Last week, Liz took the girls to Birmingham so they could attend and she could work Vacation Bible School at Shades Mountain Baptist. Ryan and I enjoyed a very quiet and peaceful 5 days at home which was so wonderful and greatly appreciated. The three of them left on Sunday afternoon. Ryan and I left about 30 minutes later and headed down to the Georgia Dome for the incredible Kenny Chesney / Tim McGraw concert. It was fantastic! Even though they both have new CD's coming out this summer, they played mostly classic hits of theirs; it was great and we had a blast!
We spent most of Monday through Friday sleeping, relaxing and cleaning. On Tuesday evening though, we went to Kevin Rathbun's Steakhouse. Oh my goodness. This very quickly became my new favorite restaurant. Why? Because our appetizer was bacon. You read that right...bacon. Very thick cut (almost an inch), cooked up and covered in a srichacha molasses. Wow. The perfectly cooked steaks and sides were amazing. Throw in two delicious desserts (white chocolate raspberry brulee for me, blueberry cake for Ryan), and you can see why this is now my favorite place. Worth every penny.
On Thursday evening, we had an early birthday dinner for my parents. Their birthdays are June 10th and 19th, so we combined them into one dinner. We started with an antipasti plate where I roasted our own garlic. That was my first time to do that, and boy was it good. For dinner we enjoyed a prosciutto wrapped chicken, tomato and shallot salad, freshly made cream corn and a fruit salad. For dessert, I tried out my new kitchen torch and made creme brulee. Lots of good wine and conversation was shared too. This was a wonderful evening! Happy birthday Mom and Dad!
On Friday afternoon, we headed over to Birmingham. We enjoyed a fun dinner at Slice with the girls, Liz, Josh, Kendall and John. We just had a great time catching up and being together. Saturday we visited Samford for a little while which was a lot of fun; so many great memories there. The girls had fun with the little fountains, walking through the bookstore and climbing in the trees outside Vail (my freshman dorm). It was a beautiful day and nice to be out. We ate lunch outside at the Summit, went back to Margie's house for naps (the girls LOVED staying at Mrs. Margie's house this week!), a quick dinner at Milo's and then the four of us headed on home while Liz, Margie and some other friends prepared to head to the beach.
This was a great week for all of us. Thank you for the break Liz! It's nice to have some quiet around the house and feel so productive in cleaning and such, but we do miss the girls when we're apart. Those "welcome back" hugs are the best!
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