Birthday Surprises

My husband is so thoughtful! He has planned fabulous trips for each of my birthdays since we’ve been married (nearly two years). Last year we began with New York City, hitting Broadway to see Wicked, visit the Statue of Liberty and tour the town. This year we kept it country as we road tripped to Nashville, enjoying cabin life in the hills of Tennessee and kayaking at Rock Island. I have so many wonderful memories. I look forward to many more (memories and birthdays)!
P.S. Did I mention that he bought me a PINK kayak!? It came with my friend Kassidy in it!

Kayaking in Georgia

This past Mother's Day weekend, T.J. and I met up with some of my family to go kayaking in Georgia. Originally we had planned to go down the Chattahoochee River - and yes, we did sing the Alan Jackson song a lot that day. However, we found out on Saturday morning after we arrived that they had just decided to open up the dam and release water thus making the current too strong for anyone to go down...what a bummer.
But we did what we do best...get our feet wet another way. So we ended up on Lake Lanier and had a great time. Of course Dad just likes to watch while the rest of us paddle around. Too bad I got a tetanus shot the morning before at my Doctor's visit...wow my arm was burning and hurting!
I also had to rub in the fact that I drove over 10 hours all night on Friday to make it to Tim and Stormy's house in Georgia by the morning while T.J. only drove about an hour and a half! What a snoozer!
I guess it wouldn't be fair to end it at that...he actually did drive the whole way home...but might I add that it was in the middle of the day!

The Birthday Boy!

Yesterday was T.J.'s birthday...it was a big one...he turned 30! I'd been thinking about what do for him for quite some time, tossed around some ideas with friends and nearly booked a surprise getaway. But with work schedules and timing not being on our side I had to go with something that he wouldn't expect and what I knew he'd get excited about. Perhaps we're seeing a theme here, because our first year of marriage I bought him all new snowboarding gear...then this year with the Kayak...it's all about this boy's toys. :) I just love him!