the moms came to town!

this past weekend, my mom came to visit us in atlanta for my birthday. our weekend was jammed packed with great food and fun sights. we had so much fun being tourists! it was so good to see my mom and show her atlanta. we started off the weekend at cnn. tyler showed us around and we went on the behind the scenes tour. it was so much fun and we learned a lot about cable news network.

the longest/tallest free standing elevator in the WORLD

on saturday, we had lunch with our family friend in atlanta at ok cafe {which was yummy} and then went to the aquarium. i had only been to the aquarium once, so it was definitely fun to see all the animals again! we walked through centennial park to get to the aquarium and there was this huge african art festival going on. there were people dressed up on stilts and booths everywhere. it definitely made our walk through the park entertaining!

so many people

the city!

we started the aquarium off at the touch pool. i love me some sting rays!

totally, dude.

get me out of here

camouflage. gets me every time.

the piranhas. i learned that they actually don't eat people like the upcoming movie portrays.

oh, why hello there mr. penguin!

i love the belugas.

mana ray

the whale sharks. so cool!

you are pretty, but i don't like you.

me and moms. i know, we look nothing alike.

nemo!

okay so after touring the beautiful georgia aquarium, we went over to the world of coke. as we were standing in line, it started pouring. after hiding behind some covered coke machines {yep, we did} we decided to try back on sunday. good decision. then came the decision of where to eat dinner. we were tired from the touring so we didn't really want to go out somewhere, but too tired to cook. so we got take out at alon's bakery. best idea that i've had in a while. i love alon's and it is even better when you get it to-go. the best part: we each picked a dessert to try. oh my goodness, i want to go to alon's right now as i type this!

so yummy!

on sunday we went to church and then to this precious place for brunch called riseanddine. it was so good! then, we went to the world of coke and it was entertaining, interesting, and delicious as always. i left the nikon at home, so no pics to share on that outing. i will spare you the image of us wearing 4-D glasses and me guzzling free coke. bummer. anyways, the weekend was wonderful! thanks mom for making the drive!