what i love about sundays.

after working a wedding with my coworker all day/evening on saturday, i was looking forward to some sunday fun. luckily, i got just that because alex & steven work for the bank and had monday off and because my siblings & i don't need an excuse for fun.

we met for brunch at another broken egg for brunch. it was my first time there & while it was super yummy, it was a little pricey for brunch. i had the southwest scrambler & really enjoyed it.

we went home to regroup & watch the first half of the panthers game before meeting at park lanes for beer & bowling. we had to wait awhile for a lane, so we played cornhole & watched the panthers actually win! we just missed homeland's season 3 private wrap party at park lanes the night before - bummer!

 

{thanks, guys. always making redhead jokes.}

 

if you haven't been to park lanes - put it on your priority list. they revamped, remodeled and rebranded sometime last year and it's such a fun spot. they have lots of draft beer options, full bar, delicious BBQ, tons of outdoor/patio space, plenty of TVs and probably about 30 bowling lanes. it costs $4.75 to rent shoes & $5.50 to bowl each game, so it's reasonably priced as well. and if you have to wait for a lane, they will text you when it's ready, so you don't have to stay there if you don't want to - although i don't know why you'd leave!

 

after we finished up bowling, we headed over to brazwells for a bit because we could never come to montford & not go to brazwells. we finished our montford bar crawl with a ton of good food at moosehead grill.

 

 

clearly, we had a fun day!

oh weekend, don't leave me so soon.

it's like every weekend just keeps getting better.

friday night my previous plans fell through, so i headed to selwyn with court & her bff maudie. we ran into a bunch of their high school friends, hung out for a few hours, and headed home around midnight.

{sis}

saturday morning i woke up early, made breakfast, and got in a 5 mile run all before 10am. when i got home, i had a few errands to run. oh the way home i stopped by the farmer's market, but there was absolutely nowhere to park. so i went home and walked back. have i mentioned lately how much i love the location of our new house? 

i spent most of saturday cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, and catching up on nashville. after a quick nap and a shower, we headed out to the music factory to see NEEDTOBREATHE. we met up with leigh, derrick, leann, katie & john at vgbg before heading into the concert - what a cool bar! the concert was amazing, the weather was perfect, and the stars were out in full force. there's nothing quite as sweet as seeing one of your favorite bands play live with some of your favorite people. after the awful traffic in the parking lot, we ended up back and selwyn for a nightcap. 

{vgbg: read about the history of this "charlotte staple" sign here}

{hermana}

{needtobreathe}

{katie & i}

{selwyn}

i woke up early on sunday and rushed around getting myself together before heading to the early service at church. chris preached an amazing sermon & then i jumped on 77 south bound to columbia. 

once i arrived and realized i had my times all mixed up, i went over to kristin's for a few hours. oh how i love my sweet friend and spending time with her. i wish it happened more often, but am thankful for the time we do get! 

after a trip down memory lane through campus, i ended up at the chi omega house for ms. maggie's farewell dinner. our amazing house mom is retiring from the job after 6 years. we were her first pledge class to live in the house, and we love her so. she has been a mom, a best friend, a nurse, a life saver, a m&m giver, a sister, and a therapist to all of us girls over the years. we love you mags!

another great weekend in the books - hope yours rocked too!

a perfect sunday.

after a wonderful saturday, i knew sunday had potential to be just as amazing. i was right.

i woke up, made breakfast, and headed to church with derrick. side note: last week i counted the number of churches i pass on the way to my church: 13. but it's totally worth it. after church, i made a quick lunch and then derrick & i headed out to enjoy the day on our bikes. what started out as a ride to my mom's and back ended up as a 13 mile ride. we rode the entire greenway, rode through all our favorite parts of charlotte, and even found some new parts of the greenway we never knew existed (aka got lost in the ghetto). it was quite an adventure!

{thanks mom}

after our ride, i headed to trader joe's & target. after some cooking for the week, court and i headed over to derrick's to meet some friends for a bonfire & cookout. 

{yum}

{court would be mad if i didn't mention that she started this fire. ps. how cute is lola?}

i ended my weekend finishing up some cooking for the week & watching free willy. that movie is way more intense than i remember - i can't believe those jerks were trying to kill willy! 

i hope your weekend was as wonderful as mine!