Another year, another celebration for great beer. There are a lot more options in Greenville now, when we are in the mood for a brewery date, but I think Birds Fly South is still our favorite. The beer is SO GOOD, the food options available are delicious, and it is so family friendly! We all love it, which is always a good thing. I will love it even more once the cooler fall temps are here, just saying. 

They also had a little Sunday Market set up with some local small businesses. We laughed at how Solomon went straight to the honey tent when he saw it. He wasn't a fan of much else, but honey is always a good idea in his book! 

my sweet boys! I totally bribed Solomon with his baseball bat for a picture with mommy.

He has no problem sharing kisses, but not a fan of sharing his strawberry Popsicle 

Happy two years, BFS!!

Just for fun, here is the One Year Celebration post with Asher in my belly!

Then, our first Family Date as Four was also at Birds Fly South. We clearly love it. ;) 

Sights + Seats // Stella's Brasserie

We recently had Restaurant Week in Greenville, which is one of my favorite weeks!! In the past, Peter and I would go out to a couple of spots, but now things have changed quite a bit. Instead, we snuck away for an early dinner at the closest spot on the list, HA! Thankfully, Stella's Brasserie has been on my "want to try" list for a while now. I really wanted to try it since I've only heard great things about it, plus the ingredients are all from local farms. A true Farm to Table style restaurant is always a favorite of mine. Peter's brother and sister-in-law were excited to try it with us, so it was a wonderful double date night, away from all the kids and babies!

One of the best spicy margaritas I've ever had! 

Then, Joy and I were excited to try the cheese appetizer once we sat down at our table, so delicious.

The Restaurant Week Menu

I obviously chose a lot of meat since they are known for their meat dishes, but the pistachio cake was to die for! Peter and I both loved it!! I was also a huge fan of Joy's shrimp and grits. It reminded me of my favorite shrimp and grits dish at High Cotton. I will definitely choose that for my meal next time. It was a fun night out, with a long and slow dinner, just what two sets of parents need!! I'm so thankful to have family who live in town that we love to do things with. (& a mom who always begs for us to have a date night!) It really is such a blessing!!! 

thursday nights.

Somehow, any random Thursday when I don't meal plan well enough, we always end up heading to a brewery in town for a family date night. We had heard a lot about the latest one downtown, Liability Brewing, which is also conveniently next door to Moe's Original BBQ! So, when I told Peter I had no idea what we were doing for dinner, he quickly suggested we check it out. Which I quickly said OKAY! The BBQ was pretty good, but the wings were amazing! After we had dinner we walked over to the brewery for a beer. They had very tasty beer plus a super chill & family friendly brewery, which is our favorite combination! I know we will definitely enjoy several family date nights here in the future. 

what would a brewery be without some cornhole!?!

My sweet boys! 

Solomon was clearly excited to see this painting on the wall... his face, goodness, he kills me!

Sights + Seats // Iron Hill Brewery

Peter and I got to enjoy a date last night since our church community group was off this week. My mom always comes over to watch Solomon while we are at group, and we usually take Asher with us. Last night we decided to leave them both at home with Gigi, since she watched them both last Friday, and things went very well. It was nice to have a quick dinner date night at a new spot in town. My cousin actually text me about Iron Hill Brewery earlier this week after she attended a soft opening. I was surprised when I mentioned it to Peter because he had been to one of the PA locations several times while he was visiting for work. He said he enjoyed the restaurant there, and I was happy to make reservations for us, after I took a look at the menu!

Peter has been called a beer snob a time or two and he really liked the beer we ordered. We picked the Hipster IPA and it was so crisp and juicy! I love a good New England Style IPA and this one was delicious. We got their early enough to enjoy happy hour (5-7) which also included some apps for a great price. We chose the brussel sprouts and the pretzel sticks with mustard and beer cheese. The sprouts were very good but the pretzels weren't anything exciting. I compare all pretzels with beer cheese to Sierra Nevada now, and these definitely fell short. I'm glad we got to try some appetizers while they were at a discount during happy hour. I know we will come back to try some more on the menu soon, especially since you can enjoy the happy hour specials on the patio, as well. 

Since the beer and pretzels filled us up a bit, we decided to share a burger and fries for our meal. We chose the drunk monk burger and the brie cheese was so good on it. The juice was running down my hand as I took my first bite. I can't wait to try their pimento cheese burger next time, when I don't have to share with Peter. He's not a fan of pimento cheese burgers but I always choose that if I see it on a menu. 

Mmmm, date nights. So good + so needed! 

I'm looking forward to several date nights this summer since my mom can watch both the boys for us. I'm hoping we can try several new spots in Greenville  and I can share more Sights + Seats posts. I really love writing these!!

swamp rabbit and strawberries.

What makes Friday mornings at Swamp Rabbit more fun?? The Strawberry Festival! I'm so happy that it is Strawberry Season now, because we all love how juicy and sweet strawberries are, right now. We got to Swamp early on Friday morning to beat the rush for our smoothies and scones per usual, but by 11, it was getting busy! They had a blow up bounce house for all the kids, so we decided to stay a little bit longer, and have some lunch before our drive home for naptime. Solomon even fell asleep on the car ride home!! It was a good Friday morning as always, at Swamp Rabbit! 

a special strawberry smoothie for the occasion!

Meeting up with friends is one of the best parts about our Friday mornings. Solomon gets to play with his buddies and I get to hang out with  my momma friends! It really is a win-win. I also had some major momma/auntie duties for the first time. Jonah needed to go to the bathroom, so I told Joy I would hold Sophie for her. Asher was already having some milk, and ready for his morning nap, but he didn't mind Sophie sitting on him... he actually fell asleep before Joy got back. So funny, I love this picture so much. 

Finally making it in the bouncy house!

still working on the same smoothie, not a second... I promise! haha

& the infamous strawberry shortcake for the special day!

Maybe we will finally get a picture of all the boys looking at the camera one day?!?