Ryan and I had a ton of fun while the girls were at camp. We decided not to travel this year since we had just spent a week and a half on vacation, so we were just hanging around the house. I of course worked several of the days, but we had something different each evening. Most things we didn't take pictures of. I had dinner with my parents while Ryan had dinner with our friend, Jamey, one evening; another night he had dinner with our friend Brian while I enjoyed a quiet evening at home. We went to one of Mark Miller's concerts up in Woodstock with Slade and Kim Casey who we haven't seen in too long. We had a date to Cru one evening which was so delicious. On Saturday, we stayed in our pajamas all day and binge watched The Chosen which is such a fantastic show. We had lunch after church with the Pullens and dinner that evening with the Bishops. We let the church host VBS in our front and back yards for four days; we love that our home can be used for ministry purposes. These twelve days were so much fun!
Brian and Katherine Fox treated us to dinner at Nan, an amazing Thai restaurant. We are so thankful for these two and their friendship. It was a great evening to relive old memories and think about new ones to come. What a fun night!
On Monday, after VBS left our house, Ryan and I decided to take a day trip up to Helen, GA. We've always heard about this little Bavarian town up in North GA, but we've never visited. It's most famous for how it turns into a German wonderland at Christmastime, but we thought it would be fun to go spend a little time there now. It was a cute little place to visit! We got up there about 1:00 and immediately went to the Hofbrahaus to enjoy lunch. We had a pretzel with beer cheese dip, a chicken schnitzel sandwich with potato salad, and an apple strudel. They say that their pretzels and strudel are flown in from Germany which is pretty cool. This was a great meal!
After lunch we just meandered around town. It was pretty warm but it was a lovely day. We stopped in and purchased from two candy shops which was fun. We did a lot of window shopping too. It's a neat little town.
I can't resist cut out pictures like this!
This was such a fun way to spend the afternoon. A little adventure, a little bit of yummy food, and a lot of quality time together. It was great!
When Ryan and I drove back up to Asheville to pick the girls up, we made sure to leave enough time to go by The Chocolate Fetish to get our chocolate fix in (it's soooo good!) and by Malaprops bookstore so I get a couple of "blind date with a book" purchases. It's always a fun surprise.
We also tried a new to us restaurant called White Duck. It's a taco joint, and it was delicious. I'm always up for tacos. We spent the night at Ridgecrest Conference Center, and then we were so excited to pick the girls up on Friday morning!
We missed these faces! We went to Tupelo Honey for brunch and then headed home. As much as we enjoyed our time together, we love having our family together!
