Nashville

What a terrific trip to Nashville. Scott had to go to The Opryland Hotel so we decided to bring reinforcements and gave the trip to my parents for Christmas. He was only there on Friday for about 3 hours so we were all mostly together. We stayed at a great VRBO house right on a golf course. I think we were around Nashboro Rd area. It was really about 15-20 mins from anywhere you needed/wanted to go!

There were a few inches of snow on the ground. Just enough to play in and make it fun. Of course the kids loved throwing it at Nana and Ben loved hearing it crunch under his feet.

We did a lot of eating! and not pictured but a lot of playing cards, including UNO and rummy!

A perfect snow angel made by Lillee

We headed over to the hotel for Scott's conference. We were able to see our newest Georgia Court of Appeals Judge, Chris McFadden for a minute. We had some yummy burgers then Papa, Lillee and Bax headed out on the boat tour of the hotel. It was so strange to see the marks on the columns of where the water had been during the flood. The hotel had to undergo like 186 million dollar renovation. WOW! It was a grand hotel. I'm sure we didn't cover half of it.

Nana and Ben stayed onshore and smelled the beautiful flowers in the gardens. I loved the red double begonias. There were huge bromeliads and colantia.
There were rare moments of scattered grandchildren bliss. I'm sure my parents need a vacation after this trip! I heard somewhere the other day that a time away with children is called a trip. A time away without children is a vacation. AMEN!!!
Not one of Scott's artsy pics but proof we were here!

THE BIRTH OF BLUEGRASS

If you click on this pic and look closely this is Nashville's finest. It was one of our highlights from the trip! This man is on music row shooting a bird. I'm not sure if that's so nice to poke fun of a homeless man but it certainly was entertaining for a minute. Bless him.

Tootsies Lounge

The CMT building!
Here's another highlight. While we didn't have tickets or an interest in a tour of The Ryman, we did pass by and see a huge bus, lots of black suburbans in a motorcade, many dignitary looking people. My mom of course rolled the window down and asked what was going on? The governor's inauguration! Wow - we stepped right into the middle of that one. This was before he went up to the capital.
Celebrity ish
Beautiful architechture! The Customs House
Lifeway Christian Store. We started to stop and get some new Sunday School literature!
My mom loved the cross on the side of the building!
A friend of ours in Griffin suggested eating breakfast at Monell's. It was by far outstanding. It was in Germantown in the middle of nowhere!
We were seated at a large table with another couple. It was a lot of fun getting to know them and share an excellent dining experience!
Fried chicken for breakfast? Delish!

Low in cholesterol! My favorite was cheese grits. They were phenomenal! Mixed with some apples. Mmmmm.....definitely worth stopping by if you're ever in Nashville.
Next stop - Adventure Science Center! It was an amazing museum. The kids loved it! Not as much as Scott like the African movie playing in the planetarium. Ben lasted oh, 16 mins!
Then he headed to The Magic School Bus!
Nana piled in the ambulance with all three!
We were in the human body section where we learned all about digestion and......

POOP! Pretty disgusting!

Lillee's favorite part - not sure what to think of this???? Learning how to get around in braces/wheelchairs.

BEETHOVEN

MAD SCIENTIST