How was your weekend?
Mine was WONDERFUL (photo evidence included!)

Our weekend was chock full of fun activities...the first of which was an early Happy Anniversary Getaway for me and Gary (our actual anniversary is the 27th, coming up tomorrow).

We headed down to Montgomery to stay in a wonderful little bed and breakfast called The Red Bluff Cottage.

We stayed in the "Great Gatsby Room," which was perfect since F. Scott Fitzgerald has always been one of my favorite authors (seriously, back in maybe 1983, I went through a Fitzgerald kick and read every single one of his novels during the Summer; it's also appropriate since Zelda was from Montgomery and they lived one year there in the city).

The room was beautiful...



As were other parts of the house...


The house had some wonderful corners for reading...

and a really nice porch with a great view (and more spots to read)...


We ventured off to find the F.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, but found out that it opened only an hour before our play was to start. So, we'll have to come back again to tour it...


We did manage to make it to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, which held some wonderful collections (I love to go to art museums and am always pleasantly surprised by the beautiful things you find in them)...

And a really fun, kids section with interactive exhibits (of course, Gary and I had to play in them)...

One of my favorites was one where you could go "inside" a famous painting, like this one by Edward Hopper....


After time at the museum (and then lunch, which I didn't take pictures of for some reason..bad me!), we headed to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival for a matinee showing of "The Comedy of Errors." It was absolutely fabulous; Gary and I laughed so much and had just a wonderful time there...




During the weekend, we did manage to enjoy some good wine...


and some delicious food (the first is of our beautiful breakfast at the b&b on Saturday morning)...


and even a place to get some more chocolate for the drive home...

It was a really wonderful weekend, and reminds me (yet again) of how important it is to get away with your sweetheart every once in a while. (Sydney asked me on Friday morning why she couldn't go with us to the "hotel," and I told her that it's important sometime for her Mom and Daddy to have dates with each other I don't think she totally understood, but she just nodded and said okay.)

I look forward to the weekend every year, and look forward to many more (we have some "big" anniversaries coming up soon--this year is our 14th--so I am anticipating the Caribbean or Europe sometime in our future!).

On Sunday afternoon, the fun continued (this time, with the kids), as we went to my nephew Matthew's birthday party. Matthew is so smart, evidenced by the fact that he wanted a Greek Mythology theme for his party (how many 10 years old would choose that?). Danielle did so great with the theme, ordering a Medusa cake and having mythology trivia games and "Pandora's boxes" for the goody "bags." The girls had a great time...





And then on Memorial Day, we decided to forego the traditional grill-outs (besides, Gary had to work) and the girls and I went to visit my best friend, Angela, for a day of food (lunch at Chili's which, again, I have no pictures of!), books...

Angela always treats the girls to books for their birthday presents and they always cannot wait to go shopping with her. Angela knows more about books than anyone I know and she stocks them up with some wonderful ones every year. They were beyond excited with what they got...

and then to "Star Trek" (the second time for me, the first for everyone else). We had a GREAT time...

All in all, it was a wonderful weekend filled with my favorite things in the whole wide world...my sweet husband, my wonderful family, my wonderful friends, and a lot of good food and laughter mixed in together with them!