Trip to Nashville 2008

On Nov. 13 we left for Nashville. It was Brennan and Lexi's first time in a hotel. We stayed Nov.13 - 16th. We has so much fun. On Thursday we drove up there. The kids were good. Lexi watched her movie player and Brennan slept all the way there. We stayed in the Opryland Hotel. This is the hotel that Zack purposed to me almost 8 years ago. It was really exciting to be back at the start of it all. It was so beautiful there. I loved it. I know that the kids did. We had a room with two queens and a balcony. We also had a suite so we could all hang in and meet before we left to do stuff. We ate at the hotel the first night. It was good. They had a water show. It was neat. Lexi was so fascinated by it. Brennan not so much. He was just happy if some one was holding him. We went swimming at the pool. Lexi was so excited. It was Brennan's first time in the pool. It was indoor so it was nice. They also had a jacuzzi. Of course, the water was too hot to put Brennan in it. But I wrapped him up and went outside to see what it was like. It was cold and the water was very hot. So I wanted to go back in. Zack took Lexi out there to play. Well, he put her feet in the water and her legs went straight up in the air. She refused to touch the water. It was too hot. LOL So, then we all hung out in the suite. Lexi wanted to sleep up stairs with Grammy that night. Which was ok with us. LOL. We got up the next morning and went to a craft fair. It was good just very crowed. The kids were good. We were so tired after fighting all those people. Then when Liz and Dillon got there and we went to the mall. Before we went to the mall, we had to wait on our cars at valet. Lexi and Caleb had gone ahead of us down stairs. As i am walking up to the front, I see Lexi coming out of the Celebrity room. Apparently, Lexi was walking by them and waved at them. The ladies thought she was so cute that they asked her to come in. They gave her pretzels and apple juice. LOL She is a celebrity now. I had to get Lexi to take a picture with them. Once we got to the mall, Lexi, Brian, and Dillon all went to build-a-bear and decided thats what they wanted to buy with the money Maw maw gave them. She gave all the kids: Brian, Dillon, Jacob, Emma, and Lexi all money to buy a souvenir from Nashville.The three of them were so cute picking out and stuffing there animals. Then we went down to Libby Lu. Lexi decided she wanted to get her ears pierced. She was so excited. She sat in the chair and talked about it. Then decided she did not want to do it. But as she was getting down she said she wanted to do it. So, Lexi got her ears pierced. I cried. I felt like I hurt her. She cried because it hurt. Then we all ate at Rainforest Cafe. It was good. The kids really enjoyed eating there. Brennan slept through the whole dinner. We went back to the hotel. Lexi went swimming for a little while. Caleb, Kellyann, Maw maw, Cathy, Brennan and I all went to the rotating bar. It was a bar in the center of our section we were staying in. It rotated around in a circle. It was very slow and you would never notice it but the fact you would look up and you would see some thing different. We just sat and talked about the hotel and things. Kellyann and I went to the Jack Daniels bar. We did not want to go to sleep just yet. Then Zack, Josh, Liz, Aunt Kelly, and Caleb all showed up at the bar. It was good times. LOL We went back to the suite. Lexi was still awake. She wanted to stay in the room with us that night. She was so tired. Friday morning, Brennan and I woke up and ate breakfast. We hung out on the balcony then we went up to the suite. Lexi and Zack stayed in bed asleep. I finally went down stairs and made them get up. Lexi had fallen out of her bed and ended up getting in our bed. She said that Foofa pushed her out of bed. (For all those who don't know. Foofa is a character from Yo Gabba Gabba. Its a show on Nickjr. LOL She has a great imagination.) Any way, Saturday we hung out at the hotel that morning. We went walking around. At 1:00pm we all (except Maw maw and Brennan) went to the Ice Show. It was really neat. Every thing in the building was made of ice. The theme was "The Grinch". It was so very cold in the rooms. Lexi ended up in Caleb's jacket. He was so good to hold her the whole time and keep her warm. There were a couple of slides in there. It was fun. I went once. It was too cold to do it again. Zack went down and decided he would push him self down and flew so fast. LOL It was a sight to see. Lexi did do the slides twice. She was ready to go after that tho. After the Ice show, we went to the mall to hang out again. Maw maw had arranged for us to meet at the suite and go to a nice restaurant in the hotel. It was fancy. We got great seats though. They had a concert going on in the hotel. It was neat. Lexi was so scared of the fireworks at the end of the show. It was a loud boom. So she talked Cathy into taking her up to the suite so she would not be scared. Brennan was a sleep the whole time. Caleb was holding him and he just passed out. After dinner, we went on the Delta boat ride. Its a ride that goes through the delta section in the hotel. It was neat and we learned stuff about the hotel. I was so excited to see the fruit growing in the hotel. LOL Some people went swimming afterwards. The rest of us hung out in the suite . When everyone was back. The kids all stayed in the suite. Some of us adults walked through the hotel. It was really late. We people watched. (If you know Zack and I we could sit all day and do that. LOL) Then on Sunday, we woke up and hung out in the suite. We were leaving this day. It was sad. I really liked it there. Lexi was upset we were leaving. She wanted to live in the hotel. LOL We all loaded up our cars. Zack, the kids, Aunt Kelly, Cathy, Caleb, Kellyann, and I all stayed to hang out. We walked around and took pictures. Then, we went to the catfish restaurant. It was ok. Of course I got a cheese burger. Not a good choice. But everyone else enjoyed theres. They had a pond in the middle of the restaurant. It was full of catfish. They let us pet them. It was so cool. Lexi loved it. They asked her to feed them. These fish would swim right up to the side and want you to rub there head. After that, Lexi, Brennan, Zack, Caleb, Kellyann, and I all went over to the mall to let Lexi pet a stingray. They have a big pool of stingray. They would swim up the side and spit at you. They gave us shrimp to feed them. Lexi tried it and was scared to do it. She jumped and dropped it every time. I cant say much, I did the same thing. I could not let them suck it off my hand, but Caleb and Zack did. It was neat to watch. There was a carousel there. Brennan went on his first ride. He was in the sling but he rode with Lexi and I. We went to the "Aquarium" restaurant and Let Lexi walk around and look at the fish. She thought that the fish were so pretty. We had to leave after that. It was getting late and needed to get home. We had a great time and really want to go back.