Come Friday

it’ll be all right.
Come Friday
I’ll be holding you tight!
and my new favorite picture of the nappers

The day before their big day

Now, time to catch up on blogging my best friend’s wedding!

The morning of the rehearsal, Sloan’s grandmother, aunt, and cousin hosted the bridesmaid’s luncheon.
It was a lovely affair in Siloam, Georgia.
And the kind where you know you’re in good company when a friend (thanks Pease) takes your chicken salad in return for frozen fruit salad because you just can’t take the taste of chicken salad.

The best girls for the job!
We then went and helped set up for the lovely rehearsal dinner!
and later we rehearsed for the wedding of these love birds
then we toasted to them thanks to the great dinner hosted by these two at the Yesterday Cafe in Greensboro (home of the famous buttermilk pie which Carrie Underwood had at her wedding)
Her mama had us all in tears.
We, girls, were very good at getting in a line all weekend!
The boys, not so much
but one boy in particular was giddy all weekend

Next up: Sloan and Ryan’s wedding!

A Milestone Week

It started out with getting on tv at the Braves game (while texting, whoops) when some good friends were in town from New Zealand

then my best friend got married!
and now I’m officially an aunt to this sweet baby girl!
What an exciting week it has been!

Showering Sloan

In honor of Saturday’s festivities…

Along with our wonderful mothers, Brittany, Jamie, and I hosted a shower for Sloan a few weekends ago.

It was a lovely shower complete with games

(this was a fun one that I’d play again!  You take old and new kitchen utensils and put them on a tray.  After uncovering the utensils, everyone has a partner and they observe the tray of utensils for a minute.  Then, you cover the tray and they have to write down as many utensils as they remember.  I had no idea what an old can opener looked like!)

Back to the regular programming:

We at delicious food
{chicken salad tarts, pasta salad, cheese straws, Palmiers, fruit salad, veggie tray, pimento cheese sandwiches, and lemon blueberry cupcakes}
{champagne punch, water with cucumber, and last but not least, citrus tea}

and she opened lots of gifts!
We had a lovely time!

I love these girls!

Now, Sloan has been showered and is ready for the big day!

Hats off to Hats

I was a little premature thinking America was ready right after the Royal Wedding.

But maybe we’re ready now.

Hats are crossing the pond, my friends!

Maybe not as fun as Philip Treacy, but I walked into Charming Charlie’s the other day and was so excited to see that they were everywhere.

I fancied this one!
 They were all about $50 so I didn’t come home with one (yet) but a good price for the Derby or Ascot or a wedding.
And they had some fascinators!  Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a pillbox hat.I only wish I had known before the Lady’s nuptials.

It’s What’s for Dinner: Sun In My Belly

Sloan and I put a pause on our restaurant club for a few months because she is busy getting ready for the wedding!!!

But I’m actually in another restaurant club with a group of girls that I haven’t yet featured on the blog!

For April, my church girls’ restaurant club went to Sun in my Belly in East Lake.  They’re known for their brunch, but we went for dinner.

“This place is like eating in Anthropologie.” -Kathleen
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We all devoured loved our food.  I ordered the grilled meatloaf with warm grape tomato jam with garlic green beans and parmesan mashed potatoes.  All of it was amazing!  The meatloaf was tasty and the jam gave it a little spice.  The green beans were delicious, and the mashed potatoes were some of the best I’ve had.
All the girls loved their food too!  We shared our bites with each other, so you know it was good.  All the food has so much flavor!

Bonus: the prices were so reasonable!  The entrées were about $15!  You can’t find many restaurants in Atlanta that are that good and that cheap!

I loved going on a Thursday because they didn’t force us out of our table.  We just sat talking and talking and discussing our wonderful dinner.

I’d highly recommend Sun in my Belly for a date night or any night!

Kennesaw Mountain

Last weekend was perfect.  Happy hour at Tap, Saturday morning hike, and wine tasting with the girls followed by dinner on the patio.

For the hike, we ventured to Kennesaw Mountain, which is in northwest Atlanta.  It’s where Sherman started his march to the sea.  I just wish he hadn’t of burned all of Atlanta down during his march because I would appreciate having older architecture.

It had been five years since I’ve hiked Kennesaw Mountain, but each time I’m amazed to think that prior to paved trails, canons were brought up there.

The hike is less than two miles each way and a fairly easy hike.  Great scenery and good views of the city.  It’s more wooded than Stone Mountain (no granite here), especially with the new leaves on the trees right now!  If you’re in the Atlanta area, go for a hike!

As a lady in my 20s

I found this post by Beth Moore to be just fabulous.

For us girls in our 20s, we write out a prayer request.

For anyone not in her 20s, she asks that they comment underneath the prayer request and pray for that 20-something for the next 14 days.

What an uplifting and encouraging way to share a prayer request you might not want to share with others!

No go post!

Jaime & Ned 4.6.13

Alison and I drove in the rain two Friday mornings ago to Hilton Head.  Her parents live there, and they were gracious enough to let us stay with them!

When we got there, the clouds went away and the sun was shining!  Still chilly but beautiful!

We took advantage of their great trails and went bike riding, running, and more bike riding.
Hilton Head Island, you are picturesque.
This was my favorite corner in all of the island.  I love the moss from the trees with the azaleas.
We met up with Sloan and James for happy hour on the beach.
Except James only brought his insurance book…That night was Jaime and Ned’s wedding with the tailgate crew!
We had a good time in the photo booth!

What a fun wedding and great mini vacation with friends!  My kind of weather at the beach!

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Congratulations to my future husband, Adam Scott, on his recent Masters win.  We were supposed to meet when I followed him around at the PGA a few years ago, but I guess he wanted to win a major first.  I’ll be waiting by the phone.

I just so happen to love this picture of him.

On a different note, this is in tomorrow’s AJC.  Thinking of you, Boston.

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