For my last birthday I asked my sister if we could all meet in Nashville. It was the end of Dane's fall break and my parents took off work on Friday and we all headed down on Thursday night. I really love Nashville as a city. Of course, I wish I lived in the same city as my sister. BUT I think it's pretty awesome that my sister lives in a fun city on I-40 between Memphis and Raleigh.
I was super excited to meet my sister's officemate and friend Allison. She is very sweet and Beth loves sharing an office with her! She is also the friend of one of my friends from Duke. They went to Emory together for undergrad.
Of course, mom and I hit up the mall for a brief shopping trip. The trip included a great new pair of boots from Macy's. Thanks Mom and Dad!
Dane loves the mall! ;)
We had dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.
I know, I know.. Eat This Not That says that it's the worst restaurant in America.
All I can say is...the cheesecake changed my life a few years ago and I keep going back.
Beth suggested we all for a hike on Saturday morning.
The fall leaves were beautiful and the weather was perfect.
Dad was all smiles.
My beautiful sister!
Ross was not able to join us- no dogs allowed.
We had some great cuddle time with Ross.
For an afternoon snack we walked on over to Gigi's cupcakes for some cookie and Italian cream cupcakes. Good heavens.
I cannot believe that my sister lives like one block from this place. Very very dangerous.
Beth has the cutest new dress and I had to get a picture of it!! Love those ruffles. :)
Saturday night we had dinner at The Pharmacy. Great burgers. A little chilly, but overall a great time.
The Pharmacy ... Feel Better
My sweet husband.
We were trying to take a picture and a man outside offered to take it for us. Some people standing nearby told us to not let him fool us - the man was the owner. He was super nice.
We finally got ice cream at the infamous Jeni's. I have had Jeni's from Hot Cold before.. but this was an entirely different experience. Simply amazing ice cream. No frozen yogurt for this girl. Oh yea.. Jeni's was the third desert of the weekend. But who's counting?
Thanks to my sweet sister for sharing her home (and her puppy!) with us for the weekend. I honestly think I had my best birthday yet. Family time is precious these days, and a three day weekend in Nashville was just what I needed.
Dane and I are super excited to be heading to the Arkansas vs. South Carolina football game on Saturday in South Carolina. Some of our former church members from Plummerville gifted us two tickets. The game is at noon so we are headed up Saturday morning.
We are also less than 2 weeks out from Thanksgiving!!
I cannot wait to celebrate turkey time with our families.
