Thursday, June 25, 2009

Nashville

After leaving Grandma Fannie's house, we headed towards Nashville. Driving through Kentucky and Tennessee was a beautiful drive. When we got to Nashville, we stayed with Stacey's sister Robin and her husband Neal. On the first day we went to a park in the morning where Lauren got to chase around some ducks and geese. They had a very large play area with slides and swings which Lauren loved, and Emma slept through most of. It was in the mid-90's the whole time we were down there, which was a shock to us as we had not seen anything over 70 for quite a while at home in South Dakota.

Later on that day, we went to see the Operyland Hotel which has a huge indoor garden, streams, waterfalls and some great scenery. Below are pictures of the girls enjoying the scenery.
While at the Operyland Mall, the girls both got to ride on the Merry-go-round in the mall. Lauren liked it because her horsey went up and down.

On Friday, Neal and Robin took us to the Nashville Zoo. Lauren excited because she got to see elephants, tigers, giraffes, and a pig. She even got to pet a goat in the petting zoo. Emma was content spending most of the time in her stroller just taking in the view.


A couple of the afternoons, we got to cool off with a dip in the pool and Neal and Robin's apartment.

After a very nice and relaxing few days, we left about 7:30 PM on Saturday night and drove 11 hours straight through back to Stacey's sister Tammy's house, where we arrived abot 5:00 AM on Sunday morning. We spent Sunday there and celebrated Father's Day. Lauren and Emma had fun outside with their aunt Tammy playing with water baloons.

On Monday afternoon, we were in the car yet again on our way home. The girls did extremely well in the car, considering they were in it for over 40 hours in 8 days time.

2 comments:

  1. We had lots of fun having you all here! Thanks for making the trip.

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  2. Was Lauren sitting on the balloons trying to pop them?! Probably a little alarming with water instead of air! :)
    PS. I'm on Lauren & Emma withdrawal!!

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