Nashville, Tennessee!

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE!

Nashville, Tennessee! Yee- Haw! Got all our western wear packed up and we were off!!! Oh! Nashville you were good to us!!! We did a quick little couples get away with our Bestie Shayla and Cris for Shayla's 40th Birthday!!!! We have talked about getting away as couples for the last year and finally decided that this was all the birthday girl wanted to do for her big birthday!! Birthday girl Shayla picked out our destination and we ran with it!! Omg did we ever run through that town! lol Non stop fun, music and food thanks to our Tour Guide Ken - Honz! lol Honz is the absolute best! Always researches before traveling to new places! Puts in the leg work and time to pull off a successful amazing trip! Thanks honz! We had the time out our life!!!

Thursday evening! Taking flight! and of course our plane was delayed! lol Always with Southwest! But that's ok more time to spend together! lol Honz took that time to Win and extra $300!! Wahoo! Always lucky and always winning! So funny!

We made it!!! We arrived at 1am!! lol  and already snapping pics!!! We were off to a great start! We were down on Broadway already eating as soon as we landed! lol Thanks Cris for picking us up! He was traveling from Kentucky where he was doing training!  The downtown Broadway is a mini Vegas! That's for sure! So many photo opps too! It was amazing! Never stopped clicking the pics too!

Friday- Fit Check! lol Spent most the day finding all the hot spots for eating and shopping! Started with an appetizer and the yummiest donut place! The breakfast before breakfast! lol 

Shopping and eating! lol We shared all our food so we could keep eating all day! We just needed to try all the different places everyone raves we should go too and took a pic at every place too! lol So many cute fun photo opps! We were loving it! Stopped in German town and ended up eating Asian food! That place was delicious too! Random but delicious! lol

More fun photos! and of course more eating delicious amazing food! Weather for the most part was beautiful but on Friday it was cold because of the wind! We walked on shopped! We were on 12th st this day for the shops! 

Friday evening we got tickets to the Grand Ole Opry! Before going we took a small break at our hotel! When we walked in there was live acustic music playing! Only in Nashville! These to men were incredible! We enjoyed the live music for a couple hours! It was so amazing! We loved it!

Grand Ole Opry here we come! This is a must! So historic! We watched a show of several artist and it was amazing! We absolutely loved going to Nashville this time of year! All the amazing Christmas lights was everything! Every store front boutique had a Christmas display! Love it! After the show we walked over to the Gaylord Hotel! Now that was incredible! Prob the biggest Hotel I have walked into! There's a boat inside there that you can ride around in! Say what! lol Totally amazing! We loved walking around and taking it all in! All the Christmas lights and decor! It was beautiful! Before the night had ended we stopped at 10 different food places through out the day and this was only day 1!!! lol

Saturday- Fit check in the morning! We did this everyday in our hotel room! Our kids loved it! lol We got up earlier! We had to get our appetizer! lol Breakfast before breakfast of course! lol Honz had found a crepe place we had to try! We surprised Shayla and Cris with a crepe too! It was delicious! We headed to Franklin! We stopped at a cute little breakfast place and ate again! They had a cute gift shop too! That was fun!

On Saturday we spent the day in Franklin! Tennessee is beautiful! The country side! The rolling green hills! The fall colors of the changing leaves! Never seen red, orange , yellow leaves so bright colored! The southern homes! Huge gorgeous and tons of land! We were in "awe"!! We stopped at the Temple! So beautiful and peaceful! We were so excited to stop to see it! It was lovely! Then right onto shopping and more eating! lol

The main street in  Franklin was adorable! All the shops! The live music as you walked along! The boutiques were like in old house fronts! Shayla even spotted her friend from High Schools daughter just out playing on the street in front of Anthropology! That was so fun to meet the lovely young lady! She had the best personality and sang beautifully! Fun fact her dad is the one that paints the famous pic of Christ that most people have in their homes! His famous painting is reflections of Christ! How cool is that! I have always wanted that gorgeous pic of Christ walking on the beach and now I'm definitely getting it! She even called her dad and we all got to talk to him! lol Such a fun random moment and connection! Super cool!

