funtastic family times in nashville

i had such a fun time when my family came to visit! they all left loving nashville, and lindsey even wants to come here for college. (what do you think, becky and jim?)

i was so excited about their arrival that i woke up at about 5 thursday morning, which was about when they got ready to head this way. they kept themselves entertained in the car by introducing my aunt carol to the wonderful world of twilight. they watched the first two movies in the car on the way here and arrived early in the afternoon. after taking a brief tour of hotel preston we headed off to see eclipse!



after the movie we went to have dinner at loveless cafe, which is famous for their biscuits and fried chicken. i always want to try new things there, but i also have my favorites that i can't miss out on. a couple of things that i tried were the meatloaf and the hashbrown casserole, and both were very tasty!! we had so many leftovers that i'm pretty sure i can get 3 meals out of my take out box!



this may have happened friday, but i think it was thursday that we watched funny videos and becky and carol were introduced to tracy. carol has a great, loud laugh and she didn't hold back - she had to watch it again to catch everything.



friday morning we toured the ryman, which is something i've wanted to do since i moved here. i LOVED it!! lindsey and i had fun singing to everybody!!





they had posters up from past concerts, and it was really cool to see all of the performers that have played there.

after that we went souvenir shopping on lower broad, a must for anybody visiting nashville!!



for lunch friday we went to fido and all loved it!! i got the eggplant tower and definitely plan to go back soon. after lunch i took them to the parthenon so they could see the beautiful park and amazing statue of athena. the park is one of my favorite places in nashville, and i hated that it was raining while we were there.









for those who haven't seen athena in real life, this pic with a person standing in front of the statue is to show how gianormous it is.


after that we went to the mall at green hills to do some shopping, but we all left empty handed and counted it as our exercise for the trip.

saturday morning we woke up and went to have breakfast at one of my favorite spots, pancake pantry. we got there at about 7:30ish and didn't have to wait in line very long, definitely a plus! they got to experience the deliciousness that is sweet potato pancakes!!



after that we went shopping at the galleria in franklin and had much more success than the day before. there were a lot of great sales going on and we definitely took advantage! thanks mom for getting me some new shoes, jeans and cute shirts!!

for dinner saturday night we turned to my book where the locals eat since all we had left on our restaurant list were coffehouses. someone mentioned mexican, which is something i stay away from when i'm not in texas. we found somewhere that claimed to be tex-mex and decided to give it try. it didn't disappoint!! they even brought us some butter for our tortillas and hot sauce. becky and carol got some ah-mazing nachos that i'll be getting next time!!

sunday came too soon, and they packed up and left for texas verrrry early in the morning.

mom, becky, carol and lindsey, thank yall SO much for coming all the way to tennessee to see me! i'm glad yall got to see nashville and fall in love with it like i did! i miss yall already!!

-meghan