Anyway, back to Eric's birthday.....we had an absolutely FABULOUS day! We woke up, dropped the girls off at my mom's, and we headed up to the mountains. We stopped for the breakfast of champions (fresh fried apple pies at the apple place off of 575....YUM) and then went skeet shooting. That was my first time shooting, and although I did terrible, I had a blast driving the golf cart through the mountains (especially downhill!) Eric was really good, and I loved seeing the clay targets he shot just get shattered! We went to lunch at a restaurant that is half in Georgia, half in Tennessee which was pretty cool, and then headed down to the Brasstown Valley Resort where we were staying. We got checked in, and then headed down to the spa where we had massages. Now, Eric had never had a massage before, so he wasn't really looking that forward to it, but he LOVED it! I have never, ever seen him so relaxed before! After that, we went to a yummy dinner at a nearby restaurant, and then headed back to the resort for the hot tub and pool! So much fun!
The next morning, we did breakfast and started heading back home for Melanie's last softball game, while almost running out of gas (I really can't believe Eric has never run out of gas before.....he really pushes it!!) and made it to the park in time to see Mellie play. After the game, we headed home and made Daddy's run cake for his birthday. Of course, we had to open up presents, which consisted of a new grill, Perry the Platypus girl pants, a new seersucker shirt and pair of shorts, and of course, 2 hand painted and fired bulldogs made by the 2 sweetest girls ever! Melanie said hers was Hairy Dawg, while Meredith named her bulldog Charlie from her favorite story, "Little Bulldog, Big Dreams." It was such a nice little celebration for a great husband and daddy on a big birthday!
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