It was a wonderful day seeing the sights of Franklin but it was time to get back to Nashville for our night life to begin! lol On the way back Honz found us a beautiful stop! Radnor Lake!! Absolutely stunning! We walked around! Took in the fresh falling leaf smell! Took a ton of selfies! and even spotted several deer that would come so close to us! Pure heaven! Just look at that reflection! Gorgeous! Fun stop Honz!

Oh the night life a Nashville!! Broadway was popping all day but at night with the lights all lit up it was definitely a mini Vegas! All the bars and live music in every bar was totally cool! Just lined right up 1 after another after another with some shopping places in between! This little strip was popping! Before we headed out for the night we got all gussied up! lol Live music in out Hotel yet again! Absolutely amazing! The vide is so good in Nashville! The people are so friendly too! We played cards in the lobby every night to enjoy the hotel live music and rest a bit! Then we were off to the dancing night life! My request the Morgan Wallen Bar and let's just say that bar did not disappoint! First walked in with the music blasting Morgan Wallen songs! Yes please! Worked our way to the stage and found ourselves a little table and chairs!

We literally planted our selves at that bar the entire night! Out comes Chris Bullard our live band for the evening! Holy Moly was he incredible! He sang, screamed and performed for a solid 3 hours! He did cover after cover! County songs and Rock n Roll Songs! It was Litty! lol I even had a 21 boy ask to dance with me! hahaha! Still got it Honz! lol We laughed and laughed about that! Of course I danced with him!! You know I'm all about the fun!! Chris crushed it! Hit after hit! This was by far the highlight of our amazing trip! After the incredible concert we walked over to the Assembly food hall! Tons of food places and shopping! Basically a fancy food court with delicious food! Such a variety and it was all so yummy! We would all get different things and just try it all! lol Yum!

Sunday- Happy 40th Birthday Shayla!! Final fit check! Out last day in Nashville! We checked out of our amazing hotel! 10 out of 10! The Fraye was good to us! Or course we had to start off with our appetizer! We went back to out first donut shop! The breakfast before breakfast! The went back to Broadway and walked, shopped and ate! Broadway was already popping! The live music was already going!! Day time fun! lol We stopped and ate Sun Diner restaurant for 2nd breakfast! lol Oh man the flavors here! This was the best! Delicious! 

We had a blast exploring Broadway in the daylight! And we definitely got out shop on! New boots for all! lol We bar hopped for the live music! Amazing! Each band so different but so good too! Loved seeing my Cashy boi name everywhere! For Johnny Cash of course! They had a whole store of just his name! We had to get some souvenirs from the Johnny Cash store just for our Cash!! Fun fact when I was pregnant with Cash and told my dad we were naming our boy Cash he would always make the statement- "Name him Johnny Cash!! or Cash Johnny after me and my favorite artist growing up!"lol My dad loved Johnny Cash! So it was very sentimental to see all the Johnny Cash street signs, museum, bar and gift shop! Thought of my daddy! Love it!

Walked back over to the Assembly Food Hall for more amazing food! We got different foods again to keep trying it all! lol Shopped around! The Christmas vibe was so good! The photo opps were endless! We took a ton of pics as you can see! lol

One last stop before heading back to the airport! Shayla remembered she had a friend from High School that moved to Nashville to pursue her music career and looked her up on Instagram and discovered she was performing at a bar just a mile away! How cool is that! Of course we went to listen to her! It was so fun to meet her! She is an incredible artist! Writes all her music and has an unbelievable voice! That was a fun last minute stop!

All amazing things must come to an end and you know I hate when the party ends! Back to the airport to catch out flight back home! We of course ate again! lol Had to try the famous Hattie B's Hot Chicken! It did not disappoint! It was our last food stop before we boarded the plane! 

Made it home in the middle of the night! lol What an unforgettable and incredible trip together! We had the absolute best time traveling with our besties! It is a must we travel again together! We know the Birthday girl had the most memorable 40th Birthday ever!! Definitely one of the most memorable trip for Honz and I! We love our besties!!!! Nashville, Tennessee you did not disappoint!

The kids loved all their surprises we brought home to them! They were such great kids the whole time we were away! A huge thanks to Chad and Madison for taking such amazing care of our 3 littles! They spoiled them and played non stop! It made being on vacation with my Honz so much easier knowing my kids were with the very best!!! We love you Chad and Madi!