TENNESSEE

TENNESSEE

I finally finished my blog that I started four days ago! It's a long one :) Probably a lot of irrelevant information...but one day I will look back and have these memories to read about. Also it is impossible to talk to everyone on the phone so blogging is much easier! :)

We are driving back from Tennessee as I type this. It is always so hard for me to leave and now that we have Scout I think it is even harder. I so wish I could see my family and friends more often! We had a great time while we were there. Cailyn Scout got to meet a lot of family and a lot of other babies. Of course I took like a million pictures too!

Kris, Scout, Knox, and I drove to Memphis on Thursday night the 12th and stopped to stay the night with our friends Kevin and Becky. This helped break up the trip a bit. Thanks to Kev and Beck for letting us crash so late !!! Then on Friday we drove in to Centerville, TN!!! I always get such a good feeling when we turn off the interstate and head towards Centerville. It’s about a 15 minute drive off the highway before you get in to town of nothing but rolling green hills! I didn’t always appreciate how pretty Centerville actually is when I lived there…but it really is a pretty area of Tennessee…especially outside of the town where there are only farms and green...green as far as you can see!!!!! When we got to my parents house we were met with open arms (literally) and it wasn’t long before other family came over. My cousin Andrew was leaving for college at UT the next day so I was happy he got to come over and spend several hours with us before heading to Knoxville. Mom fixed us an awesome dinner…we ate way too much…and spent the night catching up and passing around the baby. (I don’t think I held her at all for like 5 hours). I was so excited to see my nephews! I was excited to see everyone…but kids grow SO fast and I had not seen them in over 4 months. Cameron is talking a lot more and had a blast playing with Knox. He is actually very sweet to the babies so far so that’s good. Aden has grown so much and is the happiest baby ever! Seriously…he is so goofy….smiles constantly!!! I loved getting to see them all week! Sunday after church I had to take Kris to the airport so he could be at work on Monday. After dropping him off I drove though my old stomping grounds in Green Hills. Since I went to Lipscomb University and worked in Green Hills I spent lots of time in this area of Nashville before moving to Texas. I drove around, went and got some coffee at Starbucks, and just enjoyed old scenery. I love looking at all the gorgeous houses on the way out of town, and passing the church Kris and I got married in almost a year ago. I drove through Percy Warner Park where I used to run all the time. One thing that I really miss in Dallas is the Fall. I love running in Percy Warner park in the Fall...the trees that drape over the road turn bright yellow and orange and it is absolutely gorgeous!  I suppose it sounds kind of lame..but these are places I used to frequent and I miss it sometimes. I miss the tall trees and the hills.  I also stopped in Wallgreens to get a few things and I got in line behind Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, and their little girl. Nashville is a great place to live in if you are famous...no one really cares!  I don't think anyone (other than me) was paying them any attention. I'm sure since they live there they are seen out and about all the time..but I still thought it was pretty cool! Anyway, I miss it there. I miss my family and friends obviously, but I also really miss Nashville! I am slowly developing a love for Texas but my heart will ALWAYS belong to Tennessee!
The rest of the week was spent visiting family and friends! Monday we went to my Grandparents farm to hang out with them and introduce Scout to the horses! Cameron got to pet the horses and pick tomatoes out of the garden with our Grandfather so that was fun for him. Then on Tuesday we went to my friend Heidi's house and Scout got to meet even more friends! Eryn is one of Heidi's daughter and only a few months older than Scout so we got some great photos of them together. We just had a really great time! We went to Aunt Tracy's one day and I got to swim while my mom watched the baby, we had lunch with Cheryl, Matthew, Mollie, and Ellie Kate one day, and then went to see Matthew and Mollie's new house that they just finished which is absolutely gorgeous! Then on Friday I picked up Kris and Kamden at the airport and we spent most of the afternoon at with the Cook family! We got to see their new home and spend time with Caroline, Annie, Rawlie, Wesley and Baby Thomas. I spent a lot of time with this family when I lived in Nashville so it was very special to me to have a lengthy visit with them. When I was taking pictures of the girls holding Scout I had flashbacks of babysitting them when they were babies and now they are holding my daughter! Very Sweet! That night my Grandmother made a delicious dinner for Kris's birthday and we enjoyed another night hanging out with my family. On Saturday my family threw us a baby shower and we got so many wonderful things! I still don't know how in the world we got everything to fit in the car for the ride back to Texas. Scout got to meet many more family and friends. We truly felt very loved and special and I appreciate everyone being there to meet our precious baby girl.
We had a very busy, but wonderful trip to Tennessee! I am glad I got to take my little Texean so everyone could meet her. It was very special for me to get to spend a lot of time with my sisters and their boys too! I hope Scout will be able to be as close to them as she will her cousins here in Texas. I took so many pictures that I had to put most of them in a slideshow with some music :) I also added pictures below of our trip to Abilene that we took a couple weeks ago. We have been so busy lately I didn't have a chance to add them before. Hope everyone is having a good week so far! Until next time...

(Make sure you turn off the music at the bottom of the page before clicking on the slideshow)

Scout's first trip to Abilene..

Tennessee pictures and slideshow..

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