Kickin' it in Nashville

Oh my word - I had an absolute FABULOUS weekend!

I had the opportunity to meet up with 9 of my baby board mommas.

and these women are truly AMAIZING!

I LOVE them!!!!

We had so much fun.

Our weekend kicked off on Monday eh, hem - I mean Saturday morning (lol can you tell I'm still tired?)

I left my house around 7 a.m.

I felt so bad because I hadn't told the boys I was going out of town for a few days & Bart was so upset. :( 

It was a 5 hour drive to Nashville, Tennessee.

We arrived at the airport in plenty of time, met up with one of the other driving mommas & picked up the 1st of 6 moms that flew in.

We visited in the "cell phone only" lot until the rest of the mommas flights came in.  Which didn't seem too long (even though I think we were there for an hour & a half)  It was then off to a restaurant not too far from the airport for some lunch.

Our final momma joined us as we were leaving & we headed to our weekend retreat, the bed & breakfast just north of town.

We were greeted by the owners, given a tour & told several stories about the house/property.  Afterwards we settled in & decided to just stay in for the night.

One of the ladies had offered to grocery shop earlier in the week & cook for us.

THANK YOU!!!

The girls cooking!

That evening we had baked ziti (I know you told us the recipe but I need it again please)

& salad.

It was yummy!

For dessert she had baked cookies & made turtles.

They were so so so so so good!

The rest of the evening we visited & had some wine.

Saturday I mean SUNDAY I was up bright & early.

After breakfast we got ready & headed into town.

We ended up walking along Broadway.

Why couldn't he have been the real thing?!

We ended up in a bar drinking brews & watching football.

 I'm not normally a big football girl but didn't mind since there was cold beer & good company.

Yum, BBQ sauce!

Getting some dinner

Dinner time

After dinner it was karaoke time. 

5 of us sang but I only have 4 pics. :(

Dixie Chicks "Goodbye Earl"

Madonna "Like a prayer"

Pat Benatar "Hit me with your best shot"

Patsy Cline "Crazy"

Then to BB Kings to listen to a live band too.

We got back to the house around 11:30, had some wine & talked until 2 a.m.

Monday morning came entirely too early.

I was once again the first one up.  I showered & headed to the kitchen to see what was cooking for breakfast.  I had my first experience with grits & they were pretty good.

After breakfast we loaded everything up, said our goodbyes to 2 of the girls & headed off to the airport with the rest.

Saying goodbye was bitter-sweet.

My connection with these girls is just so much deeper than a computer screen now.

I am so very thankful that I've been blessed with these women & given the opportunity to actually meet several of them in real life.

The girls

Love you girls!

The drive home was LONG.

I was so ready to see my boys & sleep in my own bed with my man again.

Thank you for the memories, the laughter & the tears.

Seahorses, BBQ cleavage & all.

Until we meet up again...