The big 2-8

You would think by the way Ryan likes to celebrate, that my birthday was a milestone one. You know, 30, 40..but nope. I just turned 28 (I am ok saying that, I had someone think I was early 20's the other day...). Ryan planned a huge celebration, a trip to Atlanta. We had the most wonderful time away! We really like Atlanta, at least what we saw. I wanted to share with you a little about our trip...and a few of the 300+ photos we took.

We arrived in Atlanta early Friday afternoon. We quickly made our way to the Georgia Aquarium where Ryan had bought tickets for us to see their new dolphin show. I love dolphins, and he said that this show was better than the ones he saw at SeaWorld as a kid. It was pretty amazing. I wish I could have taken pictures of the dolphins leaning on the edge of the pool, hugging their trainers, or doing flips. We loved it. The aquarium itself is huge.



Across the pavilion is the World of Coca-Cola. Their big museum. It was fun to see Ryan surrounded by Coca-Cola (if you didn't know, he LOVES Diet Pepsi). The best part was their tasting room, they had all their products from around the world. Some were really good, others quite nasty.



We found a delicious little brewery for dinner and made our way to our hotel. We arrived just in time. A big storm was rolling through. We opened a bottle of wine and watched the storm from our 9th floor window. It was fun because we actually were together during a storm, and it wasn't severe in the sense of Tornadoes...at least where we were. And I managed this photo of lightening:



Saturday morning we made our way to Atlantic Station. It was awesome. My birthday gift was a shopping spree, so my very patient husband endured hours of shopping. We had lunch at a favorite restaurant (we have only been in Seattle) but it's the Fox Sports Grill. The afternoon we went down to CNN. Now, this was impressive. But for Ryan and I, a little boring. Ryan just lives that everyday, and I have been in the station enough to not be too impressed with some of the information that they gave. If Ryan wasn't in the news business, it would have been very cool.



The capstone of the day was dinner. Ryan took me to a restaurant called The Sundial. It is on the 72nd floor of one of the hotels downtown. 700 some odd feet up. The view was unbelievable. But to make it even better, it rotates (similar to the Space Needle...just taller). The food was amazing. The view was breathtaking. We made a night of it. Managed to get their before sunset, and stay long after. What a wonderful birthday dinner!







Sunday we went to First Baptist Church Atlanta. The significance? It is the church that Dr. Charles Stanley is the pastor of. It was actually a really great service. I was distracted though by all the cameras (it is broadcasted on tv). We then made our way to Turner Field!! We were heading to a Brave's game! Ryan was worried that our seats wouldn't be very good, but they were great. Right behind home plate, but up higher so we could see everything. The Braves lost (sorry Tiff), but we had a good time!





When we arrived home on Monday (my actuall birthday), Ryan got me a chocolate cake, and some beautiful flowers. We met with some friends and went to PF Changs for dinner.




Ryan asked if this was the best birthday ever...pretty much. It was amazing! We had such a good time, and besides the storm, had wonderful weather! Thank you hubby for the most wonderful birthday!