This is how it all went down

It all started like this: Last Thursday I hopped on a high speed plane to take a little trip to the South East. I made it from the North to the South in a speedy 2 hours. I hurried through the ATL airport and walked right up to my parents car. My dad knew I was coming, but you better believe my mother was surprised when I walked up the passenger side of the car and opened her door! She just kept saying, "bethany, bethany, bethany" and since she cries at Wal-Mart openings we all know that of course she would cry when she saw me! It was so fun to surprise her for this special weekend.

So I spent the first night with my parents and then prepared for the 2nd surprise. We headed to Stone Mountain Park to attend a family event that my dad's work was hosting. Cat and Gary pulled up to meet my parents, but to Cat's surprise I jumped out from behind a post to greet them! Surprise #2 down!

We then all headed to enjoy a day at Stone Mountain Park. It was a cold fall day, but still really fun to be outside and enjoy the park.

3 of us decided it would be fun to do a high ropes obstacle course at the park. I have to admit the idea sounded more fun when we were on the ground. Once we got harnessed up and stared walking across high beams and loose ropes the idea was not quite as exciting, but maybe a little more scary! We made it through without a slip, so I guess that's an accomplishment!

This is what happens when the girls leave the boys unattended.

Do you see the cool carving in stone mountain behind us?

We all spent the night in a Marriott Resort and enjoyed dinner and celebrating the big 30 for Catherine! I don't really have an explanation for this picture, but I think it's funny

For Cat's birthday my mom has been working on a scrapbook of her life. The funny thing is we have a picture exactly like this of Catherine at 21 looking at this exact book when my mom started it. 9 years later she gets it back. I think my mom made it up to age 10 of Cat's life for this birthday. We're hoping before age 40 the book is completed:-) I have scrapbook too that my mom gave me for my 21st birthday. Hopefully I'll get mine back by age 30 but we'll see! Mom, if you are reading this I am just kidding! Thanks for making us these amazing scrapbooks!

Because we are such mature adults, we ended the weekend at Stone Mountain with a trip to the candy store!

It was a great weekend and was so fun to surprise my mom and my sister! I will be back soon to post about the 2nd part of my weekend as I made my way to GVegas to see friends!