Some background info: For a while Nathan had been telling me he was gonna take me somewhere the weekend before my birthday and had no intention whatsoever of telling me the destination. The weekend finally came and as many questions and hints I tried to pry out of Nathan, I ended up still without a clue of anything.
Friday night we had driven to Atlanta to celebrate my birthday with my parents (time with them never ceases to be filled with joy and so much love). I'm so blessed to have such supportive and wonderful parents.
Next, was a Saturday morning "oil change" with Monte, the pastor who married us. (Side note: When we were going through pre-marital counseling with him, he mentioned that he suggests a 6-10 month "oil change" where we just dialogue with him about how things are going, etc. I would highly recommend this to any and every newlywed couple.)
After meeting with Monte we started our road trip and only a few months into the drive Nathan asked me to blindfold myself (he kindly said if I got tired of it he would tell me we were going and I didn't have to wear the blindfold) and wanting to stick it out for the surprise I complied (best decision). About 2.5 hours later I hear Nathan say that I can remove the blindfold. After the shock of coming out of darkness I saw that we were pulled up to a house I had never seen before and I couldn't even figure out what state I was in. That state I was in: Alabama. The city I was in: Birmingham. The house I was at: one of my best friend's Lacey's. I was in utter shock as the details started unfolding and I found out I would be spending the rest of the weekend with four of my best friends. What a much needed time with dear friends. It was an utter blessing.
The girls and I just relived our college days with lunch at Gilchrist,some window shopping at Papagallo's and of course some Only8 at Mtn. Brook Creamery. As clouds started rolling in we made a lap around Samford's campus where we oooed and ahhed at the new additions to the campus. Who would have thought a paved parking lot would have drawn so much jealousy out of us alums. We paid or respects to Ben Brown Plaza (the water fountain was even running in February...a sign of the warm winter weather) and Mr. Beeson before waving goodbye as we left the gates.
It wouldn't be a visit to Birmingham without some sort of storm or as we experienced- a power outage within minutes of being back at Lace's house. After a lot of laughter and shock (since there was just a little rain shower) we round up all the candles (boy did we have a lot of scents goin' on!) and cozied up for a movie before we headed out for dinner at our beloved Cocina.
I truly cannot put into words how much I loved the weekend. How much I loved all being back under one roof. To those friends who shared in this weekend (Lace, Rooms, Smo and Steph) I cannot thank you enough for the sacrifices you made to come to Birmingham and to make the weekend so wonderful. To my husband who planned an amazing weekend, I cannot thank you enough for being so loving and knowing me so well.
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