Georgia Aquarium

Yesterday, Ray and I woke up before the sun to drive to Atlanta to visit the Georgia Aquarium! It was a late birthday gift as his was on Wednesday. Several years ago Ray had a huge salt water aquarium in his tiny little apartment. He would literally sit and stare at it for an hour like it was a tv... so I knew he would love going to the real thing. We saw thousands of fish (including the guitar fish), penguins, whales, and I think we even spotted a Jaguar Shark.

We had lunch at The Vortex in Five Points and if you're over 18, like hamburgers and aren't easily offended, I definitely recommend it. We also walked over to a little record shop where we unfortunately found nothing we desperately needed. Have I mentioned Ray has a record collection of literally hundreds and hundreds of records? It's kind of ridiculous. We spent the rest of the day taking our time driving home, drinking coffee, watching the pretty pink sky (ok, that was just me) and doing some last minute Christmas shopping. It was such a great day.

25

Today I'm 25. Whoa. Here are 25 things I love:

1. Jesus
2. meet me in st. louis
3. to kill a mockingbird
4. my sister
5. movie marathons
6. memories of being 15
7. mid century modern design
8. vintage jewelry
9. handmade things
10. Jenna
11. mountains
12. alliteration
13. hanging out with my Grandma Sue
14. summer hill secrets books
15. pin up girls
16. John Piper books
17. fuge camp
18. really good music
19. fall
20. late night walks
21. pictures of my nonnie
22. ice cream dinner
23. middle of the night text messages
24. painting
25. road trips

Today started out really good... then got kind of annoying... but I think it's getting good again. Great news.

birthday month

October is my favorite month for multiple reasons, but mostly because I have so many ladies in my life that were born during these glorious 31 days. First, a couple I missed...
Whitney!

MeLissa!


And today is my sweet Andrea's birthday!

I love these girls so much.

Go shorty, it's your birfday!

Tomorrow I will be 24. Pretty gross huh? I think I will celebrate by buying a banjo, watching The Omen and listening to "in da club" by 50 cent. Happy day.

Also, can I please have this Nancy Drew birthday cake?

Found here.