A Nashville Kind of Weekend...

This past weekend, Mike had to attend the TANA Conference just outside of Nashville. (TANA = Tennessee Association of Nurse Anesthetists). Every year they put on this huge conference, we also got to go last year. Myself and the girls get the pleasure of tagging along with Mike, which I am most happy about b/c all I get to do is SHOP, SHOP, and more SHOP!

We got back late last night and I wish I could go back for more. The weekend definitely was not long enough, but I wont complain b/c we did get a weekend out of Jackson. The hotel was nice...I am sold on those new Embassy Suites by Hilton. Excellent accommodations and even a MORE excellent FREE breakfast. Really, it was that awesome! I think Addison enjoyed the pool and the "elebators" (elevators) the most. We had an awesome time and wish we could've stayed longer.

Addison went down with Mike to get the bell boy cart...when they got back, this is what I caught her doing...

Being a surfer girl...

She found it fun to swing on the different bars

her favorite thing...the "elebators"

Zoey chillin' out on the bed.

Addie was laying on the couch reading the TV guide book

Addison ready for bed.

Addison other favorite thing -- the swimming pool

The views from the Hotel Room

After checking out of the hotel on Sunday...I asked Mike to drive me through Vanderbilt University's campus. Mike is doing Clinical at Vanderbilt, and since we were right there, I wanted to see the campus and to say that I have been there. As expected, it was a very nice campus and a HUGE hospital. It reminded me a lot like MUSC (Medical University of South Carolina) where Mike and I used to work.

After driving around campus, we found this HUGE park near Vanderbilt. It had this big ole' train that the kids could climb on and a huge pond full of ducks and geese. So we decided to stop and let Addison climb the train and feed the ducks. Luckily we had some crackers in the car to feed them with.

You can see how big this locomotive was, Mike literally had to hoist Addison up onto it.

Mike posing with Zoey...you can tell Zoey was so interested...

Addie hanging off the front of the train, Zoey looking thrilled to be there.

The Girls

Duck feeding time

Thats part of Vanderbilt behind there.

The park was awesome and gorgeous! I hope we can find somewhere to live with a park like that. Thanks Nashville for an awesome time, now hurry up and open my Opry Mills Mall so I can come back and visit soon!