The Birthday Weekend Part 2

Saturday we went to Lowe's to stock up on some veggies and herbs to plant. We started them in these pots because everyone around here says to wait to plant in the ground. It worked best for us in Wilmington to plant in pots, so hopefully they'll do well in these for a little while.  Also, Wes surprised me with a Topsy Turvy! So, we had to get a bunch of tomatoes to fill that thing up. I really hope they work. They are kind of tacky, but we're moving them to the back yard because it's fenced in and we have some serious deer that like to eat any and all plants.

The Birthday Weekend Part 1

This weekend Wes and I celebrated my 28th birthday by going down to Midtown for a show that we were supposed to (and did) go to in October but Ryan Adams and the Cardinals walked off the stage after 37 minutes of playing. We got make-up tickets at the Fox, which was awesome because we'd never been there. We decided to make a day/night out of it by me leaving work early, heading on Marta to Midtown Station and taking in a little city life. We stopped in a couple of places to hang out and as you can see, the weather was georgeous! These two pics show us at Joe's on Juniper and here we got a couple of ideas for our deck that we will be building soon with a little help from out friends.

Next, we walked a couple of blocks to this gem: The Steamhouse. We saw this a long time ago when we were down that way and I wanted to go to it so bad but we'd already eaten. I've been planning this for weeks now and it was totally worth it! I love steamed seafood but there's not a whole lot of places that do it up right around us so I was so excited to go here. We sat outside again and loved it!

When finised at the restaurant, we walked a few more blocks to the Fabulous Fox Theatre.  I was amazed by this venue. It's so cool because they make the ceiling look like you are outside and the stage is like a castle or something. Here's a picture of that

The show was really great but almost halfway through I got a migraine and had no medication, so needless to say, it was a long Marta ride home. 

Here's Wes enjoying the show:

The Wii

We finally got one! Wes' parents brought us one this weekend for our Birthdays/Valentine's combined presents. YAY! We have Wii Sports and Guitar Hero right now. My favorite is Wii boxing or Guitar Hero. My shoulder blades have been sore for the past few days from boxing! Here are some pics from the weekend:

A big year for Travel

Over the past few days, we have planned some really exciting travel times for 2009:

Either the first or last weekend of March: Wilmington to see the fams

March 13-15: Wes has some CBF Georgia thing in Columbus, GA that he's not really looking forward to and it probably won't be that great but the ACC Tournament is here so when he gets back we'll go try and get the tickets from the losing teams' fans. (OK, so that's not travel, but you know)

April 24-26: Rehoboth, Deleware for Wes' aunt's birthday celebration at her beach house

May 22-26: Cancun, Mexico with Wes' best friends to celebrate their 30th birthdays

June 7-10: I will be at a trade show in Houston (not all that exciting but a trip nontheless...plus frequent flyer miles) and Wes will be in Asheville or Knoxville for the Phish shows

June 12-13: Bannaroo (with a free hook-up from a coworker if everything works out...that's right, FREE BANNAROO) and I won't have to take off because I'll have comp time from working the trade show golf tournament the Sunday before :)

July 3-4: Wes has to go to Houston (to the same conference center I am going to ironically enough) for the CBF General Assembly but I'm not going with him

July 16-19: Wilmington for Jamie and Patrick's wedding

September 4-7: Wilmington for family/Labor Day

So all these trips and I only have to take off 6 days! I still have 7 to play with. Well, not 7 because at least 3 of those will go toward Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's always good to save one up for that day in the summer that I will take off to go Kayaking or to a Braves game or in the Spring for camping. All in all, I think 2009 will be a great year!

Christmas Trip

We went to Wilmington to visit family and friends for Christmas this year. Among other gracious gifts, we got a camera for Christmas. Here are some of the pictures we took.

Wes' parents got a Wii for their house so we played it the whole time we were there. Now Wes and I really want one.

The Priss Pot got dolls for Christmas and loved them!

Paul opened this gift first at Susu's house and played with it the whole day. I don't think he knew there were more. Wes and Paul were boys all day

We had oysters for Christmas dinner!

Hopefully on New Year's Day or this weekend we will be able to go out and take pictures to practice...I'll keep you posted on our progress.

Nothing like dessert after a great meal...

Wes and Paul both loved the Vanilla Ice Cream. Wes loved the warm apple crescents too!

Travels

We are leaving next Wednesday morning to go to Wilmington for Thanksgiving. I'm always excited to go back for holidays because the time always involves eating really delicious food with reckless abandonment. Here's what I've been assured is on the menu:
Oyster Roast
Stuffed Flounder with fresh crab meat picked out by Nana and DeDaddy
Crab Legs
Collards

I'm sure there will be many other delicious traditional feasts for the season. At least our families don't have the big meal on the same day so we get two straight days of a picnic table full of food. YES!

Also, I was promised the following to bring back:
Collards
Homemade Pickles
Hot Pepper Vinegar
Homemade pepper relish

'Tis the season to be Merry!! (well that's my name)

Actually celebrating!

We don't normally do anything on Valentine's Day because Wes' birthday is tomorrow. However, Wes is leading worship for a McAfee retreat this weekend so we are doing the V-day/B-Day thing tonight. We are going to a Piano Bar/Italian Restaurant...I'll let you know about it tomorrow. (p.s. Can you tell I'm bored at work?)