More from our trip to Georgia

A few weeks ago we headed east to spend some time with Josh's family in Georgia.

We spent the first part of our trip visiting Chattanooga (to see that full post click here)

Next we went to North Carolina to do some white water kayaking (post coming soon) but the rest of the time we spent hanging with the fam in Georgia.

I got to catch up with one of my college friends, Hillary, in Buckhead.

Lunch at Pie in the Sky was a must.

. . . and the Sweetwater Brewery Tour was a requirement as well.

It was so interesting to see how much had changed since the last time we were there 3 years ago.

The places has nearly doubled in size.

It was the first Sunday of brewery tours, and the rain cleared out just in time to enjoy live music on the patio!

We couldn't leave the lovely state of Georgia without stocking up on some brews.

Ya know, stocking up for the zombie apocalypse, right?

Walking Dead style.

Monday's Letters

Dear wi-fi,

It was terribly rude of you to crap out of 48 hours last week.

You kinda put a kink into Friday's letters, so instead I now present . . .
Monday's Letters!

Dear first summer in Texas,

Bring it on.

If we survived 106 degrees on Friday, I'm fairly certain we can survive anything.

Charlie managed quite nicely.

 Dear apartment complex,

Quit being so darn nice and giving us free things all the time.

It really makes it a challenge to avoid gluten and sugar. 

. . . and I'm not good at passing up anything free.

Dear Woodlands Bride,

I love that you featured our engagement pictures last week!

I can't get enough of Stephanie Davis's incredible photography skills.

Dear Whiskey Cake,

I'm overjoyed y'all have a sister restaurant coming to a location even closer to our apartment.

I promise we won't neglect you, but you need to promise to make elvis cupcakes and chocolate covered bacon more often.

Dear homemade popsicles,

One day I will master you.

Still working on it.

Dear Charles, 

I know you have had enough of me taking your picture, but charging the camera is not the appropriate way to handle your anger.

Dear Josh,
You are hot.

Tunesday: Josh covers Avett Brothers "November Blue"

...one of my favorite of Josh's covers.

Do I say that everytime?

This one is from about a year ago, but I made it into an mp3 and put it on my iPod. 

#1 fan.

Try to hold out until the 5 minute 14 second mark, its most definitely the highlight.

Brewsday: Deep Ellum Brewing Company

For Josh's birthday, we were finally able to visit the Deep Ellum Brewing Company.

This was one of the first free weekends we had in Dallas where I wasn't on call, so we took full advantage of our time.

The brewery offers tours every Thursday and Saturday, and while we were there they also had live music and the Easy Slider food truck!

(Which, coincidentally has been topping our list of places to eat around Dallas)

The tour was only $10, which got you a pint glass and three beer tickets.

I had the Dallas Blonde and Farmhouse Wit, and Josh tried the IPA, Rye Pilsner, and also a Double Bourbon IPA.

Despite the lovely Texas heat, it was a beautiful day in the city for awesome beer and great food.

We had an absolute blast at the brewery, and we are already planning to return!

Josh loves catching photos of me in my most attractive moments.

P.S.

The Easy Slider homemade salted caramels are phenomenal.

Find them, now.

Oh the sliders are pretty ridic too.

To see more of our brewery adventures around the country click here!

Josh's 26th Birthday Celebration(s)

Last week was Josh's birthday.

I wanted to let him know how much he is loved and appreciated, so I turned his birth day into a birth week.
Truthfully, the day of his birthday I planned to have the morning off from work. I wanted us to be able to sleep in and then I was hoping to surprise him with breakfast.
Well work has a tendency to not let things happen as planned (plus I was on call) so needless to say Josh's birthday morning and rest and breakfast in bed didn't happen.
That night I didn't get home from work until 7pm.
I felt so bad about it, that I figured the only way I could make his birthday not suck would be to give him an entire week of celebrations.
I tried to have something fun planned for each night (along with taking on the task of cooking dinner and cleaning the dishes myself while he rested on the couch, deservingly)

Monday night I made gluten free blueberry pancakes and candied bacon for dinner.
You just can't go wrong with breakfast for dinner!

Tuesday night we watched the NBA playoff game and Josh got to eat his favorite meal:

Chicken and kale stuffed sweet potatoes!

Wednesday night was bingo at The GingerMan.
We actually both lost, for the first time ever.

Thursday afternoon we brought Charlie to the nature preserve, and managed to find waterfall.
Yes, thats right.
Plano, Texas has a waterfall.
My mind is still blown.

Also, my mind is still blown that Henry's Tavern was selling each one of their 100 beers on tap for a penny each all week.

Usually their beers run from $7-$10 each, so having a tab under 10 cents was mind blowing.

Friday night, we celebrated the summer solstice in the pool!

Saturday, we finally got to experience the Deep Ellum Brewery!
We've been wanting to go on their brewery tour for a while now, and this was actually the first weekend we stayed in Dallas that I wasn't on call.
. . . another post about this coming soon!

Sunday, we went to church, Josh picked out a new bike (no roomba for us!) and then we got to try out the iPic movie theater, which was a blast.

Watching a movie, which eating dinner, drinking a beer, and sitting in a huge cozy leather seat with a pillow and a blanket is definitely the way to do it!

As much as this week wore me out, I loved having the opportunity to spoil this awesome man of mine!
I'm so thankful to have him in my life, and I pray to God our future kiddos have at least an ounce of his looks, and laid-back, happy spirit.
I love you Josh!