Tuesday, April 26, 2011

What Fun!! Weekend Recap and New arrivals!

This past weekend was so much fun! It was a weekend PACKED with things to do, places to go and people to see! WARNING: this post is full of info, ideas and pictures, but I think you will enjoy :)


This past weekend we celebrated a very close friend's marriage with a ceremony over looking the beautiful mountains of Tennessee on the Chattanooga river. Business took Tim to Franklin, Tennessee earlier in the week so it just made sense instead of him traveling south on Thursday, just to turn right back around Friday and head the same direction that I would just meet him up in Franklin Thursday night. Tim's parents were very gracious in keeping the girls and adding an extra day when we mentioned me going up early. Thank you Gram and Granddad!

I arrived mid afternoon, and after work, Tim and I headed here....


Since opening our business 7 years ago, Tim and I have grown to appreciate local businesses and take delight in the pride they take in their presentations, whether food or retail.













This is why we take pictures of our food. Tim always asks the server what he or she would recommend and takes them up on their suggestion. I love that about him. To me it is a compliment to the server and the restaurant as a whole. I suggest you get out of your box a little and try the same.




The next day we headed to downtown Franklin..........






I am in love people! I hope Tim has to make a trip up there in the very near future because this time, we will pack the kiddos up and enjoy a few days here.



Like I said, we love a local business. One of our first stops was here........

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There is no other place to learn about clothing lines, set up and display ideas, than to visit other shops. So when I head out of town, Tim knows that I am going to hit up every Children's/Gift Shop I possibly can.



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We both walked in, spotted this sign.

I said: I love this.
He said: me too.
I said: we need to get this.
He said: and hang it in the kitchen.
I said: my thoughts exactly.

and there she hangs......


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Then we ventured in here..........


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Love, Love, Love this place! I wanted to take everything home with me, especially these lights.

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Which I am trying to figure where to hang; then I will be contacting them, they said they would ship :)


And this pic is for you Caleb........

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If you decide you want to part with your old theatre chairs, your favorite sister has an idea for them and think they would look lovely in front of her fireplace.....





Then we headed in here........



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once again, my mind re-did everything in my home.





And before we headed to Chattanooga we grabbed some grub here......and with the server's recommendation got this....


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and this......


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I am a shrimp and grits girl for sure. If it is on the menu, it will be placed in front of me. And it was FABULOUS!  As far as the Bar-b-que Spaghetti, it was also fabulous and will re-create at home for sure!


We headed on our way so we could grab some appetizers at Hemma's on the river downtown Chattanooga......










before heading here.




Although I love to take pictures, strapping a camera to you all day/evening can sometimes actually ruin your good time,  so for the rest of the weekend I barely took any pictures which is a shame for you because it truly was a FABULOUS location, beautiful weather, wonderful food, fantastic company, photo boothing, boogieing band, and simply just a good ol' time......


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And on the way home got to lay lips on this little booger for the first time.......



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My new nephew Rhodes..... this little guy surprised us 3 weeks early.


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Then enjoyed a delicious {not so} traditional Easter Dinner.......


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{yummmm...still thinking about that fried tomato..}





This was the first Easter Sunday spent away from our girls and our church. It was very different, but reminded me that although the actual day is one of greatest celebration; The Resurrection, the Sacrifice of perfect life, the Conquering of the Grave, the Forgiveness of Sin and the Hope of Everlasting is what we should celebrate any day, all day, any time, all time. And celebrate we do!





Yesterday we were back at the home front and these greeted me....................






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Be back with another community event!

3 comments:

Kim K said...

I love love this post!! These places are amazing and I am going to definitely route this into our future trip up to Chattanooga!! By the way-your pics look like a spread in Southern Living :-)

kkd said...

YUM, to all the food pics and what a great getaway for you two!

faithdownunder said...

I just want to know where you and Tim got those fancy looking sun glasses?

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