Dad's 60th birthday celebration

I had such a fun weekend! My dad's 60th birthday was 9/26, but with all of the recent craziness (death of his father, Paige's heart transplant), we had to postpone the celebration. My brothers and sister planned a weekend full of Atlanta excitement. Our spouses were unfortunately tied up for the weekend (Kellye with Paige, Andrew in Arkansas with the boys, and Harrison hard at work catching up on grading and lesson plans), so it was just the 'Cunningham Originals.'

Friday kicked off by visiting Paige at her home. It was so nice to see her in the comfortable surroundings of home. She looked great; just a little fussy on some of the new meds. As long as she was in her dad's arms, she was content:

From there we picked up my parents from the Omni Hotel/CNN center. Nate booked them a couple of nights at this nice hotel. We had drinks at Meehan's Irish Pub:

 and then went to the Sundial for dinner. The Sundial is the rotating restaurant at the top of the Westin hotel (on the 72nd floor). The views of the city are phenomenal! We had a fantastic dinner and feasted on some incredible desserts. In 1993, I had my first slice of cheesecake at that restaurant, so I had to try it there again. It did NOT disappoint!

On Saturday, we met my parents at the Georgia Aquarium and spent several hours checking out all of the cool exhibits.

We had lunch at Der Beirgarten on Marietta St. Their version of Oktoberfest was going on during the full month of October, so we wanted to check it out. For lunch, it was pretty tame, but we enjoyed sitting on the deck eating bratwurst, knackwurst, weisswurst, Reuben rolls, and goulash. Everything tasted nice with a tasty Hefeweizen. Aren't they cute?

From there we went to the Sweetwater Brewery for a tasting and a tour. I LOVE me some Sweetwater Blue! For just $10, they gave us a souvenir glass, tickets to sample six beers, a tour, and live music.  The tour was pretty wimpy, but worth the value.

We had dinner at Stats, where we also watched the Auburn game. The game didn't end well, so I'll leave it at that. We had such a great time spending the weekend celebrating with our dear ole dad. Happy 60th, Dad!