So our 4th of July
adventure begins We went to Nashville, and changed time zones
apparently haha. Crazy it's like an hour and a half away maybe and it's a
whole new time zone.
July 1st <3 anniversary="anniversary" b="b" happy="happy" sealing="sealing">
So
this is the first year since we've been sealed that we couldn't go to
the temple for lack of a babysitter, sad. So we just drove to the
Nashville one and walked around it and took pictures. I suppose it was
the second best option.
Nashville's pretty
crazy and kinda traffic-y. And humid. Knoxville is not like that. I
like Nashville, but I think I prefer Knoxville. Our hotel is in a great
place because everything is walkable from it, score! So that night for
dinner I pleaded to go to the Neely's BBQ, which was AH-MAZINGGGG!
Totally the best BBQ I've ever had and Bobby said the sides were wicked
good too. And Bianca amused herself well there. Win. Win. WIN! Then we
just explored downtown Nashville where the fireworks were gonna happen
and then hug out in our hotel, yay!
July 2nd
Today
we ate lunch with Rachel and Alex, who just moved there from DC, yay!
We missed them! It was a lot of fun to catch up. Maybe we'll be
neighbors next year hehe. Then we toured the Grand Ole Opry, which was
really cool actually. We saw some dressing rooms and got to go on stage
and everything. I was impressed with the tour. Bobby and I made a random
decision to go to the Grand Ole Opry show that night, so we were kinda
excited. It'd be an interesting experience for sure.
Someone
in a cowboy had came up to Bianca and was scarred for her life! I don't
think she's a fan of big hats...poor thing haha. We had time to kill
between the tour and the show, so we walked around and went into this
indoor mall in this huge hotel (since it was SOOO hot out!). We went on a
boat ride in there and then watched a fountain show (which little girl
LOVED!)
At
night we saw the show! We were a bit worried about Bianca and how she'd
fare during it, but despite all of the loud music, the silly little
girl fell asleep! I couldn't believe it! That was nice for us though
haha. It was a nice evening, even though she did wake up a bit cranky
towards the end.
July 3rd
Another exploring day! We went to the Parthenon that
is a replica of the one in Athens. Weird, but cool! We got
there too early, so we had to wait outside in the hot hot heat to be let
in. Luckily there was...AN ICE CREAM TRUCK that conviently drove by!
And I got my first ice cream treat from an ice cream truck. Only took 26
years lol. And luckily Bianca was sleeping so she didn't care that we
were eating without her.
It was neat inside when
they finally let people in. They had a museum there too that we
looked it. It was a neat thing to go to to pass the time away, definitely unique to TN haha.
Then
we walked around more downtown and decided to eat dinner at Jimmy
Buffet's Margaritaville, which we've been to before and found to be
quite tasty. They had a dude on stilts walking around making balloon
animals and things for kids. He made Bianca one and she did not know
what to do with it. It was really funny. She actually lost it later on,
but she had fun with it while it lasted, just being amazed that she got
this awesome present from this huge dude.
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
Today
was the exciting day! So we (stupidly) thought that we could just drive
back after the fireworks tonight and it was be good, but we realized
how stupid that idea was after seeing all the crazy traffic around
there. Plus we wouldn't be home til like 12-1am. So we decided to stay
one more night in our hotel and just leave really early the next
morning, which was super smart. So we just walked around some more,
bought Bianca a little ball that she absolutely LOVES!,
Later
on in the afternoon we found a good spot and sat to watch the concert
before the fireworks. They had boats in the water spewing red and blue
water, an orchestra performed, a group that we watched on the Sing Off
was there, which was awesome, and then Darius Rucker, from Hootie and
the Blowfish, was the main act. We couldn't see much since we didn't want
to wait outside all day with a 7 month old, but we had a good spot to
at least see the fireworks. Bianca liked the music though and danced
along to some of the songs!
But
the fireworks were AMAZING! Surprisingly Bianca loved them! She wasn't
scared by the loud noises, she was just amazed by them. The only part
she didn't like was getting back in her stroller again to fight the
crowds to leave the downtown area. But on the upside, she went right to
sleep as soon as we got back to the hotel. Thank goodness we stayed that
extra night! And we got home with perfect timing so that Bobby could
get to work on time, yay! Thanks for the awesome times, Nashville!
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