After the History Tour concluded, Day 3 of our Spring Break trip was spent with our friends in Atlanta...eating out at The Varsity (ever been there?), visiting an antique shop, psalm singing, and lots of good fellowship! 
We had never heard of The Varsity but found out that the main branch of the chain in downtown Atlanta is the largest drive-in fast food restaurant in the world, and many U.S. presidents have visited the chain when they've been in Atlanta.
We ate at one of the six branches of the restaurant in metro-Atlanta:
It's true! We heard, "What'll Ya Have?" a lot when we were there:
Here we are deciding what to order: 
We all had a good time enjoying lunch together: 
First-time visitor Sarah put on one of The Varsity chef hats:
Next up was a trip to Queen of Hearts Antique shop, with 500 dealer booths!: 
This was the scene just inside the front door. I could tell this would be a great shop, and it definitely was!
I loved all the gardening items in many of the vendors' booths:
I especially liked the red antique gardening tools but didn't purchase them...so sorry afterwards: 
Although I did bring a watering can home with me:
We all had a fun afternoon of shopping, even the guys...I think! 
While we were visiting our friends, one evening we enjoyed a Psalm Singing. Here we are sitting around the living room in the next few pictures singing from The Book of Psalms for Worship.
Abby took a turn on the piano:
And here's the other side of the room: 
Then Alex took a turn on the piano:
If you'd like to hear one of the songs we sang, Sarah recorded some of the music that evening. Click here to hear us singing Psalm 98! The pianist plays through a verse first, and then you'll hear all of us singing. It was very enjoyable!
Other times were spent playing games and talking together: 
Here are Emma and Sarah posing together in their matching shirts with big smiles: 
Well...all good times must come to an end. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to Georgia and staying with our friends! Thank you for the hospitality!
Spring Break ~ Day 4: Leaving Georgia, we headed to South Carolina to visit my sister and Granny.
This was supposed to be the occasion that we'd bring Granny back to Virginia with us, but she's still not recuperated enough from her fall in January. Her broken back is still healing; and unfortunately, she's not up to a 6-hour drive quite yet.
Here we are visiting with Aunt Bet and Granny. It was so good to see them: 
My sister took me to a gardening center and antique shop while I was there, but I didn't get pictures of those special outings.
Again...all too soon it was time to head for home.
Spring Break ~ Day 5: Whenever we have a chance, Tom finds a church for us to attend if we're out of town. We always enjoy meeting new families in a new place.
On this particular Sunday, we met several families in this church, but one family stood out to us in particular...Todd and Barbara, who had adopted two little children. They began to tell us their 5-Day Adoption story. It was amazing!
You can find information and watch a 5-minute trailer about their story here: 5-Day Adoption. I'm sure they would appreciate your interest and support.
Spring Break was fun! Now that we're back home...it's time for many gardening chores!
~Deb
Also in this series:
Spring Break ~ Atlanta! Day 1
Spring Break ~ Atlanta! Day 2
The Varsity is sure an experience to live thru once! We have been to the one downtown and Kennesaw.
Nice that you got to see Granny and Bet,I hope Granny will be able to make the trip to Virginia soon.
Posted by: Tammy C | Monday, April 20, 2015 at 09:43 AM
We're so glad you were able to come! We enjoyed spending time with your sweet family. Hope Granny will be strong and well again soon.
Victoria
Posted by: victoria | Monday, April 20, 2015 at 11:01 AM
I enjoyed reading about your many adventures. Bummer about your mom. Hope she gets better soon.
I'm sure that Sarah is enjoying the Pens' loss this evening. She's heartless. 😞😉
Posted by: Cathy | Monday, April 20, 2015 at 09:54 PM