Wedding Weekend in Atlanta

We had a lovely weekend in Atlanta, celebrating the marriage of Alison and Zac. Alison is the daughter of the best man from our wedding, Rick and his wife, Pat. Even though we only get to see them on the average of once every 10 years or so, we have such a close bond with them. It meant so much to us to be able to go the wedding and share in the happiness. Chuck and Teri came, too; Chuck, Rick and Pat all went to high school together in Michigan. What a fantastic few days!
Jack and I flew out very early Friday morning (luckily I was able to take a personal day at work) and were in Atlanta by 9 am. We went to the state capitol to get the picture of the building...Jack now has taken pictures of 38 state capitol buildings since he began this hobby a few years ago. Later, we met the Father of the Bride for lunch and had fun catching up on all the news. When we went to check in to the hotel, we ran into Pat, Alison and Lindsay (their other daughter) and Pat's sisters, who were just back from a bridal luncheon. What positive energy! After visiting for a while, Jack and I went to our room for a nice, long 2 hour nap...just what I needed.
Friday evening, we went out to dinner with Chuck and Teri to a restaurant named Bones (not Chops!). Fantastic dinner and then back to the hotel where we once again ran into the wedding party and got to visit some more.
On Saturday, Teri, Chuck, Jack and I went hiking at Stone Mountain, then out for a late lunch at a darling restaurant in Roswell. The day was beautiful and it was so relaxing to be with our buddies and have the time to just enjoy each others' company. The four of us travel well together.

check out Teri's gorgeous dress!

The wedding was at 6pm, followed immediately by the reception. We had to make an emergency stop at TJ Maxx, however, as the zipper in Teri's custom made dress broke right before the ceremony. It took us less than 10 minutes to find the perfect dress as well as a coordinating purse and then we were on our way.
We had a fun time at the reception. It was held in an old southern mansion and they had a band that played incredible music. All in all, a beautiful evening.
Our flight home on Sunday wasn't until 8:45 pm so we had a day to fill. We went to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum. It was so interesting to learn about his life and times from a different perspective.
Great weekend!