The Masters, Fried Green Tomatoes and Easter

(I started working on this post over a month ago and am just now posting it...hopefully this will not be a recurring trend!)

This past Thursday, Dwight and I went to Atlanta for a long weekend to spend Easter with family and go to The Masters for a day. I've not spent much time in Georgia but definitely feel much more well aqauinted with the Peach State now that we literally drove all over it in the 4 days we were there.

We stayed at Aunt Pippy's lake house on Lake Oconee. She recommended that we eat at this local place called "The Silver Moon" and oh my goodness, I could not stop making "mmmmm!!!" noises the entire time I was eating! SO good. Dwight had the ribs (always a winner) and I had the pamesean crusted grouper with grits. We finished it off by sharing chocolate coconut pecan pie and strawberry short cake. Honestly some of the best food I have ever had.

the "kids" at The Silver Moon

Since we were about an hour away from Augusta, we woke up bright and early at 5:30 AM...my favorite time of the day ;). This was my first time to go to The Masters and I felt so priveledged to be able to attend as that I have since learned that these are not easy tickets to come by! Dwight has been several times before and has told me how amazing Augusta National is so I was anxious to experience it for myself and let me tell you, I was blown away. I never expected that a golf course could be so perfect! Everything was so clean and everyone was beyond nice and accomodating. Unfortunately you are not allowed to bring cameras or cell phones into the property, so I don't have any pictures to share. They had the best little pimento cheese, egg salad and BBQ sandwiches and of course, sweet tea! Prior to Dwight being in my life, I knew nothing about golf and honestly thought it was quite boring. He has helped me develop an appreciation for it as well as know more about the players which has made it more enjoyable for me to watch with him...every Sunday :)

We walked the entire day and as a result, got a killer workout. We were all pretty sore the next day but it was totally worth it! I didn't want to miss anything and I think Dwight was surprised with how in to it I was! Needless to say, I have definitely caught the golf bug and hope to return to Masters as many times as we can!

Saturday, we drove to Tifton where my mother-in-law Candace is from to spend Easter with her parents. We stopped in the tiny...TINY (only 2 bathrooms in the entire place!) town of Juliette, Georgia to eat lunch at the Whistlestop Cafe. This is were the movie Fried Green Tomatoes was filmed so of course, we helped ourselves to their speciality of friend green tomatoes and other delicious southern  delicies such as fried okra and purple hull peas.The weather could not have been more perfect so we ate outside on a picnic table under a big oak tree. My southern loving heart was in heaven!

Sunday was Easter and it is by far my favorite "holiday" of the year. The foundation of our faith is centered around the resurection of Christ and without it, everything would be meaningless. It was wonderful to be able to spend it in Tifton with my new set of grandparents and wonderful in-laws. I have truly been blessed with the best family I married into and am so grateful for how they love me.