As always, so thankful for these healthy, happy, energetic turkeys!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Nashville
Back in October, I took a weekend trip over to my favorite city to see one of my favorite friends! I was supposed to see all of my college friends for our 20th (!!) college reunion but Vanderbilt bafflingly cancelled all reunion festivities because of Covid. Huh? Everything would have been outside and we’re all vaccinated so that didn’t make sense to me. I didn’t need an official reunion to hang out in Nash-vegas though. All I needed was Lyndsay!
I stayed at The Graduate which was super cool and very Dolly! I loved it obviously!
The first night we had sushi and then found our way to the hidden karaoke bar in the hotel. If only there had been music scouts in that audience…we tore up the stage with some preeetttty spot on renditions of Shania’s “Who’s Bed Have Your Boots Been Under” and then got down to a little “Boot Scootin Boogie” and finished it off with “Islands in the Stream” We had to get some Dolly in!! It was basically the most fun night ever.
The next day we had lunch at Restoration Hardware and walked around the insane store for at least an hour.
We also made an appearance at her nephew’s 5th birthday party where I got to see all of her family.
That night, we hooked up with Allie and Lynlee and headed to downtown Nashville. Drinks at Bourbon Steak were great with incredible views of the ever growing Nashville downtown landscape.
We had dinner plans at Justin Timberlake’s new restaurant but got down there and legit felt like we were in the middle of the biggest Times Square tourist trap ever so bailed and walked over to The Palm and had a great dinner at the bar.
I headed back Sunday morning exhausted and happy from a weekend in one of my fave places with one of my fave people. Robert held down the fort back at home and Samantha even did her own ponytail for her soccer game! Sweet girl.
A great weekend for all!
So thankful for Vanderbilt and the friendships made! Especially this one!
nailed it!
On Saturday after suffering through both of her brothers’ basketball games, Samantha needed a little pampering! We grabbed her BFF and headed out to get our nails done! Love these two cuties together!
Of course, we had to top it off with ice cream!
Best day ever!
School stuff
Some updates from school!
Samantha got to be queen…
more than once!
The book fair!
Dominos are cool…
and so are keva planks!
Spencer’s self portrait…
and his Halloween candy graph!
Field trip to Sloss Furnace!
Spencer’s poetry reading (he did awesome!)…
Swiping pics from social media…
Maxwell’s class taking a “fall break”!
School is cool! We are so grateful for our awesome MBE!
Boy Scout Campout
Last weekend Robert and Maxwell loaded up their backpacks and headed out on a legit Boy Scout campout! This was no “car camping”, this was hike 3 miles in, pitch your tent, cook your dinner, sleep in the cold, and hike back the next morning! Whatever they needed, they had to carry!
Robert said they really had a great time. While it was chilly, it was pretty weather and they got to hike around Mt. Cheaha and enjoy the sites.
I think their camping food left a little to be desired but they survived and slept all warm and toasty in their sleeping bags with their hand and feet warmers!
I think they were hoping to earn another polar bear badge since it got down to 32, but apparently Boy Scouts is different than Cub Scouts and it has to get down to 19 degrees (!!) to earn that badge. No thank you!
Meanwhile, back at home, the Bobbseys and I had a lovely dinner in the warm club. My kind of night! 🙂
I’m proud of my campers and excited for them to go on more Boy Scout adventures!