Wow...our East Coast Road Trip was incredible! Couldn't have asked for a better vacation. After some GPS malfunctions prior to our departure Thursday night, we were anxious to get on the road. We finally left around 9pm Thursday and made it to South Carolina by 2 pm on Friday. We drove straight through and the ride was suprisingly easy & fun. WE COULD NOT WAIT TO GET TO ADAM & AMBER'S HOUSE!!! As a matter of fact, Amber & I must've texted all day on Friday in excitement of the four of us finally getting together. This was really the 1st time we were able to spend a lot of time together not running around with weddings and such. It was a great time. They were sweet enough to let us stay with them for the whole weekend in there home--what amazingly wonderful friends.
I am breaking up our vacation into a few different entries because otherwise they will be much too long. So here's what we did in SC--or at least a basic outline of most of what we did :O)
Friday PM: Tom, Adam, & I went to get Ella Jae from daycare. I fell in love with her at 1st site. What a precious little angel she is. Around 5:30 Amber came home (we were so excited!!!!!) and the 5 of us went to Down Town Aiken & went to a little pub/restaurant that made there own beer. It was yummy. Tom & I slept like rocks because we were so tired from driving.
Saturday: Amber & I were able to sneak out for an hour to have a girlie breakfast at "New Moon" Cafe, also in DownTown Aiken. Yummers, the latte was delicious and I am dreaming about it as I type. I was so happy to just sit and talk with Amber because we really relate in a lot of ways. After breakfast, Adam & Tom went to play golf at the local country club...they had a blast. Meanwhile, we had girlie time at Bed Bath & Beyond, Ross, and other fun errand spots, including their local farmers market. Ella Jae was soooooo good the entire time. Then we went home and got ready for a bridal shower for one of Amber's friends. All of the people there was so sweet. And they had SWEET TEA which is my favorite. After the shower we met up with the boys and went out to dinner at this FABULOUS pizza place--I think it was called the Mellow Mushroom. Then we went to a GreenJackets game (the local minor league baseball team). I ate boiled peanuts for the very 1st time. Note how everything we do revolves around food :O). Then we came home and hung out & ate this wonderful red velvet cake that they bought us as a welcome present. It was so thoughtful.
Sunday: We went to Dunkin Donuts for breakfast. Thanks be to God that they have one right down the street from their house. Then we went to their church, a Contemporary Baptist Church. It was really unlike anything I'd ever experienced before. The beginning was kind of like a rock concert with music & the preacher preached on a screen from a different location but it was probably one of the best sermons I've ever heard. It was really neat to experience a different kind of religion than what I am used to. After church, we went to Grandma Betty's (Amber Grandma). Ooooo she makes the best sweet tea & macaroni pie EVER. Then, we went over Adam's parents house to go swimming for a while. It was so nice to see everyone there because we hadn't seen them all since Adam & Amber's wedding almost 3 years ago!!!
Monday: This was a sad day because Adam & Amber had to work & we were leaving to go to Georgia.
And on Wednesday night...we were happy. We missed them so much we came back to have dinner with them. It was so great to get to see them one last time before we headed home. We are so blessed to have such compassionate and real true friends like the two of them.
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