A little delayed...

Sorry, this post is a little late. Jayne and Otis (Paul's mom and stepdad) came to visit us the weekend of June 12th. They arrived at our apartment around 10pm that night. We chatted for a little bit before we went to bed. Saturday was our busy, fun day. We got up that morning and went to breakfast at The Original Pancake House, which is absolutely the best place to go for breakfast! Thanks to my cousin, Amber's, finance, we discovered this place a while back. This was the thrid time Paul and I ate there and we again were not disappointed. After breakfast, we came home and relaxed for a while before going to Marshall's for a short shopping adventure. Paul had never been to a Marshall's before and he fell in love with it. He was a little too excited if you ask me. For those who don't know Paul is the "girl" in our family when it comes to shopping. I'm always done looking at the girl clothes before he's done looking at the guy clothes. Alas, we did come away with a few good bargains like a nice khaki pin-striped suit for Paul for only $50! You can't beat that! We then stopped at a new frozen yogurt place called Yogli Mogli....it was yummy and I'd probably go back again. Then on we went to Roswell to show some of the old historic sites to Jayne and Otis (you may remember that we discovered the neat sites of Roswell with my parents when they visited back in March). It was still a new experience for us, though because there was a lot more greenery...everything hadn't come back to life yet when we went in March. Here are some pictures at Vickery Creek and Dam:

After our nature adventure, we ate at a place called Ted's Montana Grill that we heard about through our friend, Mike. It was an okay restaurant in my opinion. There wasn't anything spectacular about it, but it was decent and it filled my tummy. Paul actually tried a bison burger; he said there wasn't much of a difference in the taste to him, though.

On our full stomachs, we made the trek back home and got ready for the main event of the weekend: Jersey Boys. Jersey Boys is a musical playing at the Fox Theater about Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. I really enjoyed the music and learning the story of the band...and of course that theater was beautiful. However, the "authentic profane Jersey language" (that's the way the Fox Theater puts it) put a huge damper on things. They definitely could have cut out quite a bit of the language and we still would've gotten the point that they came from the "hood" of New Jersey. Anyway...other than that, I really enjoyed it. It was a fun experience and I would love to go back again for another play/musical. Thanks to Jayne for taking us!

On Sunday, Jayne and Otis came to Sacrament meeting with us, then we said our "see ya laters" so that they could make their 4-hour journey home. It was a fun weekend. I love visitors, especially family visitors. So if you ever want to make a trip to Atlanta or just want to see us, you are more than welcome to come and stay with us!!!!!

Happy Father's Day!

I just wanted to give a Father's Day shout-out to my pops. He has been such a wonderful father and has taught me so much about life and how to succeed. I appreciate all of the guidance and counsel I have received from him. He is the best dad in the world and I love him so much! Happy Father's Day! (I need to blog about Jayne and Otis's visit last weekend. Paul and I also had a Sunday afternoon today that's worth sharing, but that'll have to wait until tomorrow. I promise it'll come soon!)

A Baby Shower and Memorial Day Fun

Paul and I went home to Myrtle Beach over Memorial Day weekend. We left Atlanta after I got off work the Friday before (which was at about 6:15pm) and drove into my parents' driveway a little after midnight. We didn't walk into a dark, sleeping house like I thought we would. Mom, Dad, Matt, and Heather were up waiting for us! We stayed up with them a little longer before we finally hit the sack.

Saturday was the whole purpose in going to Myrtle Beach that weekend. It was a baby shower for Heather!!!! Well, technically, it was for little Nathan who will be joining us this month (if he comes on time). Mom, Tiffany, and I threw the shower. Since I was all the way in Atlanta, I was put in charge of the games and Mom and Tiffany did the rest together. The games were a success, especially my tricky, deceitful game that will not be explained just in case I have the chance to use it for another baby shower! I will say that everyone's face and the stunned silence was priceless! The mission bank for Nathan was also a success. We asked everyone to bring spare change to put into Nathan's mission bank and it added up to be a good start for Matt and Heather. I was able to find the perfect little missionary bank:

Heather opened tons of presents and they got tons of cute outfits and other things that I'm sure will be very helpful. Here are just a few pictures from the shower:

Heather with the goodies

Heather with the baby Atlanta Braves blanket Paul and I got for Nathan

Ginnie helping Aunt Heather with the gifts

Heather with her baby links necklace and duck corsage

On Memorial Day, Paul and I got up in the morning and met his cousin, Greg, and Greg's wife, Anna, at Bob Evans for breakfast. We had a great time chatting with each other. Later that afternoon, we had a cookout at my parents' with a bunch of the Stalvey family. Here are some pictures from that day:

Some of the gang chowing down

Uncle Eric and Ginnie playing in the pool

Uncle Eric with all the kids in the pool

Grandma, Uncle Eric, Aunt Melissa & Matt playing Rook (the traditonal game that's played when Stalveys congregate)

Andrea, Tiffany, Me

Jared and Ginnie eating chocolate cake....YUM!

My nieces: Alexis, Courtney, and Ginnie

This is Uncle Perry after eating...

...and here's Paul on the couch next to him, haha!

Aside from the baby shower and Memorial Day, Paul got to see his friend, Potter, eat lunch with his dad and sister, Elizabeth, and went shopping with Elizabeth and his mom. Paul did all that while I got ready for and had the baby shower on Saturday. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to see Frankie, Elizabeth, or Jayne. It was a great weekend. And it felt so great to be home. I miss Myrtle Beach and everyone there so much! Hopefully, it won't be too long before we get to go back again.