The Ring

All of you that follow my blog know how John & I love us some Copeland's restaurant!! We were super excited to see that the town his parents live in have one. So we decided to treat his parents to a meal out.

Brad & Nell had never been to Copeland's before.

Meg took this picture of Tori & I. Sometimes it's hard to believe she is my baby.

Speaking of hard to believe....I still can't believe I have a daughter old enough to drink with me! Meg & I shared a bottle of Pinot Noir....our favorite!

My love!

If you go to Copeland's you have to get the Artichoke & Spinach dip...it is served with fried bow tie pasta for dipping!

For dessert.....

My mother in law got the Brownie Deluxe. I'm not a chocolate fan so I didn't try it but they said it was good.


We (John & I and the girls) shared a Bananas Foster Cheesecake Napoleon! All I can say is this cheesecake is melt in your mouth good! Mmmm


So about the title of my post....The Ring

We are done eating and Brad said, "This is a good time to do the ceremonial passing of the ring."

No one knew what he was getting ready to do.

He slipped off a Ruby ring from his right hand and handed it to John across the table.


Brad explained to John that this ring belonged to his dad. On his parents first wedding anniversary Marie (John's grandma) gave it to John (John's Granddaddy).

When Brad turned 17 years old his Dad gave it to him.

Now, he passed it on to his son.

It was quite an emotional moment...one I'm sure will remain with John forever!

It was another enjoyable day in Georgia. This picture above cracks me up....the waitress offered to take our photo....she told Brad she couldn't see him so he leaned back instead of forward :)

On our last day there John went out on the boat with his dad. The fish were going crazy! That was the most fish Brad had caught on that lake in a single day. I think like 16 or something. John brought him good luck!

Any man can be a father.
It takes someone special to be a dad.