On Sunday, March 15, 2009, Paul and I were married for a year. We made it through our first year! Whoo hoo! Since our anniversary was on Sunday, we went out and celebrated the night before. We ate at Olive Garden....neither of us had eaten there in really long time and it was so good that night!!! I can't remember what the appetizer was called, but it was little fried lasagna bites and they were sooooo yummy. We had some time to kill after we ate, so we walked next door to Borders and decided to each buy a book. Then we headed downtown to the Shakespeare Tavern, which was my anniversary gift from Paul (the tickets were paper for our paper anniversary). This is a place where you can eat and enjoy a show. Of course, we didn't eat since we already ate, but we did get dessert at intermission. That night they were performing Geoffery Chaucer's Cantebury Tales. It was such a great show! The performance was hilarious and very entertaining. Paul went thinking it would be okay and that it was more for me, but at intermission he turned to me with wide eyes and a little boy grin and said, "I love this!" It was a lot of fun and we would love to go back again someday...next time we'll check out the how the food is. The night of our actually anniversary, we at chocolate chip banana bread that I made especially for Paul and looked at our wedding pictures and talked about some of our favorite things that happened on our wedding day. I can definitely say that our weekend celebration was a success. I have absolutely loved this first year with Paul and I can't wait to see what the future years hold for us!
This is me checking my email and stuff before we went out on Saturday
Just before we left
Shakespeare's Tavern (the one on the left)
Inside the tavern and the view from our balcony seats
Us anticipating the start of the show
Paul checking out the program after our night of fun
My parents came to visit Paul and I last week. They were parked in their car waiting for me when I got home from work on Tuesday night. And it was pretty non-stop from then on. Let's see...I need to try to remember everything we did. On Wednesday, Paul had to work, but Mom, Dad, and I went to an exhibit at the Atlanta Civic Center about King Tut and some other great pharaohs of Egypt. It was actually very interesting and all three of us really enjoyed it. I just wish we could've taken pictures of some of the stuff. That night, the three of us ate at a restaurant called Mimi's Cafe.
On Thursday morning, we all went out to brunch at The Original Pancake House, which is the BEST place to get breakfast. It was soooooo yummy! We were all stuffed to the max when we left. After we ate, we drove around and looked at some of the houses in the area. There are some enormous homes around here...too big if you ask me...but fun to look at. We went out to eat at The Cheesecake Factory for dinner. I have never been to one before and have been dying to go for a while now...and now I went! And it was worth it! The entrees were good and the cheesecake was fabulous! My recommendation for anyone going there is to get a small entree so you can have room to load up on the dessert! The four of us each got a different kind of cheesecake and then tasted each others. Mmmmm....just thinking about it makes me want to go there right now.
the games we did each evening just as much.
IT'S SNOWING!!!!! It's not Hot-lanta right now, but Snow-lanta. We heard a few days ago that it was supposed to snow this weekend, but neither of us believed it. However, when we walked outside after church today, the snow was coming down hard and sticking to everything! The flakes were huge and fluffy. Paul and I had opposite reactions when we saw it. I groaned and he perked up. He said it felt like Christmas. Haha! As soon as Paul and I got home, we dressed in warm clothes to go out and play. This is us getting ready to head outside....
