girls' road trip to atlanta!

last weekend mom, sierra, and i went on a road trip to atlanta for a few days. it's so strange that going to atlanta is not the same as going home now. i was even a little fuzzy on the once familiar drive to atlanta from starkville. we left early sunday morning, stopped for brunch at the waysider restaurant in tuscaloosa, and made it to atlanta just in time to fit in some shopping before the mall closed. we even listened to "highway 20 ride" by the zac brown band twice so we could be singing it as we crossed "the georgia line". 

Sierra made a "nest" in the backseat for the 5-hour drive. And for some reason, she decided she would growl at the passing cars when we got in Georgia. I asked her what she was doing, and she said she was pretending to be Norwood! Too funny! 

we stayed at my uncle tim's house in brookhaven, and sierra thoroughly enjoyed the pool! mom and i were so thankful for steven (my cousin) who played with sierra. they took turns jumping, flipping, and diving into the pool. steven threw her around a little and helped her climb all over the rocks. needless to say, she slept very well that night! 

you would think that starkville is siberia by the way we were ooh-ing and ahh-ing at the abundance of shopping and restaurants. we went to our two favorite shopping malls in atlanta and ate at many of our favorite restaurants! 

yummy french onion soup from brookwood grill in roswell- one of my favorites!! 

 it also happened to be national ice cream day while we were in atlanta, so we had to pay homage to my favorite dessert! who knew coldstone had a salted carmel ice cream... yum!! 

please check out the ice cream on sierra's nose! 

 on our last day, we went to six flags! i "tricked" sierra into going on her first upside down roller coaster, the mindbender. she was very scared at first, but she loved it and went on it twice! we went on one other upside down ride and a few other roller coasters. she is one brave girl! 

sierra tried her luck at this ladder game at six flags. she has amazing balance for a 9-year old, but it always ended up flipping her off. 

 you may think we are crazy, but we drove straight home after a day at six flags. it was a fun, productive trip, and it was very enjoyable to have just a girls' trip!