Justin's birthday week-and-a-half.

My husband managed to get us to not only celebrate his birthday two days early with a picnic at Centennial Park, but he also somehow finagled an extension of the festivities a whole week after the big day had come and gone with a trip to a winery bed & breakfast. What a lucky duck!

Justin was working the weekend of his birthday, so we got our parents together a couple of days early and we tried to recreate his childhood by celebrating with a good old-fashioned picnic in the park.

Good 'ole southern-style hot chicken, corn, potato salad, and, of course, rice, to round out our tasty meal.

Gotta have a yummy birthday dessert! Homemade strawberry shortcake - delish!

Walking with Lola.

Swingin' with Lolo.

Happy early birthday to both Daddy and Lolo!

On Justin's actual birthday, Lissie and I trekked up to his workplace to bring him a lovely sandwich from our newfound favorite place, Penn Station. We continued to celebrate the next day with his requested birthday dinner: tacos and a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake!

Fast-forward a week later, and we said our goodbyes to Lissie as she enjoyed quality time with my mom and dad while Justin and I drove top-down in our Saturn Sky about an hour and a half away on the beautiful Natchez Trace to a quaint little town that has several lovely wineries and a fabulous bed & breakfast. Sure, the trip would've been more fun if I could enjoy the wines (which is why we ended up bringing several bottles home for later!), and it would've been nice if we didn't decide to go on what was a record-breaking hottest day ever, but we definitely enjoyed a nice little weekend getaway!