ashley & cari in birmy!

ashley & cari came to visit us in birmy!!  & we had the most fabulous time. 

i hadn't seen cari since our wedding - crazy.  & had only seen armstrong for about 10 minutes since then.  it had been far too long, friends.  let's not wait that long again.  k?  sweet.

{tanky was SUPER excited he had friends for the weekend!

he slept with them each night.

what a good boy :) }

our first stop in birmingham was no other than moe's bbq!  we, of course, had to take the girls to our favorite patio with our favorite wings & our favorite nachos & our favorite summer beverages.  

& they loved it!  duh.  it's fantastic.  what on earth is there not to love?

 

 {blakey made it out!}

the potters were there too with a few of their visiting friends.  & the mcgowans joined too.  so we pretty much went ahead & took over half of the patio.  why wouldn't we?  we pretty much keep this place in business.  fun fun fun.

 {ADORABLE asher.}

saturday morning, we stopped by urban for a breakfast of my baked goods!  so fun.  & they got to see my awesome work place.  {they loved it so much we decided to have a photo shoot there later in the trip.  more to come on that in another post...}

{buttermilk oatmeal muffin}

 {blueberry scone}

saturday was the FIRST DAY OF FOOTBALL SEASON!!!  which is one of the best days of the year.  so we celebrated.  all day long.  more on that to come in another post too.  we like to take pictures. you'll see all about it.

 {boomer sooner!!!}

cari had to have chicken & waffles while she was in the south, so we brunched at a new restaurant on sunday morning.  ore is taylor hicks' super modern with a rustic twist restaurant in crestline.  there was a jazz band in the bar area playing some fun tunes.  the owner + head chef at little savannah {one of our birmy favorites} was eating brunch there too.  that has to say something.  i have to tell you - the chicken & waffles were pretty darn good.

 

 {my BEAUTIFUL friends}

{& my ADORABLE husband.}

 {how awesome are these lights?!

we need to get one for our dining room "chandelier".

any thoughts on where i could find the rope portion?}

ashley & cari were so happy to learn that piggly wiggly is a real place.  "the pig", as we like to call it, is a local grocery store.  oh yeah, it's not just in sweet home alabama.  welcome to the south, friends.

on monday morning, i drove the girls around to see the sites of beautiful birmy.  we saw campus & vulcan & the gorgeously huge trees & old historic homes & hills bigger than any mountains in oklahoma.  

 {the lovely sites of downtown}

 {love this!}

& we had to end our trip with one more fantastic meal.  so top chef richard blais' gourmet burger joint, flip burger, was it.  my beef tartare burger was fantastic.  cari tried another southern favorite - the lobster roll.  i've actually never had one, but she loved it.  & armstrong had some good ole southern bbq.  oh, & we had fried picles!  yummm.  

 {oh my gosh.

the ridiculously good shakes.

really really good shakes.

nutella & burnt marshmallow.

pineapple upside down cake.

impossible to choose a favorite.}

 {why, hello, huge rain strom.

not only did you make my hair look beautiful,

you also let armstrong stay another night with me!

i'll forgive you for the hair since ash got to stay.

so thank you.}

so so so so so much fun.  these two are the greatest.  excited to show you even more of our fun!

love love,

kjp.