Dancin' Shoes

I started my weekend off with a great Friday! I got to spend the day with my best friend Christen and her neice Vivian in Marietta. Christen and I haven't seen each other in so long, so I was thrilled to hang out with her since she was in town from D.C. After a good ol' Chick Fil A lunch, we scooped up Vivi from school and then headed to have our nails painted. She's so stinkin' cute, and took having her nails painted very seriously. We took Vivian for a little shopping and treated her with ice cream too!

This is Vivian - the sweetest, cutest red headed little girl I know. She was so excited about her strawberry ice cream cone with sprinkles!

And while Christen and I had our gel nails done, little Vivi had hers painted too!

 I was so glad to catch up and spend time with Christen. I hugged her "bye" and got back on the road, scooping up David in Atlanta.
After meeting Brince and Laura Lyn in Macon, we headed to Statesboro to visit Abbye for the weekend! Abbye is a senior at Georgia Southern, and we love an excuse to play in the 'Boro! On Friday night, we were pretty low key - we spent the night around Abbye's table playing games, laughing, and catching up.

Saturday was spent playing Salt n Pepa and cornhole in the front yard.

Our friend Daniel's new puppy, Huck, was the mascot. He's such a little cutie!!

Later that night, before our taxis came to take us to the bar, we had friends over and played silly games.

Here's me and Abbye with Abbye's roommate Sarah! She's so sweet, and we all had the best time dancing!

These pictures crack me up! You can totally tell how much fun we're having! Me, Abbye, and Ashley had a ball!

So glad to see Nola and Andrew!

Brince and Laura Lyn had fun dancing too!

And we're always so happy to see our friends Ansley and Ben!

It was such a fun weekend! And Abbye is a fantastic hostess. We were able to see so many of our Statesboro friends, and it was gorgeous weather. Now, we're at home watching the Super Bowl, preparing for our busy week. Hope you all had a fun, safe weekend too!

Happy Birthday Ryals!

Its been a fun weekend again! It began with David's MAI dinner on Thursday night, which I have already blogged about. On Friday night, we headed into Atlanta to have dinner with Brince and Laura Lyn at JCT Kitchen. We had a great meal catching up with them. Afterward, we ran into Ryals and Lauren upstairs and got to hang with them for a bit! (Little did Ryals know, but we were going to be seeing him the next night too!)

JCT Kitchen was wonderful!

 On Saturday night, we helped surprise Ryals for his 30th birthday at Prime in Lenox Mall. Lauren was awesome at planning the whole celebration, and we were all so happy to be a part of it. Everyone was waiting at the top of the escalator in the atrium waiting to yell surprise!

Here we are anxiously waiting...

Here they are walking in with Meredith & Johnathan and John and Kelsey...Ryals had no idea!

And once we yelled surprise, we were so excited to get the party going!

Woops! the cake maker thought Lauren said Ryalas! haha!

Our group after dinner! About to head to Johnny's Hideaway!

Johnny's was packed!!!! And so much fun!

Happy Birthday Ryals! I know 30 is going to be great!!!!

Today, we rounded out the weekend with brunch at West Egg with Laura Lyn and Brince again. It was such a fun weekend, but this party girl needs some down time to get over this pesky little bout of bronchitis. I am on the mend though! And we are going to visit our favorite Statesboro Gal - Abs!- this weekend!

David's MAI

Last night, I had the honor of attending David's designation meeting in Atlanta. He recently received his MAI Designation, and the Atlanta chapter of the Appraisal Institute recognizes the new recipients. David's boss, Rob Jaeger, gave a short toast in front of the chapter and presented David with his certificate.

It was definitely official when this packet came in the mail!

He even gets a "pin"!

And these announcements too.

To commemorate his achievement, I found this one-of-a-kind cuff links. They're made of recycled silver and vintage Georgia maps. After all, a map is an appraiser's best friend!

On the big screen!!

After a dinner of chicken and veggies followed by creme brulee, Rob manned the podium to present David's certificate.

**I am so sorry for these blurry pics! There was a photographer there who was surely taking better photos.**

And in true David style, he gave the nicest remarks to the crowd. Really, it was perfect.

David's gracious co-workers drove into Atlanta to celebrate the event too!
L-R: Cliff, Charles, Richard, Rob, David, George, Steve, and Brent
They're all so proud of him!

And here is the man of the night with his proud wife! I am sure he'll think this post is super cheese ball, but I am so proud of him and all of his hard work to reach this goal before 30. Way to go babe! I love you!

Happy Birthday Ben!

Our nephew Ben turns 6 years old today! Over the weekend, we celebrated his big day with family at Lifetime Fitness. My sister in law Amanda is a member there, and Ben loves to hang out there too - there's so much for the kids to do! Here are a few pics from the kids climbing the rock walls....



Ben wasted no time in harnessing up and getting to the top!



And he's a pro at repelling down too!

Rodney was so good at climbing too!

And Lizzy was so proud of her big brother!

Aiden got right on up too!

Miss Riley wasn't afraid either!

We all gathered in the birthday room for pizza, cupcakes, and presents.

Then, the kiddos played in the jumpy house for a bit....

.....before swimming! What a fun party!

 After Ben's celebration, David and I joined our buds in Rome for Lauren and Ryals' engagement party. It was such a fun night, and I only snapped this one pic. But, look out on my friends' blogs for more photos of the night.

Besides the birthday party and engagement celebration, we had a mostly low key weekend. On Friday night, we had Mellow Mushroom and settled in for a movie. We watched both of these this weekend, and they were both so good!!!

Hope you're all dry and warm. It just keeps raining here! But, we want that lake to fill back up asap!

Sorry for no posts lately

This is going to be a fun weekend! Its cold and rainy here now, and I am working from home today. But, tomorrow, we'll be celebrating our favorite kid's birthday - our nephew Ben's 6th birthday party is tomorrow! We love any time we get to spend with him.

And tomorrow night, we'll be heading to Rome with all of our buddies to celebrate Lauren and Ryal's engagement at a cocktail party! Can't wait! xoxox!

Hopefully, I will have a better post to tell you all about it on Monday. Have a great weekend!