Julie :D

Thomas and Kaity left Friday morning and Julie arrived Friday night! It's been a bit busy around here and I am bit exhausted. However, I love seeing all our Raleigh people so it's worth it :D Julie got here late on Friday night. Aunt Vicky works at the Miami airport and was getting off around the time that Julie's flight got in, so it worked out for Aunt Vicky to bring her to our place. Aunt Vicky had not yet seen our new place yet either, so it was nice to have here there and spend time with her too :D I had made some cookies and after showing them around our apartment we sat around chatted for a bit.

The next morning we were planning on getting up early because we had reservations for a segway tour of the art deco district in south beach. Our plan was to do the 2 hour tour and then spend the day at the beach. It was SO much fun! None of us had ever ridden a segway, so we all had to learn. It's all about balance- which I am not good at. haha so I was a bit worried. It was actually really easy.
Julie learning how to ride the segway

Johns turn!

We looked like huge dorks, but it was super fun. The actual tour was very interesting too. Art Deco is the architectural design of the buildings. I wont bore you with what I learned, but it was fun to learn. Those kinds of tours are always fun to me- but I like history and dorky stuff like that :D
Some of the buildings we learned about. Art Deco is symmetrical.

On our tour we also saw the Versace house. He was shot on his door steps one morning by a man that had been stalking him. Then the man hid in the city for a week. The cops finally figured out who it was and when they went to get him, he killed himself. Now, the house isnt called the Versace house anymore, it's a private club and has a fancy restaurant in it.

The Versace House
Us outside of it. If you go behind the ropes, a bouncer will come out. haha. This house is also the 3rd most photographed house in the US!

The Versace symbol is on the plant pots outside of the building still.

On our segway tour we came across some girls handing our free pita chips and hummus. They loaded us down! I have enough hummus now to last me a LONG time! haha it's really good too!

Getting close to the end of our tour, but we wanted a group pic on the segways :D Thank you Groupon :D

After the two hours we stopped and got lunch. Our tour guide told us about a little hole in the wall cuban restaurant on south beach. It was SO good! Julie got something called Ropa Vieja (John had it when we first moved here) it's a tomato based beef. It was delicious and I am going to attempt to make it soon. After lunch, we headed out to the beach for the rest of the day. Around 4 it started getting chilly because of the wind, so we headed home. We were all exhausted! However, it was an AWESOME day!
South Beach!
John and Julie ready for the beach :D

Sunday, John and I had plans to pick up our PUPPY!!!!!!!!! I havent mentioned much about it yet, because I want to share it all in one post but we got our puppy on Sunday! We spent the rest of the day playing with him and hanging out with Julie. (more about this later!).

Monday, John and Julie headed to the beach and then we watched a movie and made dinner. Tuesday Julie headed home. It was a short, but nice trip. It was nice to get to spend some time with Julie and catch up. I am also glad she got to meet our puppy!