Southern Hospitality

I just got home from the most incredible trip. I left on Thursday from Phoenix, AZ to Birmingham, AL. The plan was to go visit my wonderful friend and fabulous photographer, Amelia Strauss, help her photograph a wedding on Saturday and return home on Sunday. A nice, fun trip is all I had in mind. And it was just that, but also much much more!

I am absolutely in love with Birmingham, Alabama! The food, the people, the weather, the scenery, the Piggly Wiggly, Vulcan, the “yes ma’am”, and the “y’all”. I now know the true meaning of Southern Hospitality and I am soo thankful.

A whole year in review blog post is coming soon, but right now I can’t help it but express how deeply blessed I feel to have such wonderful, genuine, and encouraging women as my friends. How did I get so lucky?! Just while on this short trip I got to see my good friends (and AKC sisters) Amelia, Shea, and Joanna. They all went out of their way so we could spend a little time together and I am soo thankful.

Here are some cell phone moments from this trip:

Thursday night we went out to eat at a fabulous local restaurant called Chez Lulu and Shea made the drive all the way from Clarksville, TN and met up with us there. It was sooo fun to see her! I love this girl!

Saturday night: Amelia and I with our post-wedding meals:

On the way back I had a 3-hour layover in Houston so Joanna and her fiancee Pepe picked me up at the airport for dinner:

Thanks girls for making me feel so loved and for being such incredible friends. I love “y’all”.