Boone Weekend

This weekend was a big, important one for the fam. Jimmy was graduating from Boone.

The weekend started with getting to leave work a little bit early to offset some overtime worked earlier in the week so that I could drive to Charlottesville and avoid traffic going through Richmond. Andrea and I went to dinner with one of her friends in town. Got to go to Bonefish Grille, which I'd never been to before. Bang Bang tacos were quite tasty! Then, we had a VERY exciting (to the other two girls) trip to Target b/c they never get to go there so they were stocking up! By the time we got some ice cream and got back to Andrea's it was pretty late so we just hung out a bit and went to bed.

Saturday morning we were both headed SW from Cville, me to Boone and Andrea to a wedding near Winston Salem. So we drove through some really nice views and mountains, following each other, and eventually splitting up after lunch.

I got to a rainy afternoon in Boone just a few minutes after my parents. Met them at Jimmy's apartment (which was actually pretty clean!) and then we went to check into the hotel. Since my grandparents didn't make it to graduation, I got my own hotel room so I wasn't subjected to the snoring (which I was prepared for with my ear plugs). We decided to go downtown and did some shopping and then headed to the Mellow Mushroom for some beers and delicious pizza! Saturday night we hung out at Jimmy's for a little bit and I got to see his desk that he made in his senior studio class which was AWESOME!

Sunday, we got up early and got some breakfast and then drove around on the Parkway. It was such a nice day and the views were great. We stopped at the Cone House, this giant mansion that has crafts inside and a view looking down the mountain over a pond. We drove down to the pond and took a little stroll around it which was nice. Hit up some lunch back in Boone, again another great choice by Jimmy, and back to the hotel for naps, porch time, changing for the big graduation.

Graduation went really well. We missed Jimmy walking in somehow, but I identified the back of his head so we at least knew where he was sitting. Got some good pictures of the graduate afterwards and had a little celebration back at the hotel room with gifts and champagne before our dinner reservation.

All in all a great weekend, despite the rain this morning on the drive home. It was fun going on a little vacay with the whole family and definitely seeing Jimmy! Now he's off to his internship on Friday in Charlotte. So, next trip to plan is to see him there and then to plan our possible California trip in November! Yay! Good luck Jimmy! :)