A Rose and Dinner :)

Jason came home from work with a rose for me:) I remember when we first got married and we lived in the trailer park (no I am not making that up!!) I would often get a single rose from him.  There was a guy that would set up at the end of our road and sale roses (we were near the airport as well so he probably did pretty well for himself) and Jason would have to drive past him and I often benefited.  He knows I do not like him spending a lot on flowers but just a single rose once in a while for no real reason is very sweet!

He also took me out for a nice dinner that night!! We ate at a place called Marker 107 that we had heard great things about and let me say they were right!  This ranks as one of my favorites so far!!  I have been counting calories since January so often when we go out I try to stick with my limits and it has made many date nights or resturaunt visits not as exciting for me.  I didn't exactly stick with it this night but I didn't totally blow it either.... until dessert:) I had the special of Alaskan Salmon topped with crab meat, cheese grits, and broccoli.  Let me tell you I wasn't disappointed in ANY of it....even the broccoli :)! I doubt many of my readers will be in our area (except possibly family) but if you are I would say this place is a must! The view is great too and you can sit on the screened porch or inside.  After dinner we walked down on the dock and we got to see dolphins swim by!  It was a very nice night! 

This was basically our Anniversary date even though it was a couple days early. Celebrating 14 years of marriage!!

Birthday Boy

June 3rd was Jason's birthday. We had planned to go to Downtown Savannah and eat at a place he knew he could get a free lunch on your birthday.  It is a barbecue place he likes.  Guess what....it is closed on Sundays! So plan B was to try a place closer to home that we had been wanting to try....guess what...closed on Sunday's!  Plan C.... just go downtown and wing it!

The weather was great that day.  We knew we wanted to go somewhere that we could just sit outside and visit and enjoy the view.  We chose Tubby's on the River (I think) and we sat outside on the balcony and it was perfect.  It was a great day celebrating Jason!

We walked around some after this and watched as many different ships went by.  One Tall ship came in and docked... The Peacemaker.  It is from here and often docks and allows tours while it is in port.  They didn't open for tours this day but they did later and we were able to go walk on it.

We also drooled over this yacht and hoped that we could even manage to have one of these in our dreams!

Of course it isn't a birthday with out some cake so we went to Six Pence and split a dessert. 

I hope it was a great day for you Jason!! I love you!

Charleston Bound

So our first weekend without kids we fit in a one night escape.  I didn't know where we were going (even though I had a couple of options I figured were highly likely).  I have never been to Charleston SC and it is not a bad drive for us so that was our destination.  We got there on Friday evening and walked around a bit and had dinner. If I were a better blogger and kept better notes I would remember where we ate but I don't :( It wasn't bad but not necessarily repeat worthy either.  After we ate we walked around a bit more and luckily we had gone by the car and grabbed the umbrella because it started pouring!!  It could have been pretty romantic walking the city with my man under an umbrella, arm in arm, but the rain was more than a drizzle, it was many many many blocks and I had on flip flops that were my feet would not stay on because they were wet!

The next day we had breakfast and headed out for a walking tour of the historic area.  It was a 2 hour walking tour and was packed with information.  The historic part of Charleston is so much bigger than Savannah and there is so much history.  This tour did focus a lot on the architecture of the area.  Our guide was great! Even though I cannot remember his name either (Jason could tell me if anyone is interested) I would recommend him:)

The rest of our pictures can be seen in the album on Shutterfly.

We ended our time in Charleston touring the H. L. Hunley.  I wasn't that familiar with it but I am now:) It was a submarine used in the Civil War and it sank 3 times and it was the first to successfully take down and enemy vessel.  They found the submarine and are now preserving it.  Jason loves this kind of thing.  I enjoyed it too, but I am usually done looking and reading in 1/4 of the time it takes him:)

That was our little getaway.  It was a combination trip really because it was Jason's birthday weekend and the next week was our wedding anniversary. Thank you Jason for surprising me and letting us escape for the night.

