Opryland

Helen Grace and I jumped at the chance to join some of her friends on a quick Opryland getaway in Nashville the weekend after Thanksgiving. While I couldn’t keep the secret from HG, the trip was a surprise to the other girls. We "bumped into” them at Cracker Barrel on the edge of town, revealed the news to them, and hit the road to Nashville. After we dropped our bags in our room, we headed to ICE, then ice skating, dinner at Rainforest Cafe, and finally a late night walk and boat ride around the hotel. After brunch on Sunday, we headed back home (to make it to a Grizzlies game). I had expected a huge crowd at Opryland with it being the Saturday after Black Friday, but we were pleasantly surprised that everyone seemed to be clearing out. It was a really nice visit to one of our favorite spots, which wouldn’t have been possible without John holding up the Cressey front at home- bless him! (We had two double beds in our room, and let it be noted that this was the first time that she chose to sleep in a separate bed from me. She was so tired that she even let me turn off all the lights. It was awesome.)

Checking out the view from our rooms

Ready for ICE

Cressey’s first post-Thanksgiving Monopoly game

Dinner at Rainforest Cafe

Riding back to the hotel

Late night exploration

Boat ride…waaaayy past bedtime…zzzzz

I got out of the shower to find this sweet note written in the fog on the mirror.

A nice, slow morning and time on the balcony, which was top of this girl’s list.

She happily posed for Ms. Sara though.

Not happy that 1) mama was asking for another pic and 2) that we had to leave.