Fall Break in Nashville

We headed south to Nashville for the girls' fall break.  It had been nearly six years since we had been back to visit the city that stole our hearts.

We took a stroll down memory lane and visited all the places we called home.  

First, our apartment...

Then, our townhouse....

We toured the area and showed Quinn where she went to daycare...

Where she was born....

The mall that we shopped at near our house that is FINALLY being torn down, seven years after they closed the doors.

We trekked out to Fairview to see the school that I started my teaching career at...

Ryan and I reminisced and shared a lot of "remember when..." moments throughout the weekend.  Quinn was half interested in all that sights, perking up when something peeked her interest.  Sullivan responded to all the reminiscing like this...

Let's just say, she wasn't entertained!

We took some time to play miniature golf...

We ate at a few favorite restaurants that we had really missed...and the girls LOVED the fried pickles that I had raved about for ages!

We enjoyed happy hour back at the hotel, where Ryan fell in love with a new kind of beer.

Sullivan liked it too...

(Oh wait... that's just apple juice!)

We wanted to take the girls to Vanderbilt too and walk around.  It was great to walk around and see how much it has changed over the years.

Ryan spent many, many hours in that building behind them, back in the day.

It happened to be homecoming weekend at Vandy - which means the campus was alive and hopping with people.  I loved seeing Ryan tell the girls all about the campus and the school.

We stumbled upon the Pi Beta Phi house on the way to the bookstore and had to take a picture for Auntie Mer...!

The baseball team was having their annual inter squad scrimmage game.  We joined in on the action and watched a couple of innings.  We really enjoyed that.

Then on the way to the car, Ryan saw the tunnel leading to the football field was open.  He said we HAD to try and get on the field.  The girls were not so sure about that idea, but went along with it anyway.

Turns out the nice Vanderbilt man allowed us to run on the field and take pictures and have the run of the field.  We had the place to ourselves (for awhile 'til others joined us!).

Being on the field was pretty amazing!

The girls cartwheeled across the center star and throughout the end zone - they had a blast!

Everything about Vanderbilt and Nashville was so fun to see and do, but the very best part of our time in Nashville was having supper with these amazing people...!

We were able to have supper with my dear, sweet friend Cynthia and her husband, John.  Cynthia has played a HUGE part in Quinn's life from the time she was a teeny tiny baby and we feel forever blessed by that!

Words can't describe how much we love (and miss) this family!  Can't wait to see them next time!

An amazing fall break!  Words can't describe how great it felt to be back in Nashville.