Josh's Birthday Weekend!

We took a long weekend trip to the mountains for Josh's big 30th birthday! Josh and I left on Thursday around lunch time. We had the best time. The first night it was just us so we went to Boone for a little bit and then went to this tiny town called West Jefferson for dinner. We were thinking that is was going to be similar to downtown Apex but boy were we wrong. It was a teeny downtown and everything was pretty much closed by 6pm. However we did find a really good pizza place for dinner. We went back to our cabin after dinner to relax. We LOVED our cabin but it was WAY out there. About 30min from anything. We had horrible cell phone service but we did have tv and internet which was nice. It was actually sort of creepy the first night because it was storming and our cabin sits on 190 acres so there was not anything around. Luckily we had a alarm system to make me feel better!

Friday we got up and went hiking. It was so great but boy was I worn out. I was a 4 mile hike and some of the steps about killed me. Luckily I made it all the way to the top. The way down was a breeze but going up was a different story. After hiking we went back and had leftover pizza by the fire and watched tv before we took naps. It was such a great afternoon. Our friends the Nicholson's and the Brogden's got there on Friday afternoon. We were so excited to see them. We showed them around and then headed to Boone for some Mellow Mushroom and grocery shopping. We got back and started playing games. While playing games we heard this knock on the window and saw two faces looking in. We screamed at first but the realized it was Erin and Britt. They surprised us and decided to come last minute. We were so excited to see them. We are so thankful for great friends who came to celebrate Josh's birthday with us.

Saturday the girls went shopping in Blowing Rock and the guys played golf all day. We were so tired because we stayed up until almost 3am Friday night. Once the guys got back that evening we got ready and headed out to dinner for Josh's birthday. We went to this little hole in the wall place called Canyons but it was so fun and good. Those are the best restaurants!! We were so tired when we got home from dinner that we only made it one hour and then we were all ready for bed. We are getting too old to stay up as late as we did Friday night.

Sunday was Josh's big 3-0!! We all cooked breakfast and then the boys went outside to play football and the girls went on a little hike around the property. It was almost 70 degrees and sunny. This is the best time of year to go because it is so pretty and the weather is just perfect. We hated to leave on Sunday but we are so thankful for a great weekend. A big thanks to my parents for watching Wade for us too! We stopped in Winston on the way home and got to see Josh's family and have a quick early dinner. It was so nice to see everyone, especially since it was Josh's actual birthday. We all had a great dinner and then we headed back to get Wade. I was really ready to see him. Mom did a cookie cake for Josh and gave him his presents. Wade was so excited... when we got there and said "Happy Birthday Daddy."  It made Josh's night so special because before bed he kissed him and told him happy birthday again. Its the little things like this that mean so much! I am so glad we decided to go. It was such a fun and relaxing weekend and a nice little getaway for us. It may be the last time we have a weekend away before Westin Kate comes!!

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband! I know you probably won't read this but we love you so much and are so proud of you. Its hard to believe you are 30!! I really can't believe we were 23 when we met; its crazy that it was 7 years ago this month that we started dating. Where has the time gone? So glad you had a great birthday weekend.