. 

Wednesday was a beautiful day, so the pups and I enjoyed the sunshine with a nice, long walk through our neighborhood. Wednesday night Jason and I had date night in Atlanta. We had a delicious dinner at Mary Mac's Tea Room. Then we went the Atlanta Botanical Gardens to see the Christmas lights. We had never been before, and it was really cool!

Outside Mary Mac's, shrubbery sculpture of a woman with lights for hair, poinsettia tree, butterfly lights.

Thursday was a chill day. I did take the pups on another walk since the sun was out again. Jason had Christmas dinner with some friends. Our local Chili's was doing free dessert for father-daughter date night, so I had dinner with my parents and got a free chocolate molten cake. Yum!

Jason was able to take Friday off, so we went for a hike at Brasstown Bald where we got engaged four years ago. We saw some beautiful views of God's amazing creation.

Beautiful views, a picture in the same spot Jason asked me to marry him, and the Brasstown Bald sign.

Saturday night we went to a Christmas party at a friend's house. It's hard to believe Christmas is less than two weeks away!

Sunday, we went to church and had lunch with friends. We relaxed at the house this afternoon before taking the pups to Petsmart for new treats and a trip to get groceries for the week. 

That sums up our week. Here's to the start of a new week!

Week Off Recap

 Another week off is coming to an end. Here's what we have been up to this week:

Monday:

Jason was a very helpful husband and cleaned house while I got my nap in! Then we had some new friends over for dinner that night.

Tuesday:

I finally got my haircut and had lunch at one of my favorite restaurants in Athens. We also got to have dinner with my parents.

Two pups stole my seat!

Wednesday:

Jason and I had a date night to celebrate the fact that our first date was seven years ago. It's hard to believe we have been going on dates that long!

Thursday:

It was a busy day! I couldn't sleep on Wednesday night, so I ended up sleeping half the day away on Thursday. This only left me a couple of hours to get my chores done and get ready to go to Atlanta. We attended our good friend, C's going away party. He is moving from one work opportunity to the next. C has given Jason's company a lot of work over the past few years and really helped it grow! The party was fun- Jason knew a lot more people than I did because he has worked with a lot of them. We spent the night at the hotel- the Crowne Plaza. It was fun to have a night away!

Friday:

On our way back home, we stopped for breakfast at Jason's parent's house. In the afternoon my mom and I had plans for lunch. We went to my friend's house first to see her baby girl's nursery then to lunch with her and her mom. We had a great time talking and catching up. Friday night, I had dinner with old friends and Jason went to the movies with one of his friends.

Saturday:

We went to one of my favorite places, Jaemor Farms! They have the best peaches in the summer and the best apples in the fall. We were able to get a big basket of peaches and some other produce, plus a few of their delicious fried pies! That evening we had some friends over for dinner and to watch the Georgia game. It was a good college football game day for us, both Tennessee and Georgia won!

Jaemor

Sunday:

Jason and I took a road trip to North Carolina with Daisy and Scarlett. We checked on our property and got to visit with and have lunch with our friends and their little ones! It was a short trip, but we had a good time and both pups did really well traveling. After we got back we had a delicious dinner with C and his wife at their house. 

North Carolina

It was a great week off, but now we are getting ready to go back to work. It is a short week for me though, only four nights to go!

Quality Time

It was another busy off week, but I did get to spend lots of quality time with friends and family.

Jason and I were able to have a couple of dates this week. 

Monday night we had an iServe meeting in a town nearby, so we had dinner and dessert there after our meeting. It was italian and frozen yogurt- so delicious!

Later in the week, Jason only worked half a day, so we had lunch together and did a little shopping at the mall. Sometimes I feel like I don't get to see Jason very often because our schedules are so different, so I was really excited to have these "dates" this week!

On Thursday, my dad and I played golf together. I'm not very good, but it was still fun. I probably hit the ball at least five times for every one time Dad hit the ball! We only played nine holes because the chance of rain was pretty high for the afternoon. It was definitely smart thinking because we hadn't been gone from the golf course five minutes when it started pouring down rain! Hopefully next time we will be able to play the full 18 holes.

Friday morning Mom and I went to the outlets to get some baby clothes. We have two baby showers coming up in a couple of weeks, so we were looking to get part of our gifts. I always have a good time shopping with my mom! After our shopping trip I had lunch with a good friend who I have known since preschool! We had a great time catching up.

Saturday we went to Tennessee with Mom and Dad. They are planning on moving there after they retire, so we went with them to check out a potential house. It was a longer trip than we expected, but we had a good time and got eat at one of our favorite restaurants up there.

It was a great week, but now it's back to work!

Athens Adventure!

Jason and I both had the day off on Wednesday, 

so we decided to spend it together.

We wanted to do something fun but not too expensive, so we headed to Athens!

Our first stop was lunch with our friend, Pam. 

We went to our favorite sushi place, Ru Sans.

Then we had to make a stop at Menchi's Frozen Yogurt!

The Georgia Peach is our favorite. Yum!

 Next stop was the zoo. Yes, there is a zoo in Athens, and it's free!

They have bears, birds, reptiles, bobcats, and alligators. 

 Turkeys. All the Toms were showing their feathers!

 Eagle

 One of the baby bears- They had a momma and two babies.

 Gator hiding in the leaves!

After leaving the zoo, we headed to the State Botanical Gardens. 

Another place in Athens that I had never been!

It was beautiful today, so I can't wait to go back when everything is in bloom!

The Day Chapel

 Collard greens in the garden!

 The Butterfly Fountain

 Beautiful pink flowers

 This artwork is called "Sunflower Gate"

It was already late afternoon when we left the Botanical Gardens, so we decided to go to a matinee movie and have dinner downtown.

We went to see the movie Chronicle. Jason wanted to see it. 

He liked it, but honestly, I thought it was weird.

We had the theater all to ourselves though, just like our first date! :)

Leaving the movie theater, we saw this beautiful sky!

We had dinner at the Last Resort Grill. One of my favorite Athens restaurants!

The meal was delicious and so was the strawberry cake we had for dessert!

We were stuffed!

I am so thankful to have had this day to spend time with my sweet husband. 

"I have found the one my heart loves"

Song of Solomon 3:4