Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Atlanta Birthday GetAway












So we just got back from a nice little getaway just the 2 of us! Austin won this free stay in an Atlanta JW Marriott about a year ago. We talked about going last summer and just bringing Colby but the summer got busy and then the school year and we just never went. Well the offer was about to expire at the end of this month so Austin suggested that he and I just go and we use it as a birthday get away for the 2 of us! I thought that sounded great! We have only taken 1 other trip just the two of us when Colby was a year and a half so it was def time! Thankfully we have my parents who will watch the kiddos!
We left Friday morning...we brought Colby to school and got everything packed then dropped Lindsay off with my parents and we headed to the airport! We realized how easy it is flying/traveling with no kiddos! We got to the airport early enough to grab a sandwhich and relax a little. Our flight was on time with no issues so we got to the airport and took the subway to our hotel. Austin figured we could use the subway to get us around so we didn't worry with renting a car or anything! We checked into the hotel and rested for a little while. Our hotel was actually in the middle of a huge mall so we just decided to spend the first afternoon there. We walked around for a little over an hour. I got some makeup but that was it. I would have loved to clothes shop but we knew we didn't need to spend the $ plus it would be hard to bring back with flying and all. It was fun just browsing. We ate an early dinner at California Pizza Kitchen which was really yummy. That evening we got back to the hotel pretty early so we decided to just relax and we watched Frozen. Haha I know no kids and we watched a cartoon!?
The next morning we slept in a little then got ready and went to eat breakfast at the hotel. Breakfast was included which was nice too. We then set out on the subway for our days adventures. We did the aquarium first. It was really neat. They had whales and dolphins. They had a lot of stuff our aquarium doesn't have. It was really crowded though most of the time so I don't feel like we got to enjoy it as much as we do ours. It was nice though! We ate lunch there. After finishing up there we walked next door to the World of Coca Cola. We spent a couple of hours in that museum. Again we had a good time. Both were really fun and interesting! Afterwards we decided just to get a table outside and sit and relax for awhile. We were too far from our hotel to go back and the weather was so nice. It was nice to get off our feet and just soak up the pretty spring weather. We did SO much walking on this trip!
After resting up we got back on the subway to head to our dinner stop. We had many recommendations to go to this place called Mary Macs. Again we had to walk a pretty good distance to this restaurant but I guess it was good on the way back we had a chance to walk our dinner down. This place was good ole southern cooking. Austin had fried chicken, mac n cheese, greens, and dumplings. I had baked chicken, mac n cheese, dressing, and green beans. They also brought you started breads which consisted of cornbread, rolls, and cinammon rolls! Talk about yummy! We ended the dinner with homemade apple and peach cobblers! I am so glad we decided to check this place out! We will def return there! Once we got back to our hotel we just decided to settle in the room and relax. We had a very early flight out and didn't want to stay up late.
The next morning we were up at 4:30 central time but I was ready to see my babies. We finally arrived back in nola around 9 am. My parents were bringing the kids to church so we decided to waste a little time and let the kids enjoy sunday school there. We picked them up around 10 and came home. It was a great trip and I think we really needed the break! Its always great coming home! We've been SO busy and will continue to be busy for quite sometime! With church and school and friends I feel like life never slows down!

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