In December, I was blessed to be able to join some of my family on a very extra-special weekend trip to Nashville, TN. I am so blessed and grateful to my husband (and in-laws) for watching the girls. This weekend was very important to my grandmother. In November of 2008 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent a lumpectomy. In January of 2009 she went through chemotherapy and then completed treatment with 7 weeks of radiation (5 days a week). During that process she lost her mother. On the last day of her radiation treatment, she traveled from Alabama to Ohio to say her goodbyes and then to assist her siblings in the planning of the funeral.
So, by December of 2009....she was due for some good, girls only, fun. So my grandmother, mom, sister and a few aunts met up in Nashville to shop, gab, and see the Radio City Rockette's Christmas Spectacular. We shopped, watched chick flicks (The Proposal- which was hilarious), shopped more, ate more, toured the Opryland Hotel and took in a show! It was a fun-filled weekend that will not be forgotten. I'm honored to have been a part of it.
Here we are: Mom, Sara and me--we are on the Delta river ride inside the Opryland Hotel. I will be posting a few more pics of the Opryland Hotel in a different post. I am waiting on my mom to burn the pics I took to a CD. This particular river ride is neat. The hotel collected waters from a number of bodies of water around the world. They have a list of where all of the water is from. Very cool!
Isn't my cousin Kasey so pretty!?
Some of the most beautiful (and scrumptious) cupcakes you will ever see! We had these at the Opry Mills Mall. They were very good.
Aunt Lynda and Haley
Sara, pole dancing!
Grandma, me and cousin Taylor
Ahhh, how sweet!
Sara and Grandma. I think this is a great shot of both of them. 
All of us, minus my Mom and Grandma:
Heather, Sara, Taylor, Me, Haley, Pam, Lynda, and Kim
Haley with everyone's ticket for the show.
Hot Grandma!
Aunt Lynda with her "corn-corn" in the hotel room. Here's a VERY short story to explain: Lynda, as a baby (and elementary student, and yes-as a young teenager) sucked her thumb. Somewhere along the way she developed the habit of sucking her thumb while caressing the corner of her pillow case. The word corner became "corn-corn" and as an adult she still enjoys sleeping with a special pillowcase. No, she doesn't suck her thumb anymore! =)
Here's a picture showing you that I experimented with the Bump It!
We weren't allowed to take pictures during the Rockettes show. It's funny, I didn't really expect to like seeing the Rockettes. I was surprised to see that their show was FANTASTIC! It was very family friendly. It's definately amazing to see what crazy things they can do with their legs. As Chandler Bing says, "their legs move as if independent from their body." It's almost beyond belief how perfectly synchronized they can dance. The show ended with a Nativity display with live animals and singing. They called it the Perennial Miracle, the true meaning of Christmas.
It was an amazing weekend!
