Their birthdays are not until the end of March and early April, but this past weekend was the only time on the calendar that worked. So we got Brad's plane ticket in November. I kept a secret from John for almost 3 months. 3 months! The original plan was to pick Brad up and have him be sitting in our apartment when John got home from work. BUT then I started thinking about how much John would look forward to the visit and it would be easier to plan for if he knew. So I had Brad send some pictures:
John was SO excited! And this past Wednesday the good times began! John picked up Brad from the airport around 4pm and then headed home. We decided to go to happy hour at RA Sushi- 1/2 price sushi and drinks- yes, please! We sat out on the patio since the weather was amazing. It was nice to just chill out, relax, let go of work, and hang out with Brad and John :D
Afterwards we went to South Beach for awhile and hit up Wet Willies- YUM!
Wet Willies had on cartoon network and even though the place was dead- they wouldnt change the channel to the UM game! Silly.
The next morning John had to work for a few hours so we slept in. Oh. My. Goodness. It was amazing to sleep in. When I woke up, I fed Carter and got back in bed and watched HGTV for while. It was everything I could have hoped for. John had some of the ladies he works with make us empanadas, so we had to wait for John to get home before wait. But boy was the wait worth it!!! I must learn how to make them! Afterwards, we headed to play disc golf. The course here is really long so it took forever to finish, but we always have such a good time and it was nice to be outside :D After that we stopped at TGIFridays for half priced appetizers and then headed home to watch the State game. What a heart breaking loss :( I had marinated steaks for dinner- thanks for the marinade Krystal!- and they were DELICIOUS!. I also tried my hand at a pinterest recipe for arbys fries- fail boat. I didnt like them at all. After game, we just hung out for awhile, but it was hard to get excited about anything after that loss to Duke :(
Friday, John had to work again but he got off a bit earlier. Brad and I got ready for the beach and went and got lunch for us all. We just walked to the student center and got food from Mango Manny's. It's like a Cuban/Caribbean type fast food place. They have the yummiest curry mustard in the world and I knew Brad would love it, so we picked up food from there and headed back. When John got home we ate and hit the beach :D
It was a really nice day- in fact, the weather was gorgeous the entire time Brad was here. Nothing beats the winters in Miami! I will miss these one day. After a few hours on the beach (a bit too chilly to get in) we went back home, got changed, and went to Titanic for dinner. They have great food and the BEST sweet potato fries I have ever had! After dinner we went back to the apartment and just hung out for the night. We played Scattergories for a long time and chilled out to some music :D Sounds lame- but it was more like things used to be when the three of us just hung out and didnt do much.
Saturday we got up and headed to the beach again. We got their earlier than the day before and the sun was HOT! The water was still chilly, but once you got in, it felt really good! That night we went out to Monty's for dinner. It's right on the water and it's fun to look at the boats. We ordered different things and all shared them- I got the she-crab bisque and there are just no words to describe how good it was. I had to try to make my own the next day- so guess what we had for dinner last night. lol.
My attempt at she-crab bisque- it was yummy, just not as good as Monty's. I will keep trying!
Happy Early Birthday to you both!! It was an AWESOME trip! :D Hope you boys enjoyed it as much as I did!
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