Stone Mountain Continued...

When I started posting on Stone Mountain I created a Shutterfly album for the rest of our time there and life happened and I never got back to finishing it and posting it....  oops.  So much to update on now. I cannot believe that was the beginning of the summer and we are fast approaching our halfway point!

Back to Stone Mountain.... We spent Memorial Day there in the park and the crowd wasn't bad and we fit a lot in.  The first time we went with both of the boys Caden really wanted to do the high ropes course and he was a couple of inches too short.  This year both of the boys were tall enough.  That was our first stop and I am SO proud of them for doing it.  I must say I get pretty nervous on it and it isn't even as high as it could be and you are totally not going to fall to the ground (you are harnessed) but my palms get all sweaty anyway and I have a tight grip to my cable.  Blake would often say to himself as he walked one of the ropes, "steady, steady...".  Only at one point did either of the boys get scared and start to cry and want to quit.  I totally understand though!  It was a pretty tough on and they had seen an emergency exit and really wanted to just go down the steps.  They didn't though... they both finished strong!!! 

Then there was the train ride, the 4-D movie, lunch, playing in the water, the Great Barn, the sky lift.... We were tired!

I have never hiked to the top and I really wanted that to be something we did this year.  We didn't think the boys would make it (without lots of whining at least) so Mimi and Papa let Jason and I hike up and they rode up the sky lift with the boys.  It was a tough hike but fun.  I liked the challenge.  It was very windy at the top of the mountain!  We met up with Mimi and Papa and the boys and after some looking around we headed back down on the sky lift. 

The next day was time to head home.  The boys were actually heading back to FL to visit both grandparents and Jason and I back to GA for some down time (even though Jason had to work) we planned to celebrate our anniversary and his birthday during that time.  As well as many "to do's"!!  The boys were on their way with Mimi and Papa and Jason and I decided to go hike the mountain again.... why not???  I was missing my workout at the gym so it would be a good substitute.  It was just as hard the second time and we were pushing ourselves to see if we could make it up faster than the fist time:) I would do this hike often if I lived closer!

That was our time at Stone Mountain! I put all the pics in one album that you can view if you like:)

Stone Mountain Day #1

Two years ago we went to Stone Mountain over Memorial Day weekend and the boys had a lot of fun.  We really wanted to do it again and this year we were able to.  Stone Mountain had a special for active and retired military and veterans got in free and the family members tickets were discounted. 

We got to Atlanta on Sunday evening and our plan was to watch the Laser/Fireworks show that night so that after spending all day on Monday at the park we wouldn't have to wait around so late for it to start. I am glad that we did that, BUT man was it crowded when we got there.  Next time we will definitely get there earlier!!

You see all the people and this picture doesn't even do it justice.  We had one BIG scare where we lost Blake.  Blake was with Jason and Papa and they could see me and Caden and Mimi.  Jason sent Blake ahead to us but I don't know that Blake had really seen us and we turned and in the crowd of people he lost us. A moment later Jason realizes and heads off to find him.... so glad Blake just stopped right where he was and stood by the light pole. Not a good feeling at all!!!  Poor Blake was starting to cry and daddy was scared too!! 

Before we went to Atlanta i was glad I thought to pick up some glow sticks at the dollar tree.  They sale all of these light up things there and they are so expensive and then they break as soon as you get them.  It didn't totally satisfy the boys but it did help enough to where I will do that again!

I just LOVE the show!  It leaves you with so much pride for our country and our freedom.  I love all the music they play.

I absolutely cannot believe Blake fell asleep before the fireworks were over.  He slept through the loudest part of them!!  He never falls asleep with me holding him or if he is watching something. 

It was a late night but worth it.....now to the hotel to rest up for a fun day playing at Stone Mountain!!

I don't think this has ever really happened before:) The boys often like to look at books when they are in their beds but they never lay together in Caden's bed. This night was too cute because Caden was actually in there reading to Blake and Blake was "following along" in his book.