To TN and Beyond!

This past weekend we departed MI for a quick trip to the wilds of Tennessee. Actually, not really. More like the dazzlings of NashVegas. But, whatever works.

This being Keely's first big car ride and trip away from home, we juggled a little to make things work. She doesn't like sleeping in the pack'n'play. Oooorrr prolonged periods in the car. But by the end of the trip, the kids were growing used to bebopping from one city to the next, in car seat then out of car seat, and eating meals in restaurants. We can't complain, they handle change very well.

Our itinerary:

Thursday night. Drive to Anderson, IN. Sleep.

Friday. Drive to Nashville. Shop at Opryland. Dinner with Colin and Tiffany. Drive to Columbia, TN. Sleep.

Saturday. Miss Opa and Oma running the Mule Kick 5K by minutes. Hang out for awards. Drive to Nashville. Check into the hotel. Swim in the pool. Walk around downtown. Eat dinner. Put Opa, Oma, and the kids down for the night. Visit with Colin and Tiff. Sleep.

Sunday. Dress for church. Take Easter morning pictures. Get to Woodmont Baptist E-A-R-L-Y, MI time. Wait/Play. Attend the Easter morning service. Drive home.

Oh the pool. The girls LoVeD the pool. We enjoyed swimming, while watching passersby and horse and buggy rides through the windows.

Sewiously. Awen't they so cute?

How much is that birdie, in the window? Cheep Cheep.

Adalynn posed sweetly in front of a weathered storefront after noshing on nummy ice cream. Travis stepped out of his comfort zone and ordered something Tennessee with Raspberry. Supergood, we highly recommend.

Keely and Adalynn stepped inside their first every honky tonk. Keely sat mesmerized on the table next to Opa while listening to a George Straight sound-a-like and the steel guitar. When we first walked in, a 14-year-old was pickin' on the guitar with the band - man, he was good!

A shot of Broadway. Oh, the energy and the sounds! There's no place in the world like it.

After thoroughly wiping out the kids and grandparents, we left them at the hotel and drove over to Colin and Tiffany's house to visit. They're so sweet. And expecting their first kiddo. We can't wait!

In the morning, we readied ourselves for church and then posed for Easter morning pictures in front of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Happy Easter y'all!

After church at Woodmont Baptist, my old stomping grounds, we started an uneventful drive home. In all, even though short, we enjoyed ourselves on this much needed vacation!